Natallia Arsiennieva
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Native name | Наталля Арсеннева |
Born | Baku, Russian Empire | September 20, 1903
Died | July 25, 1997 Rochester, New York, United States | (aged 93)
Occupation | Linguist, playwright, translator, poet, writer |
Language | Belarusian, Russian |
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Spouse | Francišak Kušal |
Natallia Aliaksiejeŭna Arsieńjeva (Belarusian: Наталля Аляксееўна Арсеньева; Russian: Ната́лья Алексе́евна Арсе́ньева) (1903–1997) was a Belarusian playwright, poet, and translator. She was married to Francišak Kušal.
Life
Arsiennieva spent her childhood in Vilnius and graduated there from a Belarusian gymnasium in 1921. She studied at the Art Department of the University in Vilnius. In 1922 Arsiennieva married Francišak Kušal. In the autumn she was arrested and deported to Kazhakstan. After she was released, she moved to Minsk, where she worked for the Belarusian newspaper during the Second World War. In 1944 Arsiennieva settled in Germany and in the 1950s she moved to the United States, where she worked for the newspaper Biełarus and for Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty. Arsiennieva died on July 25, 1997 in Rochester, New York.[1]
References
- ^ Wojciech Roszkowski, Jan Kofman: Biographical Dictionary of Central and Eastern Europe in the Twentieth Century. Routledge, 08.07.2016. p. 37
- Belarusian dramatists and playwrights
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- 1997 deaths
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- Belarusian women poets
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- People from Baku
- 20th-century translators
- 20th-century Belarusian poets
- 20th-century dramatists and playwrights
- 20th-century women writers
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