About the Author

Osip Mandelstam (1891-1938) was born and raised in St. Petersburg, Russia. Asan established poet, Mandelstam was unpopular with Soviet authorities and foundit increasingly difficult to publish his poetry. The Selected Poems of Osip Mandelstamand Voronezh Notebooks are published by NYRB.

Henry Gifford (1913-2003) wasWinterstoke Professor of English Literature and Professor of Comparative Literatureat Bristol University.

Sidney Monas is Professor Emeritus in the Department ofHistory at the University of Texas, Austin.

Clarence Brown(1929-2015) was the author of severalworks on Osip Mandelstam, Professor Emeritus of Comparative Literature atPrinceton University, and editor of The Portable Twentieth-Century Russian Reader.

Reviews

“At once a travel narrative, an allegorical journey, a withering comment on State-Building, a humanist philosophy of life, a preparation for death and a prophecy of resurrection...Journey was the last piece Mandelstam saw published, and it takes its place among the outstanding masterpieces of twentieth-century literature.” —Bruce Chatwin