Материалы к изучению биографии и творчества Михаила Горлина из архива Institut d’études slaves (Париж). Часть четвертая

The publication “Materials Pertaining to the Life and Works of Mikhail Gorlin from the Archive of the Institut d’études slaves. Part 4 (No 8: Jucunda et tristia: The Latin World of Mikhail Gorlin)” presents some previously unpublished documents shedding light on Mikhail Gorlin’s background in Classic Languages originating from the renowned Berlin Kaiser-Friedrich-Schule, and resulting in his seminal work on the late Roman poet Claudius Claudianus. The documents published also concern the use of the Latin language in personal correspondence (letters by him and by his wife, a poet Raisa Blokh).

Keywords: Mikhail Gorlin, Raisa Blokh, Berlin-Charlottenburg, Kaiser-Friedrich- Schule, Russian reception of Claudius Claudianus, Walter de Châtillon, 20th-Century Russian literature