Diary, 1901-1969
By: Kornei Chukovsky ; edited by Victor Erlich ; translated by Michael Henry Heim.
Contributors: Erlich, Victor, 1914-; Heim, Michael Henry.; Chukovskai͡a︡, E. T͡S︡.
Publisher: Yale University Press
Published: 2005
Place of publication: New Haven
Language: eng
Number of pages: 630
Subjects: Chukovskiĭ, Korneĭ, 1882-1969 -- Diaries; Chukovskiĭ, Korneĭ, 1882-1969 -- Friends and associates; Authors, Russian -- 20th century -- Diaries
Genres: Diaries.
Description: Kornei Chukovsky was the complete man of letters - a literary critic, a writer of verses for children, an authority on children's linguistic creativity and a translator. His diary begins in prerevolutionary Russia and spans almost the entire Soviet era.
Notes: Translated from the Russian.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [575]-609) and index.
"This translation is of an abridged version edited by Elena Chukovskaya of the diary published in Russian in 1991 (vol. 1) and 1994 (vol. 2)."--T.p. verso.
Table of contents: title: Diary, 1901-1969; title: Excerpt from "What I remember; or, fiddle-faddle; title: Periodicals, publishing houses, abbreviations, and acronyms.