GLEETT - University of Washington

Sciences. In this latter set aprcodmate1y 50% of the literature
translated is RussIan, 30% Japanese aid 20% other lan3uages.
Subect Strengths
Ibe langaue aid literature allecticn at the University of
Washingtctt is be of the major strezths of the collectic* for both the
Soviet Unicti aid Eastern Europe. As already senticried, literature of the
Central Asian rablicie aid literary criticiss of these works are heavily
collected. This inclides not csly 1cgrarIic works bit also serial
plicaticzis auth as Ala tcx aid Zuldvz. Uiibthdly Russian literature
forma the biggest portim of the literature couectim. It is excellent
in language studies aid belles-].ettres, lrltdin all major linguistic
stidies (semiotic, tranefornatictial and statistical mathods In
linguistica), works of the Russian classice aid coutenporazy authors,
samizdat literature, aid emigre literature frctn both the 1920's in Paris
aid Berlin aid the c*rrent emigre authors. The collection was further
enrithed by the prdiase of the microfithe collection on Russian futurien.
The collection also houses the Polnee scbranie soththenii of all major
writers, nest in the Nauka edition, plus nuaurous Sthranie soctiinenii aid
individual works. A ccnerted effort is also made to acquire all emigre
piblications aid all oontaiorary literary works beis p.iblishid in the
Soviety Unicti. Periodicals again form an integral part of the
collection aid help make it a stra msearcii collection.
East European literature is also well-represented, especially that
of Yugoslavia, Poland aid CZ1OV&th As with Russian literature,
the Libraries atteipta to collect at least a collected works of all
major writers plus r1rous individual works aid literary criticiaia.
Overags of the litermbe of Yugoslavia is exoeptictialy strca,
prthably one of the best in the country. A recent Serbian visitor to
the library was amazed by the quality of this collection, whith
ocntains al] voln of the series Stan isci Hrvatski aid its
jidern literary counterpart HIT. The Serbian authors Andric, Selisovic,
1vico, ilatiic aid Krnpovic are very well covered along with several
other major authors. Th. real strength of the collection, however, Is
Croatian literature. The collection houses virtually every worby aid
about Xrl.za, as hi. official biograer, Ivor Yapetanic, is their of
University of Washinptai'. Deparbnent of Slavic languages aid
Literatures. The collection is also BtrCzT4 in Qpic, Majda3c, Parun aid
Ujevic.
The literature of Czectoeloy'ald.a is strc*ig in the works of the
classica incltxllxq sudi authors as Capek, Jirasek aid Neruda, the
literature bebisen the two worlds wars aid emigre literature, with
virtually all the works of 1ixdera, IMstig, Dense aid Skvorecky. Also
notrthy is the collection on literary history aid literary criticise.
Th Polish literature collection is distinguished by an extensive
collecticn of World War II inesoir literature. Also iiriltded In this
collecticn are excellent erage for ccnteiporaly authors as well as
the r'tce, nest notably Mickiewicz, Slowacki, 1'asinski aid
Sierikiewicz. The Libraries also has 49 voltmma of F].berg's Dziela
wszvstkie ,whith has been referred to as "a milestone in folklore".
I(ashubian language, literature aid ciulture are also covered with a fair
aixunt of material.
The primary strength of the Slavic collection at the University of
Washington, however, lies in history aid historical source materials.
This is especially true of Russian history where there is often sore
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