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The scrapbook consists of 28 pages and includes two letters from Fedorova, 11 original photographs, five pieces of ephemera and numerous newspaper clippings. Nina Fedorova (1895-1985) was the pen name of Antonina (Mrs. V,A.) Riasanovsky. She won the 1940 Atlantic Prize Novel Award for her much admired novel "The Family." Fedorova, with her husband and two sons were Russian immigrants to the United States in 1938, settling in Eugene, OR. The family had earlier fled both Russia, because of the revolution and China, because of the Japanese invasion. Fedorova's novel is drawn from her personal experiences during these times. The scrapbook, which appears to have been kept by Mrs. G.H. Good, a friend of Fedorova's, focuses on events surrounding Fedorova winning the prize novel award. In 1942, Fedorova, had a second novel published ("The Children") and a third book "Life" which was written in Russian. In the early 1950's she and her family moved to San Francisco.. Book. Book Condition: Collectible-Fine. Binding: No Binding Click here for full details of this book, to ask a question or to buy it on-line. Bibliophile Bookbase probably offers multiple copies of Fedorova, Nina and Antonina Riasanovsky : Original Scrapbook Concerning Her Life and Writing Career. Click here to select from a complete list of available copies of this book. Bibliophile Bookbase lists over 5 million books, maps and prints including rare books, first editions, livres d'occasion, libri antichi and livres illustrées. Bibliophile Bookbase for antiquarian books, maps and prints. |