Jerzy Giedroyc  /  Correspondence 5

I have not received any news from Roman Goul about Shalamov’s Kolyma memoirs. Maybe you know who has the full text of these notes? I am very eager to print them in Polish.

With greatest interest I have read in Nowy Journal works of Schalamov “Kalymskie Zapiski” [sic!].   

It is not only a document but also excellent literary work. Have you got the “Zapiski” as a whole book[?] If so I should be glad to have the full manuscript or Xerox copies...

I very much regret that Szalamov’s manuscript need a serious adjustment and the Xerox copy is so bad. For these reasons I have, unfortunately, resign from the plan of publication in Polish, at least at present. It is possible that I shall return to this project later on...

Dear Giedroyc, please excuse me for not answering your letter for so long. There are many physical and non-physical reasons. I will be very happy to provide you with the manuscript of V.T. Shalamov. He needs to be published. However, there is a “but...

One of my friends and colleagues, who is in Moscow right now, asked me to send him some copies of Tertz (Terc) in Russian. Over there he became very interested in this author, and I have already sent him “Sud idët” and “Fantastičeskie povesti.” Now he is asking me again...