Discipline: Literature

Marc Slonim

Discipline: Literature
Region: RUSSIAN FEDERATION and UNITED STATES
MacDowell Fellowships: 1948, 1950
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Marc Slonim (1894–1976) was a Russian politician, literary critic, scholar, and translator. He was a lifelong member of the Socialist Revolutionary Party and militant anti-Communist was forced into exile by the Revolution. He received a doctoral degree from the University of Florence in 1920, then moved to Prague, and moved to Paris in 1932 where he was a successful writer and lecturer often invited to speak in several European universities. With the coming of World War II, Slonim moved to the U.S. in 1941 and joined the faculty at Sarah Lawrence College in 1943. He became a U.S. citizen in 1957.

Studios

Watson

Marc Slonim worked in the Watson studio.

Built in 1916 in memory of Regina Watson of Chicago, a musician and teacher, this studio was donated by a group of her friends, along with funds for its maintenance. Originally designed to serve as a composers’ studio with room for performance, Watson was used as a recital hall for chamber music for a…

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