Nina Berberova: Known and Unknown - Paperback

by Irina Vinokurova (Author)

This book is the first biography of Nina Berberova. Based on years of archival research, the author deciphers many of the conspicuous omissions ("умолчания," as Berberova herself put it) which have intrigued generations of readers of Berberova's autobiography The Italics are Mine. A special focus is given to the four decades Berberova lived in the US, which were left out of her book, and which ended up being extremely productive for her both personally and professionally.

Author Biography

Dr. Irina Vinokurova (aka Irene Kolchinsky) is a Russian-American literary scholar and critic. She is the author of books The Revival of the Russian Literary Avant-Garde: The Thaw Generation and Beyond and «"Всего лишь гений" судьба Николая Глазкова». Her documentary study «Нина Берберова и третья волна эмиграции» received an award from the Zvezda literary magazine (2019). Since 1991, Dr. Vinokurova has lived in the US.