Dersu Uzala

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Dersu Uzala (Russian: Дерсу Узала; alternate U.S. title:The Hunter) is the title of a 1923 book by the Russian explorer Vladimir Arsenyev, telling of his travels in the Ussuri basin, and the name of a Nanai hunter (ca. 1850-1908) who acted as a guide for Arsenyev's surveying crew from 1902-1907, and saved them from starvation and cold. Arsenyev portrays him as a great man.

From 1907, Arsenev invited Dersu to live in his house in Khabarovsk as Dersu's failing sight hampered his ability to live as a hunter. In the spring of 1908, Dersu bade farewell to Arsenyev and walked back to his home in the Primorsky Krai, where he died.

4142 Dersu-Uzala is an asteroid named after Dersu.

1 Editions in Russian
2 English translations
- 2.1 Film adaptations
3 External links

[edit] Editions in Russian

Дерсу Узала. Сквозь тайгу Издательство: Терра - Книжный клуб (1997) Н. Е. Кабанова (ed.) EAN 9785300010973 (English: Dersu Uzala. Taiga Publishing House: Terra Book Club) (1997) N. ya. Kabanov (ed.) EAN 9785300010973)

[edit] English translations

G. Braziller (1965) ASIN B0007DZICU
Raduga (1990) ISBN 5-05-002822-1
Malcolm Burr (1996) ISBN 0-929701-49-6

[edit] Film adaptations

1961 - Dersu Uzala (Дерсу Узала) Soviet Union, director Agasi Babayan [Агаси Бабаян]
1975 - Dersu Uzala (Дерсу Узала) Soviet Union/Japan, director Akira Kurosawa