"Education: Private School in St. Petersburg. Cambridge University (Trinity College), England. Graduated with Honors, 1922.

"Family escaped from Communist Russia in 1919. England, Germany, France.

"Acquired considerable fame in émigré circles as a novelist and poet,

"Married in 1925. One son, b. 1934. "Emigrated to the United States in 1940. Became an American writer. American citizen since 1945.

"Since 1940 taught literature at various American universities, combining this with a Research Fellowship in Entomology at the Museum of Comp. Zoology, Harvard (1942-48). Professor of Russian Literature at Cornell University since 1948.

"Guggenheim Fellowship for Creative Writing in 1943, and again in 1952.

"American Academy of Arts and Letters award in 1951.

"List of published works attached."