Valerii Pereleshin : The Life of a Silkworm / Olga Bakich.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Bakich, Olʹga Mikhaĭlovna, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Pereleshin, Valeriĭ.

Authors, Exiled--China--Biography.

Authors, Exiled.

Authors, Exiled--Brazil--Biography.

Poets, Russian--20th century--Biography.

Poets, Russian.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (408 p.)

Place of Publication:

Toronto : University of Toronto Press, [2018]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Olga Bakich's biography of Valerii Pereleshin (1913-1992) follows the turbulent life and exquisite poetry of one of the most remarkable Russian émigrés of the twentieth century. Born in Irkutsk, Pereleshin lived for thirty years in China and for almost forty years in Brazil. Multilingual, he wrote poetry in Russian and in Portuguese and translated Chinese and Brazilian poetry into Russian and Russian and Chinese poetry into Portuguese. For many years he struggled to accept and express his own identity as a gay man within a frequently homophobic émigré community. His poems addressed his three homelands, his religious struggles, and his loves. In Valerii Pereleshin: The Life of a Silkworm, Bakich delves deep into Pereleshin's poems and letters to tell the rich life story of this underappreciated writer.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Acknowledgments

Preface

Part One

Part One: China, 1920-1952

1. Russian Childhood

2. Harbin: On the Way to Becoming a Poet

3. Harbin: The Poet as a Monk

4. Beijing: "Wonderful, Beloved City"

5. Shanghai: Fogs and Chimeras

6 The Long Farewell

Part Two: Brazil, 1953-1992

7. Cidade maravilhosa

8. Resurrection of the Poet

9. From Mount Nebo

10. The Left-hander

11. New Roads and Great Loss

12. Growing Recognition

13. Last Love, Last Books, Last Years

Abbreviations

Notes

Bibliography

Index

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 25. Jul 2018)

ISBN:

1-4426-1904-X

1-4426-1903-1

OCLC:

1046612267