Foreign Publications of K.D. Balmont’s Works in Russian

June 15, 2017 is the 150th anniversary of birth of the famous Russian poet-symbolist, writer, translator, essayist, literary theoretician and critic Konstantin Dmitryevich Balmont (1867—1942). A half of his creative career passed in emigration. There were created many of his important works, now acknowledged classics of Russian literature. This article explores the history of K.D. Balmont’s foreign publications in Russian, through the analysis of the materials from the electronic database “Books in Russian Published Abroad, 1927—1991”, developed by the Research Department of Bibliography of the Russian State Library. The article comprises Balmont’s works published as individual author’s editions in different countries of the world. The scientifi c novelty of the article lies in the fact that for fi rst time there is paid direct attention to a detailed bibliographical review of the foreign Russian-language publications of Balmont’s works. The main results of the research are of theoretical and practical importance, as they were selected, described in Russian, the history of their emergence was examined. It will help literary researchers and active readers better navigate in the foreign Russianlanguage literature related to this subject. 

1. Balmont K.D. Pesni mstitelya [Songs of the Avenger]. Paris, Imprimeur Gnatovsky Publ., 1907, 64 p.

2. Balmont K.D. Izbrannye stikhotvoreniya [Selected Poems]. New York, Knizhnyi Magazin M. Gurevicha Publ., 1920, 94 p.

3. Balmont K.D. Dar zemle [A Gift to the Earth]. Paris, Russkaya Zemlya Publ., 1921, 164 p.

4. Balmont K.D. Svetlyi chas: izbrannye stikhi [Lightened Hour: Selected Poems]. Paris, J. Povolozky & Cie Publ., 1921, 73 p.

5. Balmont K.D. Marevo [The Haze]. Paris, Franko-Russkaya Pechat’ Publ., 1922, 132 p.

6. Balmont K.D. Sonety solntsa, meda i luny: pesnya mirov [Sonnets of Sun, Honey and Moon: Song of the Worlds]. Berlin, S. Efron Publ., [1921], 271 p.

7. Balmont K.D. Zovy drevnosti: gimny, pesni i zamysly drevnikh [Ancient Calls: Hymns, Songs, and Ideas of the Ancients]. Berlin, Slovo Publ., 1923, 319 p.

8. Balmont K.D. Iz mirovoi poezii [From the World Poetry]. Berlin, Slovo Publ., 1921, 212 p.

9. Balmont K.D. Pod novym serpom: roman v trekh chastyakh [Under the New Sickle: Novel in Three Parts]. Berlin, Slovo Publ., 1923, 383 p.

10. Balmont K.D. Vozdushnyi put’: rasskazy [The Airy Path: Stories]. Berlin, Ogon’ki Publ., 1923, 203 p.

11. Balmont K.D. Gamayun: izbrannye stikhi [Gamayun: Selected Poems]. Stockholm, Severnye Ogni Publ., 1921, 109 p.

12. Balmont K.D. Gde moi dom?: ocherki (1920—1923) [Where Is my Home?: Essays (1920—1923)]. Prague, Plamya Publ., 1924, 183 p.

13. Balmont K.D. Moe — ei: Rossiya [From Me to Her: Russia]. Prague, Plamya Publ., 1924, 131 p.

14. Kasprowicz J. Kniga smirennykh [The Book of the Poor]. Warsaw, Dobro Publ., 1928, 170 p.

15. Vrchlický J. Izbrannye stikhi [Selected Poems]. Prague, Slavyanskaya Biblioteka Ministerstva Inostrannykh Del Publ., 1928, XXVI, [I], 96, [III] p.

16. Balmont K.D. V razdvinutoi dali: poema o Rossii [Beyond Stretched Horizons: a Poem about Russia]. Belgrade, Izdatel’skaya Komissiya Palaty Akademii Nauk Publ., 1929, 203 p.

17. Balmont K.D. Souchastie dush: ocherki [Participation of Souls: Essays]. Sofi a, Ministerstvo Narodnogo Prosveshcheniya Publ., 1930, 129 p.

18. Balmont K.D. Zolotoi snop bolgarskoi poezii: narodnye pesni [The Golden Sheaf of Bulgarian Poetry: Folk Songs]. Sofi a, Ministerstvo Narodnogo Prosveshcheniya Publ., 1930, 136 p.

19. Balmont K.D. Severnoe siyanie: stikhi o Litve i Rusi [Northern Lights: Poems about Lithuania and Russia]. Paris, Russkoe Knizhnoe Delo “Rodnik” Publ., 1931, 189 p.

20. Rustaveli Sh. Nosyashchii barsovu shkuru: gruzinskaya poema XII veka [The Knight in the Panther’s Skin: a Georgian Poem of the 12th Century]. Paris, D. Kheladze Publ., 1933, LIV, 236 p.

21. Balmont K.D. Svetosluzhenie: 1936 avgust — 1937 yanvar’ [Serving the Light: 1936 August — 1937 January]. Harbin, V.V. Obol’yaninov Publ., 1937, 96 p.

22. Balmont K.D. Golubaya podkova: stikhi o Sibiri [Blue Horseshoe: Poems about Siberia]. Southbury, Connecticut, Alatas Publ., [1937], 45 p.

23. Balmont K.D. Poeziya kak volshebstvo [Poetry Like a Magic]. Letchworth, Prideaux Press Publ., 1973, 93 p.

24. Balmont K.D. Izbrannye stikhotvoreniya = Ausgewählte Versdichtungen [Selected Poems]. Munich, Wilhelm Fink Publ., 1975, 764 p.