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Foreign News
May 6, 1952
Madison County Democrat
London, Madison County, Ohio
What is this article about?
Soviet critic Mikhail Melesov credits Russian writer Ivan Turgenev with discovering American poet Walt Whitman by translating his 'Leaves of Grass' when Whitman was still obscure.
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ADMIT AMERICAN'S TALENT.
MOSCOW-(AP)—It was a Russian who really discovered Walt Whitman, so says Mikhail Melesov, critic for News, the soviet English language magazine.
"Whitman," he said, "was still a humble clerk in Washington, a writer whose literary efforts had not yet attracted wide attention when his 'Leaves of Grass' fell into the hands of Ivan Turgenev.
Turgenev was, of course, one of Russia's great men of letters.
"The Russian writer," said Melesov, "was so impressed with the poetry of the 'astonishing American poet' that he undertook the translation of several of the poems into Russian."
MOSCOW-(AP)—It was a Russian who really discovered Walt Whitman, so says Mikhail Melesov, critic for News, the soviet English language magazine.
"Whitman," he said, "was still a humble clerk in Washington, a writer whose literary efforts had not yet attracted wide attention when his 'Leaves of Grass' fell into the hands of Ivan Turgenev.
Turgenev was, of course, one of Russia's great men of letters.
"The Russian writer," said Melesov, "was so impressed with the poetry of the 'astonishing American poet' that he undertook the translation of several of the poems into Russian."
What sub-type of article is it?
Literary History
Cultural Recognition
What keywords are associated?
Walt Whitman
Ivan Turgenev
Soviet Critic
Leaves Of Grass
Russian Translation
What entities or persons were involved?
Mikhail Melesov
Walt Whitman
Ivan Turgenev
Where did it happen?
Moscow
Foreign News Details
Primary Location
Moscow
Key Persons
Mikhail Melesov
Walt Whitman
Ivan Turgenev
Outcome
turgenev translated several of whitman's poems into russian.
Event Details
Soviet critic Mikhail Melesov states that Ivan Turgenev discovered Walt Whitman, then a humble clerk in Washington, by being impressed with 'Leaves of Grass' and translating some poems into Russian.