Death of a Poet

Kudrova, Irma

ISBN 10: 1585675229 / ISBN 13: 9781585675227

Published by Overlook Books, 2004

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First edition, first printing (full number line). Text is clean and unmarked, binding tight, DJ unclipped and in excellent condition, no indications of previous ownership.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Death of a Poet
• Publisher: Overlook Books
• Publication Date: 2004
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1585675229
• ISBN 13: 9781585675227
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: As New
• Dust Jacket Condition: As New

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Synopsis

Chronicles the final years in the life of one of Russia's most talented poets during the Stalin era, discussing Tsvetaeva's fateful decision to follow her husband, Sergei Efron, back to Moscow from her Paris exile, her arrest for anti-Soviet activity, and descent into a nightmare of official persecution, peer indifference, and World War II that led to her suicide at the age of forty-nine. 17,500 first printing.

About the Author

Irma Kudrova is a graduate of Leningrad University and a former editor of the journals Zvezda and Iskusstvo. One of the worldÂ’s leading specialists on Marina TsvetaevaÂ’s life and work, Kudrova has lectured at universities around the world and published two other books about Tsvetaeva since The Death of a Poet was first published to great acclaim in Russia in 1995.