Berggolts, Olga (1910–1975)
Berggolts, Olga (1910–1975)
Russian poet and playwright. Name variations: Ol'ga Fëdorovna Berggól'ts; Olga Fyodorovna Berggolts; Olga Bergholz. Born 1910 in Leningrad, USSR; died 1975; dau. of a Leningrad doctor; briefly married to poet Boris Kornilov (victim of the Stalinist purges in 1939); married once more (died 1942).
First husband shot in purge and second died of starvation during Nazi blockade of Leningrad; imprisoned for 2 years; worked on radio during blockade and helped Anna Akhmátova deliver appeal to citizens; works include fictionalized autobiography Diurnal Stars (1959), lyric poetry, children's stories, and plays; published Collected Works (1972–73).
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GENRE: Poetry
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A Part of Speech (1980)
On Grief and Reason (1995)
So Forth (1996)
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GENRE: Poetry, prose, translation
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