Boris Nartsissov

Boris Anatolevich Nartsissov (; 14 February 1906 – 27 November 1982) was a Russian émigré poet.

Biography Nartsissov was born in the small village of Naskaftym (Russian:Наскафтым) to a family of medical doctors. His family fled the advancing Red Army to Estonia in 1919, where he studied at the University of Tartu and received a degree in chemistry.

While living in the U.S., Nartsissov published six volumes of poetry and one short novel. His literary themes include mysticism, the supernatural, and the double. He favored ternary metres, particularly anapaestic.

Selected publications 1958 Stikhi (Стихи); "Poems"

1961 Golosa (Голоса); "Voices"

1965 Pamjat''' (Память); "Memory"

1969 Pod'jom (Подъём); "Ascent"

1974 Shakhmaty (Шахматы); "Chess"

1978 Zvjozdnaja Ptitsa (Звёздная птица); "Star Bird"

1983 Pis'mo Samomu Sebe (Письмо самому себе)''; "A Letter to Myself"