Ilya Erenburg’s Life and Death of Nikolay Kurbov as the Basis for Bruno Jasieński’s Novel I Burn Paris Cover Image

Ilya Erenburg’s Life and Death of Nikolay Kurbov as the Basis for Bruno Jasieński’s Novel I Burn Paris
Ilya Erenburg’s Life and Death of Nikolay Kurbov as the Basis for Bruno Jasieński’s Novel I Burn Paris

Author(s): Alina Świeściak, Piotr Fast
Subject(s): Language and Literature Studies, Studies of Literature, Translation Studies
Published by: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Jagiellońskiego
Keywords: Ilya Erenburg; Bruno Jasieński; I Burn Paris; Life and Death of Nikolay Kurbov; translation; polemics; contexts

Summary/Abstract: Bruno Jasieński wrote his novel I Burn Paris after translating Ilya Erenburg’s Life and Death of Nikolay Kurbov. This article analyses the complex relationships between these two works and investigates how their artistic and ideological facets intertwine in both positive and negative ways.

  • Issue Year: 2022
  • Issue No: Sp. Iss. 2
  • Page Range: 91-102
  • Page Count: 12
  • Language: English