Cutty Sark (short story)
"Cutty Sark" (Russian: Катти Сарк) is a novella about the sailing ship Cutty Sark by the Soviet writer and paleontologist Ivan Yefremov. It was written in 1942-1943 and first published in the USSR in 1944.[1]
| "Cutty Sark" | |
|---|---|
| Author | Ivan Yefremov |
| Original title | "Russian: ""Катти Сарк""" |
| Country | Soviet Union |
| Language | Russian |
| Genre(s) | Novella |
| Published in | Krasnoflotets (Leningrad), 1944, №5 |
| Media type | Print (magazine) |
| Publication date | 1944 |
| Followed by | "revised version of 1958" |
Intrigued by the history of the Cutty Sark, Yefremov produced a sketch about her, which ended with a beautiful version of dry-docking the legendary tea clipper in the United States. The story was translated into English and other languages. Yefremov's story may have influenced the preservation of the Cutty Sark,[1] which was reconstructed and dry-docked in Greenwich, London, 1954.
The feedback from English-speaking readers forced Yefremov to "upgrade" the storyline with some new facts from clipper's life.[1]
The story popularized the Cutty Sark in the USSR and Russia.
References
- Konstantinov, Andrei. Светозарный мост (о жизни, творчестве и идейном наследии И.А. Ефремова) [Radiant Bridge: The Life, Work and Intellectual Heritage of I. A. Yefremov] (in Russian). Archived from the original on March 28, 2013. Retrieved June 19, 2013.
External links
- (in Esperanto) Cutty Sark in Esperanto
- (in Russian) Cutty Sark (first version) // Krasnoflotets (Leningrad), 1944, №5, pp. 27–35.
- (in Russian) Cutty Sark (revised version), published since 1958 (zip, 42,4 KB)