Alexis Guedroitz
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Prince Alexis Nicolaiévitch Guedroitz
(born June 9, 1923 in Pancevo
, Serbia
and died in Brussels
, Belgium
in 1992) was a Professor
of Russian Language and Literature (Ecole de Guerre; Centre Nucléaire de Mol, Higher Institute of Interpreters and Translators Haps, Higher Institute of the City of Brussels) and an Interpreter who participated in several meetings between Soviet and Belgian politicians (Spaak-Kosygin (1969), Harmel
-Gromyko (1972), official visit of the King and Queen of the Belgians in USSR (1975 ),...) He was also manager in Belgium of the International Dostoevsky Society (United States
).
Giedroyc
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(born June 9, 1923 in Pancevo
Pancevo
Pančevo is a city and municipality located in the southern part of Serbian province of Vojvodina, 15 km northeast from Belgrade. In 2002, the city had a total population of 77,087, while municipality of Pančevo had 127,162 inhabitants. It is the administrative center of the South Banat...
, Serbia
Serbia
Serbia , officially the Republic of Serbia , is a landlocked country located at the crossroads of Central and Southeast Europe, covering the southern part of the Carpathian basin and the central part of the Balkans...
and died in Brussels
Brussels
Brussels , officially the Brussels Region or Brussels-Capital Region , is the capital of Belgium and the de facto capital of the European Union...
, Belgium
Belgium
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in 1992) was a Professor
Professor
A professor is a scholarly teacher; the precise meaning of the term varies by country. Literally, professor derives from Latin as a "person who professes" being usually an expert in arts or sciences; a teacher of high rank...
of Russian Language and Literature (Ecole de Guerre; Centre Nucléaire de Mol, Higher Institute of Interpreters and Translators Haps, Higher Institute of the City of Brussels) and an Interpreter who participated in several meetings between Soviet and Belgian politicians (Spaak-Kosygin (1969), Harmel
Pierre Harmel
Pierre Charles José Marie Harmel, from 1991 Count Harmel was a Belgian lawyer, Christian Democratic politician and diplomat...
-Gromyko (1972), official visit of the King and Queen of the Belgians in USSR (1975 ),...) He was also manager in Belgium of the International Dostoevsky Society (United States
United States
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).
Theatrical adaptations
- 1962-1963 : Boris GodunovBoris GodunovBoris Fyodorovich Godunov was de facto regent of Russia from c. 1585 to 1598 and then the first non-Rurikid tsar from 1598 to 1605. The end of his reign saw Russia descend into the Time of Troubles.-Early years:...
- Rideau de Bruxelles (new adaptation) - 1963-1964 : Ivanov - Rideau de Bruxelles (adaptation)
- 1964-1965 : The Spirit underground - Rideau de Bruxelles (brought to the stage)
- 1966-1967 : Uncle VanyaUncle VanyaUncle Vanya is a play by the Russian playwright Anton Chekhov. It was first published in 1897 and received its Moscow première in 1899 in a production by the Moscow Art Theatre, under the direction of Konstantin Stanislavski....
- Rideau de Bruxelles (new adaptation) - 1967-1968 : The Idiot - Rideau de Bruxelles (brought to the stage)
- 1969-1970 : Crime and PunishmentCrime and PunishmentCrime and Punishment is a novel by the Russian author Fyodor Dostoyevsky. It was first published in the literary journal The Russian Messenger in twelve monthly installments during 1866. It was later published in a single volume. This is the second of Dostoyevsky's full-length novels following his...
- Rideau de Bruxelles (stage adaptation) - 1972-1973 : A Month in the Country - Theatre Royal du ParcThéâtre Royal du ParcThe Théâtre Royal du Parc is a theatre at 3, Rue de la Loi in Brussels, on the edge of the Parc de Bruxelles facing the Federal Parliament...
(adaptation) - 1973-1974 : The Brothers KaramazovThe Brothers KaramazovThe Brothers Karamazov is the final novel by the Russian author Fyodor Dostoyevsky. Dostoyevsky spent nearly two years writing The Brothers Karamazov, which was published as a serial in The Russian Messenger and completed in November 1880...
- Rideau de Bruxelles (adaptation) - 1976-1977 : The Cherry OrchardThe Cherry OrchardThe Cherry Orchard is Russian playwright Anton Chekhov's last play. It premiered at the Moscow Art Theatre 17 January 1904 in a production directed by Constantin Stanislavski. Chekhov intended this play as a comedy and it does contain some elements of farce; however, Stanislavski insisted on...
- Theatre Royal du Parc (adaptation) - 1979-1980 : The GamblerThe Gambler (novel)The Gambler is a short novel by Fyodor Dostoyevsky about a young tutor in the employment of a formerly wealthy Russian general. The novella reflects Dostoyevsky's own addiction to roulette, which was in more ways than one the inspiration for the book: Dostoyevsky completed the novella under a...
- Rideau de Bruxelles (adaptation) - 1979-1980 : The SeagullThe SeagullThe Seagull is the first of what are generally considered to be the four major plays by the Russian dramatist Anton Chekhov. The Seagull was written in 1895 and first produced in 1896...
- Theatre Royal des Galleries (new adaptation) - 1987-1988 : Ivanov - Theatre Royal du Parc (adaptation)
- 1988-1989 : Hoop - Rideau de Bruxelles (French text)
Literary adaptations
- 1973 : A Month in the Country by Ivan Turgenev (Translator: Alexis Guedroitz - Paris: Jacques Antoine)
- 1975 : Uncle Vanya by Anton ChekhovAnton ChekhovAnton Pavlovich Chekhov was a Russian physician, dramatist and author who is considered to be among the greatest writers of short stories in history. His career as a dramatist produced four classics and his best short stories are held in high esteem by writers and critics...
(Translator : Alexis Guedroitz - Paris) - 1980 : The Gambler by Fyodor Dostoyevsky (Adapter : Alexis Guedroitz - Brussels: Rideau de Bruxelles - Collection: Cahiers du Rideau)
Books as author
- 194? : The Triumph of Stephan Pasternacq
- 1959 : Land vague
- 1974 : The Nobel Prize in Russian literature: from Bunin to Solzhenitsyn
- 1985 : Make : a verb at all faire
Periodicals
- 1973 : Turgenev's Legacy Pushkin - Alexis Guedroitz in Revue Générale - excerpt from the March issue
- 1978 : Leo TolstoyLeo TolstoyLev Nikolayevich Tolstoy was a Russian writer who primarily wrote novels and short stories. Later in life, he also wrote plays and essays. His two most famous works, the novels War and Peace and Anna Karenina, are acknowledged as two of the greatest novels of all time and a pinnacle of realist...
or creative introspection - Alexis Guedroitz in Revue Générale - excerpt from No 10, October