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N. M. Karamzin
NIKOLAY MIKHAILOVICH KARAMZIN (1766-1826) was a Russian writer, poet, historian and critic. Interested in Enlightenment philosophy and western European literature from an early age, in 1789 Karamzi...view moreNIKOLAY MIKHAILOVICH KARAMZIN (1766-1826) was a Russian writer, poet, historian and critic. Interested in Enlightenment philosophy and western European literature from an early age, in 1789 Karamzin travelled extensively through western Europe. On his return he published Letters of a Russian Traveller, 1789-1790, which became a great success. In 1803 Karamzin’s friendship with the emperor Alexander I resulted in his appointment as court historian. The rest of his life was devoted to his 12-volume History of the Russian State, which served as the first general survey of Russian history conceived as a literary rather than an academic work. It was also the first Russian work to have drawn on a great number of documents, including foreign accounts of historical incidents. It provided a main source for Pushkin’s drama Boris Godunov, and remains a landmark in the development of Russian literary style.
FLORENCE JONAS (1908-2003) was an American translator. Born on February 25, 1908 in New York, the daughter of Jacob and Leah Kyzor, she spent her life pursing politics and arts. She translated the first biography of Prokofiev into English (1960) and several other important books on Russian music, including Reminiscences of Rimsky-Korsakov (1985), Tchaikovsky Day By Day (1993). She died on August 30, 2003, aged 95.
LEON STILMAN (1902-1986) was a Russian-American professor. Born on May 19, 1902 in St. Petersburg, he left Russia a year after the revolution and settled in Paris, where he practiced law for 20 years. In 1941, he moved to New York and embarked on a distinguished academic career at Cornell University and then Columbia University, where he earned his Ph.D, rose to a full professorship, and became chairman of the Department of Slavic Languages. He authored many successful textbooks and wrote on Karamzin, Pushkin, Tolstoy and Gogol. After retirement he resided in St. Petersburg, Florida. He died in December 1986, aged 84.view less
Books by N. M. Karamzin
Letters of a Russian Traveler, 1789-1790: An Account of a Young Russian Gentleman’s Tour through Germany, Switzerland, France and England