Boris de Schloezer as mediator of Leo Shestov for the Western reader
https://doi.org/10.28995/2686-7249-2020-2-114-126
Abstract
Boris de Schloezer (1881–1969) is not wellknown in Russia, where mainly musicologues and philosophers know about him. In France where he settled after bolshevik revolution he was known mainly as a translator of Russian classics of 19th c. (Dostoyevsky, Tolstoy, Gogol, Leskov and to less extent Pushkin) into French, but in Russia as a translator he is almost unknown. The present article rather proposes another side of his activities: his role as the translator of Russian philosopher Leo Shestov’s works. Since his arrival in France in 1921 and until Shestov’s death in 1938 in Paris Schloezer for 17 years had been in close contact with Shestov and translated almost all of his books. They became close friends in spite of the big age difference between them. These relations are obviously expressed in their correspondance. In fact Schloezer helped Shestov in beeing recognized in the French intellectual circles. The article shows how the translation activities brought Schlötzer closer to Shestov and made him the main Shestov’s mediator for the intellectual circles of France and the Western reader.
About the Author
B. Bisson
Russian State University for the Humanities
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Bisson Bruno, Master of slavistics, Sorbonne University – Paris IV; Moscow State Institute of International Relations (MGIMO University)
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Review
For citations:
Bisson B. Boris de Schloezer as mediator of Leo Shestov for the Western reader. RSUH/RGGU Bulletin: “Literary Teory. Linguistics. Cultural Studies”, Series. 2020;(2):114-126. (In Russ.) https://doi.org/10.28995/2686-7249-2020-2-114-126
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