<< No 39 : 12 March 1976 >> On the night of 8/9 March 1976, Grigory Sergeyevich PODYAPOLSKY, a scientist and poet, one of those who has fought openly and courageously for human rights in the USSR, died of a brain haemorrhage in a Saratov hospital. Grigory Podyapolsky had an exceptional, outsize and vivid personality. … Continue reading Grigory Podyapolsky, 1926-1976 (39.1)
Category: Obituaries
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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