Russian Translations of Whitman now on the web at Walt Whitman Archive

[Nina Shevchuk]

 <www.whitmanarchive.org/published/foreign/russian/in
Dear SEELANGers:

 <www.whitmanarchive.org/published/foreign/russian/index.html>. 
The Walt Whitman Archive is presenting a growing number of translations of Leaves of Grass and other works of Walt Whitman.  We recently made available two early Russian translations of Whitman, Konstantin Balʹmont's Pobiegi Travy (1911), and a translation of Whitman's "Pioneers! O Pioneers!" (1912). Balʹmont's work was initially contributed to the literary journal Vesy; he later published Pobiegi Travy as the first book-length translation of Whitman's poems into Russian. The rare chapbook edition of "Pioneers! O Pioneers!"—translated by an individual known only by the initials "S. M."—illustrates the avant-garde mixed-media experimentation that was a hallmark of post-revolutionary Russian culture. An introduction to these and other  Russian translations is forthcoming. For now, the Archive makes available  Martin Bidney's article "Leviathan, Yggdrasil, Earth Titan, Eagle: Balʹmont's Reimagining of Walt Whitman" (reproduced with permission). 

The Archive's web format provides easy search through the text as well as ready connection to the original text. We hope you will explore this new resource and spread the word to anyone who might be interested. Other translations are forthcoming.


best wishes, 
Nina Shevchuk-Murray and
Walt Whitman Archive staff 


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