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Exhibit of Marc Szeftel/Vladimir Nabokov papers (fwd)
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FYI -- particularly if you find yourselves in Seattle this week! GD
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Date: Mon, 17 Nov 1997 11:32:46 -0800 (PST)
From: Michael Biggins <mbiggins@u.washington.edu>
An exhibit entitled "Dear Friend--: The Lives of a UW Professor in Art and
Letters," is now on display in the Manuscripts and University Archives
exhibit area in the basement of Allen Library.
The exhibit, based on Galya Diment's newly published book _Pniniad_ (UW
Press, 1997), limns the career of UW professor of Russian history Marc
Szeftel (1902-1984), from his youth in Russia and Eastern Europe to the
professorships he held at Cornell University and the UW. At Cornell in
the 1940s and '50s, Szeftel was a colleague of Russian-American novelist
Vladimir Nabokov and is thought to have served as a model for the
protagonist of one of Nabokov's best-known novels, Pnin.
Correspondence between Nabokov and Szeftel held by UW Manuscripts and
University Archives is a focal point of the exhibit, which was produced by
Michael Biggins and Kathryn Leonard and will be on display through
January.
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Michael Biggins / Slavic & East European Section / Suzzallo Library, Box
352900 / University of Washington / Seattle, WA 98195 / tel.: (206)
543-5588 / fax: (206) 685-8049 / e-mail: mbiggins@u.washington.edu
---------- Forwarded message ----------
Date: Mon, 17 Nov 1997 11:32:46 -0800 (PST)
From: Michael Biggins <mbiggins@u.washington.edu>
An exhibit entitled "Dear Friend--: The Lives of a UW Professor in Art and
Letters," is now on display in the Manuscripts and University Archives
exhibit area in the basement of Allen Library.
The exhibit, based on Galya Diment's newly published book _Pniniad_ (UW
Press, 1997), limns the career of UW professor of Russian history Marc
Szeftel (1902-1984), from his youth in Russia and Eastern Europe to the
professorships he held at Cornell University and the UW. At Cornell in
the 1940s and '50s, Szeftel was a colleague of Russian-American novelist
Vladimir Nabokov and is thought to have served as a model for the
protagonist of one of Nabokov's best-known novels, Pnin.
Correspondence between Nabokov and Szeftel held by UW Manuscripts and
University Archives is a focal point of the exhibit, which was produced by
Michael Biggins and Kathryn Leonard and will be on display through
January.
=======================================================================
Michael Biggins / Slavic & East European Section / Suzzallo Library, Box
352900 / University of Washington / Seattle, WA 98195 / tel.: (206)
543-5588 / fax: (206) 685-8049 / e-mail: mbiggins@u.washington.edu