Lappo-Danilevskaia, N.A. (c. 1875–1951)

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Lappo-Danilevskaia, N.A. (c. 1875–1951)

Russian novelist and short-story writer. Name variations: Nadezhda Aleksandrova Láppo-Danilévskaia or Danilevskaya. Born c. 1875 in Russia; died 1951.

Achieved immense popularity for stories about upper class heroines, female villains, and romance; had several novels reissued multiple times but dropped off in popularity after immigrating to Western Europe; works include In the Mist of Life (1911), The Minister's Wife (1913), Michail or The Heart of a Russian (1914), and Barren Flowers (1928).

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