GIPPIUS ZINAIDA (1869-1945), AUTOGRAPH Teresa, Teresa, Teresa, Teresa: manuscript of a poem. No place, [19]41-42.

1 p. 16.5x9.5 cm. Sheet with black frame. In good condition. Minor tears along the edges, traces of folding. A poetic prayer addressed to Saint Teresa, written during the war. Zinaida Nikolaevna Gippius (1869-1945) was a Russian poet, writer, playwright, and literary critic, one of the prominent representatives of the Silver Age. Gippius, who formed one of the most original and creatively productive marital unions in the history of literature with D.S. Merezhkovsky, is considered the ideologist of Russian symbolism. In exile, the Merezhkovskys became devotees of St. Thérèse of Lisieux. They did not belong to any Russian Orthodox parish and, according to the memoirs of N.A. Teffi, attended Catholic services. Attached are two handwritten letters from Temira Pakhmuss, 2001. Temira Pakhmuss (1927-2007) was an American philologist and Slavicist of Estonian origin. She is best known as an expert on the life and work of Zinaida Gippius. She prepared the publication of selected letters and diaries in separate editions, compiled and edited a number of her books published in the United States, and published the monograph Zinaida Gippius as a Playwright (1972). Provenance: Temira Pakhmuss collection.