Bunin in a dressing gown. From memory, by records

Alexander Vasilievich Bahrah (1902-1985), a well -known literary critic and memoirist of Russian abroad, was friends with many celebrities - writers, actors, artists. He was especially close to I.A. Bunin - he lived under the roof of his house four long war years.
Bahrah"s two memoirs of books included: "Bunin in a bathrobe" and "from memory, according to the notes". The first talks about the period when the author was the literary secretary of the great writer. The second is the literary portraits of A. Belogo, A. Tolstoy, D. Merezhkovsky, M. Aldanov, B. Zaitsev, Taffy, Don -Aminado, G. Gazdanov, A. Vertinsky, K. Balmont, V. Rodsevich, G. Ivanov, M. Tsvetaeva, B. Pasternak, N. Berdyaeva, A. Fore, A. Benois, H. Sutin, M. Larionov, Yu. Annenkov, R. Falka and other prominent figures of Russian and world culture.
Compiled by Stanislav Nikonenko