Vladimir L'vovich Korvin-Piotrovskii (russian: Владимир Львович Корвин-Пиотровский; 15 May 1891 – 2 April 1966) was a Russian poet. His place of birth is sometimes identified as the Ukrainian town of
Bila Tserkva
Bila Tserkva ( uk, Бі́ла Це́рква ; ) is a city in the center of Ukraine, the largest city in Kyiv Oblast (after Kyiv, which is the administrative center, but not part of the oblast), and part of the Right Bank. It serves as the admi ...
, where Korvin-Piotrovskii spent much of his childhood. During
World War I, Korvin-Piotrovskii served in the
White Army as an artillery officer. After being taken prisoner and barely escaping execution, he crossed through Poland and made his way to Berlin around 1920.
In Berlin, Korvin-Piotrovskii became active in the Russian emigre literary community. There he met
Yuri Ofrosimov
Yuri Viktorovich Ofrosimov (russian: Юрий Викторович Офросимов; 1894–1967) was a Russian poet and theater critic. He was born in Moscow and emigrated to Berlin in 1920, where he was active in the Russian emigre literary com ...
and
Vladimir Nabokov. He also became involved with the Berlin Poets' Club, a group of Russian emigre poets founded by
Mikhail Gorlin Mikhail Genrikhovich Gorlin ( rus, Михаи́л Ге́нрихович Го́рлин, p=mʲɪxɐˈil ˈɡʲenrʲɪxəvʲɪdʑ ˈɡorlʲɪn, a=Mihail Gyenrihovich Gorlin.ru.vorb.oga; 1909–1943)Raisa Blokh
Raisa Noevna Blokh (russian: Раиса Ноевна Блох; 1899–1943) was a Russian poet. She emigrated to Berlin in the 1920s where she was active in the Berlin Poets' Club along with her husband Mikhail Gorlin. Blokh published her poetry in ...
, Nina Korvin-Piotrovskaia (née Kaplun),
Véra Nabokov, and
Sofiya Pregel
Sofiya Yulievna Pregel (russian: София Юльевна Прегель; 1894–1972) was a Russian Empire-born poet. She emigrated to Berlin in 1922 and then to Paris
Paris () is the capital and most populous city of France, with a ...
.
Vladimir and Nina Korvin-Piotrovskii left Germany before
World War II began. Nina Korvin-Piotrovskaia worked at the French embassy in Berlin, and they were able to travel to Paris with embassy staff. During World War II, Korvin-Piotrovskii was active in the
French Resistance movement. He was arrested and imprisoned for approximately eight months in 1944. His fellow prisoners included the French writer
André Frossard
André Frossard (14 January 1915 – 2 February 1995) was a French journalist and essayist.
Early life
André Frossard was born on 14 January 1915 in Saint-Maurice-Colombier, Doubs, France. His father, Louis-Oscar Frossardan, was one of ...
, whose memoir ''La maison des otages'' documents this time period.
Vladimir and Nina Korvin-Piotrovskii were close friends with Italo and Leila Griselli and visited them many times in Italy. Italo Griselli, a sculptor, made busts of both Vladimir and Nina Korvin-Piotrovskii.
In 1961, the family moved to
Los Angeles,
California, where Vladimir Korvin-Piotrovskii died on 2 April 1966. Nina Korvin-Piotrovskaia died in 1975.
Literary archivesVladimir Korvin-Piotrovskii Papers
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University.
Bibliography
*''Zvezdnoi tropoiu'' (
1921
Events
January
* January 2
** The Association football club Cruzeiro Esporte Clube, from Belo Horizonte, is founded as the multi-sports club Palestra Italia by Italian expatriates in First Brazilian Republic, Brazil.
** The Spanish lin ...
)
*''Polyn' i zvezdy'' (
1923
Events
January–February
* January 9 – Lithuania begins the Klaipėda Revolt to annex the Klaipėda Region (Memel Territory).
* January 11 – Despite strong British protests, troops from France and Belgium occupy the Ruhr area, t ...
)
*''Beatriche'' (
1929
This year marked the end of a period known in American history as the Roaring Twenties after the Wall Street Crash of 1929 ushered in a worldwide Great Depression. In the Americas, an agreement was brokered to end the Cristero War, a Catholic ...
)
*''Vozdushnyi zmei'' (
1950
Events January
* January 1 – The International Police Association (IPA) – the largest police organization in the world – is formed.
* January 5 – 1950 Sverdlovsk plane crash, Sverdlovsk plane crash: ''Aeroflot'' Lisunov Li-2 cr ...
)
*''Porazhenie'' (
1960
It is also known as the "Year of Africa" because of major events—particularly the independence of seventeen African nations—that focused global attention on the continent and intensified feelings of Pan-Africanism.
Events
January
* Ja ...
)
*''Pozdnii gost'' (
1968
The year was highlighted by protests and other unrests that occurred worldwide.
Events January–February
* January 5 – "Prague Spring": Alexander Dubček is chosen as leader of the Communist Party of Czechoslovakia.
* Januar ...
-
1969
This year is notable for Apollo 11's first landing on the moon.
Events January
* January 4 – The Government of Spain hands over Ifni to Morocco.
* January 5
**Ariana Afghan Airlines Flight 701 crashes into a house on its approach to ...
)
References
*
Kasack, Wolfgang. 1988. ''Dictionary of Russian literature since 1917''. New York: Columbia University Press.
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1891 births
1966 deaths
Russian male poets
20th-century Russian poets
20th-century Russian male writers
White Russian emigrants to Germany
Russian expatriates in Germany
Russian expatriates in France
Russian expatriates in the United States
Poets from Kyiv
French Resistance members
People from Bila Tserkva
Military personnel from Bila Tserkva