Keele University Professor passes unique historical materials about Brodsky to Russia

Foundation of Joseph Brodsky museum in Saint Petersburg received a collection of unique historical documents connected to life and creative career of the writer. The collection was provided by professor of Keele University Valentina Polukhna. The lifetime archive contains multiple editions, articles, documentary shots, letters and many other documents, Rossotrudnichestvo website reports. The valuable documents were ceremoniously passed in London.

Valentina Polukhina talked about the poet and his heritage, about her meetings with Brodsky and collection of the materials.

The head of the museum foundation Mikhail Milchik presented a photo exhibition with child’s pictures of the Nobel Prize winner-to-be and pictures of his period of life in Paris and Venice. The audience has also watched the movie by Andrey Khrzhanovsky about Brodsky titled Room and a Half.

It is worth reminding that the museum flat of the poet is situated in the house Muruzi on Liteyny prospect, where the family of the poet used to live from the middle of 50ies until the beginning of the 70s.

The apartment of Joseph Brodsky will become an affiliate of Anna Akhmatova’s museum. Future showpieces are stored in Fountain house, where the museum of Anna Akhmatova is situated. Friends of the poet presented them to the future memorial flat. More than 2,5 thousand items connected to the life of the Nobel prize-winner are piled there. Earlier, the Foundation of the inheritable property of Brodsky and the poet’s widow passed there items from the house in South Hadley. The museum received furniture and items of the interior, library and collection of the post cards. Around a thousand items from the last flat of Brodsky in Brookline were passed over.

Russkiy Mir