Petrovýkh, Mariia (1908–1979)
Petrovýkh, Mariia (1908–1979)
Russian poet and translator. Name variations: Maria, Mariia or Mariya Sergeevna Petrovykh. Born 1908 in Russia; died 1979.
Friend and editor to Anna Akhmátova, was highly regarded by Osip Mandelshtám and Boris Pasternak; translated from Armenian, Polish, and Yiddish; published book of original poems and translations, A Distant Tree (1968). Two works were published posthu mously: Predestination (1983) and The Line on the Horizon: Poems and Translations, Reminiscences of Mariia Petrovýkh (1986).
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