Author: Literaturno-Khudozhestvennogo Kruzhka Goroda San Frantsisko
Title: Kaliforniiski Al'Manakh 1934 [California Almanac 1934]
Description: Harbin: N. E. Chinareva, 1934. Softcover. First edition; 7 1/2 x 10 1/2; pp. 176; illustrated green wraps; cut to front wrap crudely repaired with tape to verso; chip to bottom edge; brown paper strip to spine; a bit of discoloration and slight ripple to margins of first several pages only; some pages unopened; good or better condition. An interesting and uncommon glimpse into the literary history of Russian emigres in the US who chose to print their works with their compatriots in China. At the time, Harbin had one of the biggest communities of White emigres outside of Russia, there were several Russian publishing houses there, and labor and cost were much cheaper than those in San Francisco. The Literature and Art Circle of San Francisco, a Russian literary emigre organization, created the almanac (apparently intended as a periodical though we have not been able to find evidence of the existence of subsequent issues) with a dual purpose - to showcase the works of Russian authors and poets in California, both established and new, and to collect and preserve the autobiographies of all Russian writers living abroad. It contained works by Petr Balakshin who had escaped after the Revolution to Shanghai and later San Francisco, who created the Guild of Russian Writers in California, published and edited the Russian literary journal Zemlya Kolumba ("The Land of Columbus") as well as the newspaper Russikye Novosti ("Russian News"), and wrote nine books in Russian and three historical monographs in English. He also illustrated the wraps of the current volume. Also featured were Nina Divish, Aleksandr Mazurov, Taisiia Bazhenova, and others. Also included are 14 autobiographies - Ekaterina Bakunina, Galina Kuznetsova, Veniamin Korsak, etc. Ill.: 0. 2.

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