<<No 24 : 5 March 1972>> On 6 February 1972 fourteen Jews addressed a letter to US President Nixon. Bearing in mind his impending visit to Moscow, they asked him to use his good offices to obtain permission to emigrate to Israel for Esther Markish, the 60-year-old widow of the well-known poet Perets Markish, who … Continue reading Jewish Movement to Move to Israel, March 1972 (24.8)
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Alexander Tvardovsky, 1910-1971 (23.10)
«No 23 : 5 January 1972» Alexander Tvardovsky (1910-1971) * Alexander Trifonovich TVARDOVSKY died on 18 December 1971. The Chronicle considers it appropriate to publish the following text as his obituary: "There are many ways of killing a poet. "The method chosen for Tvardovsky was to take away his offspring, his passion, his journal. "The … Continue reading Alexander Tvardovsky, 1910-1971 (23.10)
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