PUBLICATIONS & WRITINGS
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1. Books
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Inside the Russian Soul: A Historical Survey of Russian Cultural Patterns, New York: McGraw- Hill, 1997, 551 pp.; 2nd Revised Edition, 2001, 632 pp.
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Moia knizhechka, A Collection of Verses. A & B Publishers, Moscow, 1998.
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Vtoraia knizhechka, A Collection of Verses. Vodolei Publishers, Moscow, 2014.
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Lis, A Novel. Vodolei Publishers, Moscow, 2017.
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Slyshnee, Complete Works, Poetry. Vodolei Publishers, Moscow, 2021.
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Tela Net, Complete Prose Works. Vodolei Publishers, Moscow, 2021.
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Disbelief: 100 Anti-War Poets, Ed. by. Julia Nemirovskaya. Smokestack Books, London, 2022.
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Dislocation: An Anthology of Poetic Response to Russia’s War in Ukraine, Ed. By Julia Nemirovskaya and Anna Krushlnitskaya. Slavica Publishers, Indiana University, 2024.
2. Theses:
PhD Thesis: “Pushkin kak poet mysli: Pushkin’s poesie pensee [Pushkin as a Poet of Thought].” Moscow State University, 1991, 205 pp. Defended in 1991 at the Department of Philology
Master’s Thesis: “Pushkin protiv Gerdera: Istoriia i legenda v tvorchestve Pushkina [Pushkin vs. Herder: History and Legend in Pushkin’s Work].” Moscow State University, 1985, 229 pp.
3. Encyclopedia articles
Entries in “RUSSKIE PISATELI 1800-1917:”
1. “Elizaveta Bibikova.” Russkie pisateli 1800-1917. Moscow: Sovietskaia Entsiklopedia. Vol. 1, 1989: 267.
2. “Aleksandr Komarov.” Russkie pisateli 1800-1917. Moscow: Bolshaia Rossiiskaia Entsiklo- pedia. Vol. 3, 1994: 40-41.
3. “Maria Lisitsyna.” Russkie pisateli 1800-1917 . Moscow: Bolshaia Rossiiskaia Entsiklopedia. Vol. 3, 1994: 365-66.
Small entries in “Russkie pisateli 1800-1917:”
1. “Ivan Benken.” Russkie pisateli 1800-1917. Moscow: Bolshaia Rossiiskaia Entsiklopedia, 1998.
2. “Vladimir Glinka.” Russkie pisateli 1800-1917 . Moscow: Bolshaia Rossiiskaia Entsiklopedia, 1998.
3. “Ivan Kreshev.” Russkie pisateli 1800-1917. Moscow: Bolshaia Rossiiskaia Entsiklopedia, 1998.
4. “Grigorii Malyshev.” Russkie pisateli 1800-1917. Moscow: Bolshaia Rossiiskaia Entsiklopedia., 2000.
5. “ Aleksandr Myl’nikov.” Russkie pisateli 1800-1917. Moscow: Bolshaia Rossiiskaia Entsiklopedia, 2000.
6. “ Sergei Navrotskii.” Russkie pisateli 1800-1917. Moscow: Bolshaia Rossiiskaia Entsiklopedia, 2000.
All links to to “Russkie pisateli 1800-1917:” http://imwerden.de/publ-4846.html
4. Scholarly Articles
In Swedish:
1. “The Living Legend: Solzhenitsyn in the Past and in the Present [En levande tradition, en levande legend].” Bonniers Literary Magazine, no. 6, 1991: 34-49.
11. “Without Changing the World” [Utan att for ̈andra v ̈arlden]” (A Study of Modern Literary Trends). Bonniers Literary Magazine, no. 4, 1990: 94-104.
In Russian:
1. “’Zayezzhii figliar’ u Pushkina [Buffoon in Pushkin’s Work].” Russkaia rech’, no. 3, 1989: 17-23.
2. “Iz rezedy, fialok i lilei” [“Made of Mignonettes, Violets and Lilies”].” Literaturnoe obozrenie, no. 2, 1996: 26-43.
3. “Ironiia - iznanaka pechali: o sovremennykh poetakh [Irony is the Wrong Side of Sadness: on Modern Poets].” Literaturnaia gazeta, 13 July, 1990: 9-10.
4. “’Eshche tvoei molvoi napolnen sei predel:’ Pushkin i Ovidii v Bessarabii [“’Your Memory is Still Around:’ Pushkin and Ovid in Bessarabia].” Kodry, no. 6, 1987: 134-8.
5. “ O moskovskoj poezii 1980-h godov” [On Moscow Poetry in 1980s]. Koltso A, Zhurnal Moskovskoj Pisatel’skoj Organizatsii. Moscow: 2015.
5. Reviews
1. “Sacred Versus Satanic: Problems of Russian Cultural Development.” VARDO ̈: Pictures of Reality, Stockholm, 1991: 8-9.
2. “Vladimir Turbin.” The Pushkin Journal: The Journal of the North American Pushkin Society, Vol. 1, no. 2, 1993: 197.
6. Essays
1. “On Leo Tolstoy and Other Essays.” Kontrapunkt, no. 1, 1999: 2-12.
2. “Simmetrii [Symmetries].” A monthly column on intelligentsia’s mind-set in Novaya Gazeta.
Moscow, 1998-1999.
7. Papers at conferences
1. “Plagiarism in Romantic Literature,” Leningrad University, 1986.
2. “‘Young Apollon Grigor’ev on Gogol,” University of Tver’, Russia, 1987.
3. “Romantic Toponyms in Pushkin’s Early Work,” Annual Pushkin Conference, Pushkin Mu-seum, Moscow, 1982.
4. “Shadow: Akhmatova, Pushkin, Batiushkov.” Annual Pushkin Conference, Pushkin Mu-seum, Moscow, 1983.
5. “Postmodernism and the Current Literary Situation in Russia,” Swedish PEN-Club, Stockholm, 1990; Nobel Library, Stockholm, 1990; University of G ̈oteborg, Sweden, 1990; University of Lund, Sweden, 1990.
6. “Pushkin and 18th Century French Rationalism: Pushkin as a ”Poet of Thought,” University of Uppsala, Sweden, 1990; University of Uppsala, Sweden, 1991; University of Oslo, Norway, 1991.
7. “Russia and the European Romantic Tradition,” University of Texas, Austin, 1991.
8. “Russian Eschatology,” Southwestern Slavic Conference, Austin, Texas, 1991.
9. “Cultural Myths of the Soviet Era,” Texas Tech University, Lubbock, 1992.
10. “Russian Drama: A Historical Survey,” New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, 1994.
11. “Maria Lisitsyna,” PNSFL Conference, Reno, 1995.
12. “Figliar in Pushkin’s Poetry,” AATSEEL Convention, Tacoma, 1995.
13. “Germany,” American Translators Association, Albuquerque, 1996.
14. “The True Improvisor: Mickiewicz, Gogol and Pushkin in ‘Egyptian Nights,’” AATSEEL Convention, Chicago, 1996.
15. “Russian Intellectual History Through Mind Patterns,” AAASS Convention, Boston, 1996.
16. “The Fussy Genius: Gogol and Mickiewicz Through Pushkin’s Eyes,” Pushkin Bi-Centennial Conference, “The Golden Age,” Columbus, Ohio, 1997.
17. “The Devilish Angels in Milan Kundera’s “Book of Laughter and Forgetting” and Venedict Erofeev’s “Moscow to the End of the Line,” PNSFL Conference, Albuquerque, 1997.
18. “European Intellectuals vs. Russian Intelligentsia,” International Symposium, “The New Europe at the Crossroads,” York, England, 1997.
19. “50 European Authors and One Faina Grimberg,” AAASS Convention , Seattle, 1997.
20. “Idiomatic Culture,” AATSEEL Convention, Toronto, 1997.
21. “V. Khodasevich on Pompeii: Porticos versus Cupolas in Russian Literature,” AAASS Convention, Boca Raton, Florida, 1998.
22. “Pushkin and Gogol: An Old Issue Revisited,” International Bi-Centennial Pushkin Conference, Uppsala, Sweden, 1999.
23. “On Poetry in the Modern World,” International Poetic Biennale, Moscow, 2003.
24. ”On Poetry,” Zverev Art and Conference Center, Moscow, 2008.
25. ”Teaching Russian Through Theater,” AATSEEL, Seattle, 2011.
26. ”On 1980s Moscow ”Poetry Club,” Bures-sur-Yvette, France, 2012.
27. ”Russian Poets and Scholars Tatiana Neshumova and Ivan Akhmetiev at the UO,” Eugene, 2014.
“То, что я говорю, неясно. То, во что я верю, невидимо. Что ж поделаешь?”
REVIEWS:
Recent:
Poetry:
1. The ”Second little book” of Julia Nemirovskaya, Trepang, July 2015;
The Little Books of Julia Nemirovskaya, by Boris Dralyuk, Asymptote, June 2016.)
PLAYS
RUSSIAN:
1. “Parents and Children of Cain or to Kill the Poet:” Based on life and works of the OBERIU poets, 1994. Staged at Brigham Young University Russian Theater in 1994.
2. “Alen’kij Tsvetochek” [The Scarlet Flower]: After S. Aksakov’s tale, 1995. Staged at Brigham Young University Russian Theater in 1995.
3. “Master:” A play after M. Bulgakov’s novel, 1996. Staged at Brigham Young University Russian Theater in 1996.
4. “Gamlet v adu, ili Zagrobnaya zhizn’ Meyerholda,” 2010. Staged at the UO in English translation in 2010.
BILINGUAL:
English-Russian Plays for the UO Bilingual Theater, directed by Julia Nemirovskaya; please see https://russian-theatre.uoregon.edu/ for current and previous plays descriptions, videos, photos and other UO Russian Theater information:
1. “Children of Cain:” Five Stories of Adam and Eve. The play includes a short drama piece by D. Kharms, ”Adam and Eve,” 2002. Staged at University of Oregon Russian Theater in 2002.
2. “Minor:” After Denis Fonvisin, 2003. Staged at University of Oregon Russian Theater on 2003. Reviewed at the Register Guard (Eugene, OR daily), May 31, 2003.
3. “The Scarlet Flower:” After S. Aksakov’s tale, 2003. Staged at the UO Russian Theater in 2004.
4. “Our Charming Doctor Seuss and Our Harming D. Kharms:” Based on life and works of D.Kharms and Doctor Seuss, 2004. Staged at University of Oregon Russian Theater in 2005.
5. “Az, Bookie, Veidy or Russian for the Princess:” A Historical Play about Catherine the Great, 2005. Staged at the University of Oregon Russian Theater in 2006.
6. “Anya in Wonderland:” After V. Nabokov’s translation of L. Carroll’s tale, 2007. Staged at the University of Oregon Russian Theater in 2007.
7. “Pnin:” After V. Nabokov’s novel, 2008. Staged at the University of Oregon Russian Theater in 2008.
8. “Suicide:” After N. Erdman’s play, 2010. Staged at the University of Oregon Russian Theater in 2010.
9. “Ruslan and Lyudmila:” A Script after A. Pushkin’s poem, with Jessica Jones, 2012. Staged at the University of Oregon Russian Theater in 2012.
10. “The Puppet Show:” A script after A. Blok’s drama, 2013. Staged at the University of Oregon Russian Theater in 2013.
11. “Drakon:” A Script after Ye. Schwartz’s play, 2013. Staged at the University of Oregon Russian Theater in 2014.
12. “The Queen of Spades:” A Script after A. Pushkin’s novella, with Lara Ravich, 2014. Staged at the University of Oregon Russian Theater in 2015.
13. “Eugene Oregon:” A script after A. Pushkin’s novel, ”Eugene Onegin,” 2015. Staged at the University of Oregon Russian Theater in 2016.
14. “Balagan:” A script after A. Blok poetry and drama, 2016. Staged at the Summer Camp in Albany, NY, in 2016.
15. “Lady-Peasant,” A script after A. Pushkin’s novella, 2016. Staged at the University of Oregon Russian Theater in 2017.
16. "Take the Million," An adaptation of Igor Irtenev's play, "Vozmi Million," 2018, Staged at the University of Oregon Russian Theater in 2019.
IN ENGLISH:
23. ”Hamlet in Hell,” A play about V. Meyerhold. 2010. Staged at the UO in 2012 by the UO REEES and Theater arts students, directed by J. Schmor.
MUSICALS
1. Glass Menagerie. A musical play after T.Williams’ drama, 1990. Staged at the Lenkom Theater, St. Petersburg.
2. G ̈osta Berlings Saga. A musical play after S.Lagerl ̈of’s novel, 1991, music by V. Pleshak.
PLAYS FOR CHILDREN
(Staged in the Russian Children’s School in Bures-sur-Yvette, France, in Russian Community Clubs in Bonn, Germany, Boston, MS, Provo, UT, Eugene, OR.)
1. “Princessa iz IHESa” [Princess from IHES], 1997.
2. “Zmei i nosorogi” [Snakes and Rhinoseroses], 1998.
3. “Dlya igrushek-varezhek” [For Handpuppets], 2000.
4. “Dyujmovochka” [Thumbellina]. After G.-H. Andersen tale, 2003, music by V. Pleshak.
5. “Maski i Kraski” [Paints and Colors], 2003.
6. “Piraty i rebyata” [Pirates and Children] , 2004.
7. “Geometriya” [Geometry], 2006.
8. “Santa i elfy” [Santa and Elfs], 2006.
9. “Poet Daniil Kharms” [Daniel Kharms, a Poet], 2009.
10. “Roi-Cerf” [Stag King], After Carlo Gozzi, 2010.
11. “Tour de Babel, ili Vavilonskaya Bashnya” [Tower of Babel], in Russian, English, German and French, 2012.
12. “Korol’ Drozdoborod” [King Thrushbeard], After Br. Grimm’s fairy tale, 2012.
13.“Yolki” [Christmas Trees], a musical with music by N. Timofeeva, 2015.
14. “Feya Neya’ [Not-Me-Fairy], 2016.
Fiction Books:
Lis, Vodolei Publishers, Moscow, 2017. (See fiction section.)
Poetry:
1. Moia knizhechka, A & B Publishers, Moscow, 1998. (Reviewed in: Literaturnaia Gazeta, 25 November 1998: 5).
2. Vtoraia knizhechka, Vodolei Publishers, Moscow, 2014.
(Reviews: The ”Second little book” of Julia Nemirovskaya, Trepang, July 2015; The Little Books of Julia Nemirovskaya, by Boris Dralyuk, Asymptote, June 2016.)