Volkov and the Wizard of OZ -ACKNOWLEDGMENT

[Mila Khayutin]

With all respect, I cannot agree with you. There was a translation of
"Wizard of Oz" in Soviet Uion under the very same title : "Mudrets iz
strany Oz", I personally read it when I was little. Maybe, it's a gap
between generations.
Mila Khayutin

On Mon, 13 Nov 1995, Anna Rakityanskaya wrote:

> >On Wed, 8 Nov 1995, Anna Rakityanskaya wrote:
> >
> >> I would like to testify on behalf of Russian readers of "Volshebnik
> >> Izumrudnogo goroda", its sequels, "Vinni-Pukh" and "Zolotoi kliuchik, ili
> >> prikliucheniia Buratino". All editions of these books in the USSR INCLUDED
> >> REFERENCES TO THE ORIGINAL WORKS.
> >
> >Certainly, not all editions. Those that I saw did not have any references.
>
> I would like to join Barry Scherr and ask you to identify those editions.
>
>
> >> I agree that "Volshebnik .." is much closer to "Wizard .. " than "Zolotoi
> >> kliuchik" to "Pinocchio". This by the way may be the reason why the very
> >> title "Wizard of Oz" was not known in Russia, while "Pinocchio" was fairly
> >> well known.
> >
> >"Wizard of Oz" was published in Russia as well.  It was in English, and
> >published (it seems) by Progress.  So, those there who read English knew it.
> >"Pinocchio" was known, probably, because of an Italian movie that was on
> >there in the 70s.
>
> I just would like to add that my knowledge of "Pinocchio" came from the
> Russian language book and from the wonderful radio broadcast. (However I
> missed the movie.) Too bad "Wizard of Ozz" wasn't available to the general
> Russian-reading public.
>
> Anna Rakityanskaya
> University of Texas, Austin
> Internet: RAKITYA at MAIL.UTEXAS.EDU
>