Lisnianskaya, Inna (1928–)

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Lisnianskaya, Inna (1928–)

Russian poet. Name variations: Inna Lvovna (or L'vovna) Lisnianskaia. Born 1928 in Baku; m. Semyon Izrailevich Lipkin (poet, died Mar 2003); children: Elena Makarova (writer).

Doyenne of Russian poetry, published 1st poetry collection (1957); moved to Moscow (1960); published 5 vols. of poetry (1957–78), including At First Hand (1966); also published poems in samizdat Metropol; frequent contributor to leading Russian literary magazines.

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