Carmen

The classic of French literature, the master of the novels Prosper Merima (1803-1870) in the philistine consciousness is firmly connected with Arya Hose from the opera Bizet. " Meanwhile, the author of the famous "Carmen" of the great opera did not hear - it was written five years after his death. And as if he was looping by the surprisingly multifaceted and fruitful biography of one of the most educated and versatile people of her time - a writer, translator, historian, ethnographer, lawyer, traveler and polyglot. Not only a huge literary talent, but also the erudition of the scientist explains the ethnographic and psychological accuracy of his Corsican or Spanish short stories, fidelity in the descriptions of French military battles or Russian troubled times. Exotic heroes and circumstances in the works of Merim gain the status of authenticity, artistic truth. "The severity of the position of Merim is his emphasized impartiality, in what objectivity he describes the most subjective points of view" (Yuri Lotman).

Translation from French Mikhail Lozinsky, Elena Lopyreva, Alexander Smirnov, Dmitry Grigorovich, Mikhail Kuzmin, Vsevolod Garshin. Excessive article by Maria Chudakova

Maria Alexandrovna Chudakova (born in 1961) - philologist, translator. She graduated from the Romano-German branch of the Filfak Moscow State University and graduate school with a degree in “French literature ". The author of a number of articles and translations from French, including the introductory article to the collection of novels of French writers "Unknown masterpiece" and articles on European writers in the series “Non -adult” publishing house "Time". In recent years, he has been engaged in the systematization and preparation for the press of the scientific archive of her father A.P. Chudakov, a well -known literary critic and author of the novel "falls a haze at the old steps"