TY - JOUR T1 - Николай Заболоцкий в стране «Гулливера» A1 - Устинов, Андрей A1 - Лощилов, Игорь PY - 2021 N2 - The essay “Zabolotsky in the land of ‘Gulliver’” offers a profound review of Nikolai Zabolotsky’s mentions in the almost weekly “Literary Chronicle” column of the Parisian newspaper “Vozrozhdenie,” which was signed “Gulliver.” That “avatar” was created by the family tandem of Nina Berberova and Vladislav Khodasevich, however the selection of publications for the column and, especially, caustic literary assessments most likely belonged to the latter. Back in 1929, Khodasevich got his hands on the February issue of the Leningrad magazine “Zvezda,” where Zabolotsky’s poem “Circus” was published. “Gulliver” mentioned this poem several times, often without an apparent reason, and mostly, as an example of experimental poetry which was absolutely unacceptable for him; or as a case of the genuine idiocy of Soviet poetry. Paradoxically, that particular assessment of Zabolotsky’s work by an émigré critic went hand in hand with the accusatory statements of Soviet official press, which attacked Zabolotsky with a genuine zeal after the publication of his poem “The Triumph of Agriculture.” The authors republish two reviews of “Gulliver,” specifically dedicated to Zabolotsky’s work with a necessary commentary. They also explain how the ignorance of “Gulliver” and émigré literary critics regarding Zabolotsky’s biographical and literary circumstances caused a catastrophic lack of understanding of the poet’s place in Soviet literature of the interwar period. JF - Wiener Slavistisches Jahrbuch. Neue Folge JA - Wiener Slavistisches Jahrbuch. Neue Folge VL - 9 IS - 1 UR - https://doi.org/10.13173/wienslavjahr.9.2021.0115 M3 - doi:10.13173/wienslavjahr.9.2021.0115 ER -