| Boris A. Nartssisov | |
| Birth Date: | 14 February 1905 |
| Birth Place: | Naskaftym, Kuznetskii Uyezd, Saratov Governorate |
| Death Place: | Washington, D.C., U.S. |
| Nationality: | Russian |
| Occupation: | Poet, translator |
Boris Anatolevich Nartsissov (Russian: Борис Анатольевич Нарциссов; 14 February 1906 – 27 November 1982) was a Russian émigré poet.
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. During World War II, he was moved to a displaced persons camp near Munich. After the end of the war, he lived in Tübingen until 1949, when he moved to Australia while working for the U.S. government as a chemist. From 1953 to 1959, he lived in Columbus, Ohio, after which he moved to Washington, D.C., where he remained until his death.[1]
While living in the U.S., Nartsissov published six volumes of poetry and one short novel. He translated from both Estonian and English into Russian.[2] His literary themes include mysticism, the supernatural, and the double. He favored ternary metres, particularly anapaestic.
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"