The music teacher and the «Parisian note» (concerning the history of A. M. Remizov’s engagement with the literary magazine Сhisla)

The newly discovered data from Remizov’s personal archive make a major contribution to the history of the magazine Chisla, since formerly the role of the writer in its circle of young artists has been underestimated. The article combines individual facts of Remizov’s biography (1930–1934) into a sequence of events that outline his first steps towards establishing a literary «school» for the young Parisians, involving the representatives of such press organs as Volya Rossii, Novaya Gazeta and Chisla. The article analyzes Remizov’s publications in Chisla, in particular, his short stories, later on to be incorporated into the novel The Music Teacher, as a source of literary influence on the youth circle at Chisla, as well as the writer’s response to the critical reception of the magazine’s aesthetic program.