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Lidiya Ginzburg

Soviet literary historian (1902-1990) · Writers · Died at 88

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Lidiya Yakovlevna Ginzburg was a Soviet literary critic, historian, writer of the Russian Formalist school, and survivor of the siege of Leningrad. She is best known among English-reading audiences for her Blockade Diary, written during and after the Siege of Leningrad.

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USSR State Prize

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Lidiya Yakovlevna Ginzburg was a Soviet literary critic, historian, writer of the Russian Formalist school, and survivor of the siege of Leningrad. She is best known among English-reading audiences for her Blockade Diary, written during and after the Siege of Leningrad. Ginzburg died at the age of 88 from a heart attack proceeded by a stroke. She is buried in a cemetery in Komarovo.

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Writer / Author
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deceased
Dates
Lived 1902 to 1990 · aged 88

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