The Death of a Poet (Magill’s Literary Annual 1991-2005)
At a glance:
- Author: Irma Kudrova
- First Published: 1995
- Type of Work: Literary biography
- Time of Work: 1939-1941
- Setting: Paris; Moscow; Golitsyno and Yelabuga, Russia
- Principal Characters: Marina Ivanovna Tsvetayeva, Sergei (Seryozha) Yakovlevich Efron, Ardiana (Alya) Sergeevna Efron, Georgy (Mur) Efron, Anastasia (Asya) Ivanovna Tsvetayeva, Nikolai Andreevich Klepinin, Lavrenty Pavlovich Beria, Ignace Reiss, Anna Andreevna Akhmatova, Boris Leonidovich Pasternak
- Genres: Nonfiction, Biography, Translation
- Subjects: Prisons, Suicide, Twentieth century, Authors or writers, Exile or expatriates, Revolutions, 1940’s, Poetry or poets, 1930’s, Depression, mental, Espionage or spies, Soviet Union or Soviets
- Locales: Moscow, Russia, Paris, Golitsyno, Russia, Yelabuga, Russia
Unlike that of Anna Akhmatova, who was always acknowledged as one of the greatest Russian poets, Marina Tsvetayeva's reputation suffered a steep decline for many years before and after her death in 1941. Though once again highly regarded, at the end of her life people considered her a relic. Even those who remembered her often treated her like a discard from a lost world, whose many years in Paris and her marriage to Sergei Efron made her a liability as well. To others, however, she was a rediscovered treasure. Unfortunately, the respect and admiration of these people could not prevent...
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