GIPPIUS ZINAIDA (1869-1945), AUTOGRAPH teresa, Teresa, Teresa, Teresa: manuscript of a poem. No place,

[19]41-42. – 1 page, 16.5x9.5 cm. A sheet with a black border. In good condition. Minor edge tears, folding marks. This poetic prayer addressed to Saint Teresa was written during the war. Zinaida Nikolaevna Gippius (1869-1945) was a Russian poet, writer, playwright, and literary critic, and one of the prominent figures of the Silver Age. Gippius, together with D.S. Merezhkovsky, formed one of the most original and creatively productive marital unions in literary history, and she is considered an ideologue of Russian symbolism. In exile, the Merezhkovskys became devotees of St. Therese of Lisieux. They did not belong to any Russian church parishes and, according to N.A. Teffi's memoirs, attended Catholic services. Included are two handwritten letters from Temira Pachmuss, 2001. Temira Pachmuss (1927-2007) was an American philologist and Slavicist of Estonian origin. She is best known as a specialist on the life and works of Zinaida Gippius. Pachmuss prepared publications of Gippius's selected letters and diaries, compiled and edited several of her books published in the USA, and wrote the monograph "Zinaida Gippius as a Dramatist" (1972). Provenance: Collection of Temira Pachmuss.