Nadezhda Teffi
Nadezhda Teffi | |
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Born | Nadezhda Alexandrovna Lokhvitskaya 21 May [O.S. 9 May] 1872 Saint Petersburg, Russian Empire |
Died | 6 October 1952 Paris, France | (aged 80)
Resting place | Sainte-Geneviève-des-Bois Russian Cemetery |
Pen name | Teffi |
Occupation | writer, playwright |
Relatives | Mirra Lokhvitskaya |
Nadezhda Alexandrovna Teffi (Russian: Наде́жда Алекса́ндровна Тэ́ффи; 21 May [O.S. 9 May] 1872 – 6 October 1952) was a Russian humorist writer. Together with Arkady Averchenko she was one of the prominent authors of the magazine Novyi Satirikon.
Biography
Teffi was born as Nadezhda Lokhvitskaya into a family of gentry. Her year of birth is variously reported in the range 1871–1876. Her father, Alexander Vladimirovich Lokhvitsky, a lawyer and scholar, was prominent in Saint Petersburg society. Her mother, Varvara Alexandrovna Goyer, was of French descent, a lover of poetry, and familiar with Russian and European literature.
In an answer to a questionnaire given to writers in 1911, Teffi said the following about her early literary work:[1]
The element of observation dominated my fantasy. I liked drawing caricatures and writing satirical verses. My first published work was written under the influence of Chekhov.
Teffi married Vladislav Buchinsky, a Polish lawyer and judge, but they separated in 1900. They had two daughters and a son together. She was a contributor to the first
Initially a supporter of the
In 2018, Edythe Haber's biography of Teffi was published,[4] the first such work in any language.[5]
English translations
- A Modest Talent and Diamond Dust (one-act plays), and Talent (story), from A Russian Cultural Revival, University of Tennessee Press, 1981.
- All About Love (story collection), Ardis Publishers, 1985.
- The Woman Question (one-act play) and Walled Up (story), from An Anthology of Russian Women's Writing, Oxford, 1994.
- Time (story), from The Portable Twentieth Century Reader, Penguin Classics, 2003.
- Love and A Family Journey (stories), from Russian Stories from Pushkin to Buida, Penguin Classics, 2005.
- When the Crayfish Whistled: A Christmas Horror, A Little Fairy Tale, Baba Yaga (text of a picture book), The Dog, and Baba Yaga (essay), from Russian Magic Tales from Pushkin to Platonov, Penguin Classics, 2012.
- Subtly Worded (stories), Pushkin Press, 2014; translated by Robert and Elizabeth Chandler, Anne-Marie Jackson and others.[6]
- Tolstoy, Rasputin, Others, and Me: The best of Teffi (story collection), New York Review Books, 2016: published simultaneously in the UK by Pushkin Press as Rasputin and Other Ironies; translated by Robert and Elizabeth Chandler, Anne-Marie Jackson and others..
- Memories: From Moscow to the Black Sea (memoir of 1918-20 journey to exile), New York Review Books, 2016: published simultaneously in the UK by Pushkin Press; translated by Robert and Elizabeth Chandler, Anne-Marie Jackson, Irina Steinberg and others.
- Other Worlds: Peasants, Pilgrims, Spirits, Saints (story collection), New York Review Books, 2021: published simultaneously in the UK by Pushkin Press (August 2021); translated by Robert and Elizabeth Chandler, Anne-Marie Jackson and others.[7][8]
German translations
- Teffy alias Nadeshda Lochwizkaja: Champagner aus Teetassen : meine letzten Tage in Russland, Aus dem Russ. von Ganna-Maria Braungardt, Berlin : Aufbau, 2014, ISBN 978-3-351-03412-2
References
- ^ ISBN 0-8153-1797-2. Retrieved 2012-01-26.
- ^ ISBN 0-87049-296-9.
- ^ JSTOR 42703769. Retrieved 22 November 2022.
- ISBN 978-1-788-31258-5.
- ^ Brown, Catherine, "She Had Sweets Named After Her", Literary Review (February 2019), p.25.
- ^ "Teffi – Subtly Worded cover art and synopsis". Upcoming4.me. Archived from the original on 2014-01-08. Retrieved 2014-01-08.
- ^ "Other Worlds". New York Review Books. Retrieved 2021-07-23.
- ISBN 978-1-78227-561-9.
External links
- Works by Teffi on Lib.ru internet library (in Russian)
- Всеобщая история, обработанная «Сатириконом» – World history processed by Satiricon by Teffi, Averchenko, D'Or and others (in Russian)
- Puppets on YouTube, song by Larisa Novoseltsevaon poem by Teffi
- Article about Teffi's short story collection The Witch (Ved'ma, 1936) https://www.litencyc.com/php/sworks.php?rec=true&UID=38906