Bibliography of A.I. Solzhenitsyn: the History, Problems and Solutions

The article describes the history of creation of Biobibliographic Index “Alexander Isayevich Solzhenitsyn. Materials for Biobibliography” dedicated to A.I. Solzhenitsyn – the outstanding Russian writer, Nobel Laureate and public figure – from the bibliographic chapter planned in the 1960-ies to the Index in two volumes, being prepared for publication in 2018.

The Index contains the list of all works by A.I. Solzhenitsyn from 1962 to 2017: released both as separate editions and published in the periodical press, as well as the literature about his life and creative activity. The first section includes the book editions and works by the writer published in journals, newspapers and non-author’s collections. They are grouped by genre principle — prose, drama, poetry. The bibliographic records are arranged in chronological order (by date of publication). The second section “Literature on A.I. Solzhenitsyn’s Life and Works” includes a variety of publications, devoted to the writer entirely or partially. The key to the disclosure of the substantive content of each entry is a classified index, where the heading titles reflect the landmarks of A.I. Solzhenitsyn’s life and creative heritage, identified in the process of the compilers’ acquaintance with the critical literature de visu. This index helps the user to navigate in the extensive corpus of literature devoted to the writer and in selection of materials on the subject of interest.

The author considers the problems encountered by the compilers, as well as the ways of their solution and defines this publication as the first experience in Russia in preparing a large-scale bibliographic collection dedicated to A.I. Solzhenitsyn.

1. Aleksandr Isaevich Solzhenitsyn: materialy k biobibliografii [Aleksandr Isayevich Solzhenitsyn: The Materials for Biobibliography]. St. Petersburg, 2007, 800 p.

2. Semenova E.P. Research Supporting Literary Bibliography in the National Library of Russia, Istoriko-bibliograficheskie issledovaniya: sb. nauch. trudov [Historical-Bibliographic Research: collected scientific papers]. St. Petersburg, 2015, issue 13, pp. 46—62 (in Russ.).

3. Levitskaya N.G. Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn: biobibliograficheskii ukazatel’, avgust 1988—1990 [Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn: Biobibliographic Index, August 1988—1990]. Moscow, 1991, 127 p.

4. Fiene D.M. Alexander Solzhenitsyn: An International Bibliography of Writings by and about Him, 1962—1973. Ann Arbor, 1973, 148 p.

5. Havrlant L. (ed.) A.I. Solzhenitsyn Selected Bibliography: December 1962 — October 1970, Canadian Slavonic Papers, 1971, vol. 13, no. 2/3, pp. 243—252.

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7. Shtal E.N. Bibliography of A.I. Solzhenitsyn: To Be Supplemented, Bibliografiya [Bibliography], 2010, no. 2, pp. 93—113 (in Russ.).

8. Latynina A.N. Calling and Destiny, Novyi mir [New World], 2008, no. 6, pp. 168—176 (in Russ.).

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