Tuesday, September 06, 2011

News at Eleven: In the 1940s and 50s, Marina Tsvetaeva's poems

could not be found. At that time, [Nadezhda] Katayeva-Lytkina was assigned a room in a "Kommunalka" (communal apartment) in the center of Moscow, which had one kitchen for 28 people. But the young surgeon felt quite fortunate, as she lived in the dwelling of the beloved poet Marina Tsvetaeva, whose volumes of poetry secretly accompanied her and fortified her spirit. Katayeva-Lytkina vowed to bring to light the secrets surrounding Tsvetaeva despite all the resistance she encountered.

from Russia Beyond the Headlines: Saving the legacy of a great poet

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