{"product_id":"osip-mandelstam-a-biography-hardcover","title":"Osip Mandelstam: A Biography - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eRalph Dutli\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe personal and political life of the iconic Russian poet Osip Mandelstam is graphically portrayed in this lavishly illustrated book\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis is the first full-scale biography of Osip Mandelstam to combine an analysis of his poetry with a description of his personal life, from his beginnings as a young intellectual in pre-revolutionary Russia to his final fate as a victim of Stalinism. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe myth has grown up that Mandelstam was a gloomy, miserable figure; Dutli deconstructs this, stressing Mandelstam's enjoyment of life. There are several underlying themes here. One is Mandelstam's Jewish background in pre-1914 Russia, which he rejected as a young man, but reaffirmed in later life. Another is the inescapable impact of Russia's political and social transformation. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eHis evolution as a poet naturally occupies a large place in the biography, which quotes many of his most famous poems, including his devastating anti-Stalin epigram. He produced wonderful poetry before the October Revolution, but did not reach his full poetic stature until the 1930s when in exile in Voronezh. He was never an official Soviet poet, and it was only thanks to the intervention of Bukharin that he was brought back from utter impoverishment. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe biography gives full weight to his emotional life, beginning with his friendship with two other Russian poets, Marina Tsvetaeva and Anna Akhmatova, followed by love and marriage to Nadezhda Khazina.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eRalph Dutli\u003c\/b\u003e was born in Switzerland. He studied French and Russian Literature in Zürich and Paris. He is a poet, a translator of Russian and French poetry, a novelist, and an essayist. He has translated the whole of Mandelstam's works into German and received many literary awards.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 432\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.42 x 9.29 x 5.91 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e May 30, 2023\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51765946056992,"sku":"9781839761584","price":39.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/b83f34bd917de35a124669b25d806cfe.webp?v=1780283264","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/osip-mandelstam-a-biography-hardcover","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}