Rimma Fyodorovna Kazakova (Russian: Ри́мма Фёдоровна Казако́ва; 27 January 1932 – 19 May 2008) was a Soviet and Russian poet and translator. She was known for writing many popular songs of the Soviet era.
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| Born | Rimma Fyodorovna Kazakova 27 January 1932 Sevastopol, Crimean ASSR, RSFSR, Soviet Union |
| Died | 19 May 2008 (aged 76) Yudino, Odintsovsky District, Moscow Oblast, Russia |
| Resting place | Vagankovo Cemetery |
| Occupation | Poet, television presenter, singer |
| Nationality | Russian |
| Alma mater | Leningrad State University |
Biography
editKazakova was born in Sevastopol, Soviet Union. She graduated from the history department of Leningrad State University. She worked as a lecturer in Khabarovsk.
Her first rhymes were reminiscent of Yevtushenko, Okudzhava, Voznesensky and Rozhdestvensky and were first published in 1955. Her first poetry collection, Let's Meet in the East (Russian: Встретимся на Востоке), was published in 1958.
From 1959 until her death, she was a member of the Union of Soviet Writers. She also held the position of First Secretary of the Moscow Union of Writers.
In October 1993, she signed the Letter of Forty-Two.[1]
She died at age 76 at a medical sanatorium in Yudino village of Moscow Oblast, Russia on 19 May 2008. She was buried on 22 May 2008 at Vagankovo Cemetery in Moscow.
Notable works
edit- There, Where You Are
- Verses
- Fridays
- In Taiga Nobody Cries
- Fir-trees Green
- Snow Babe
- I Remember
- On White
- Country named Love
- Touchstone
- Out of Mind
- Plot of Hope
Honours and awards
edit- Order "For Merit to the Fatherland", 4th class
- Order of the Red Banner of Labour
- Order of Friendship of Peoples
- Medal "In Commemoration of the 850th Anniversary of Moscow"
- Jubilee Medal "In Commemoration of the 100th Anniversary of the Birth of Vladimir Ilyich Lenin"
- Medal "For Construction of the Baikal-Amur Railway"
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ Писатели требуют от правительства решительных действий. Izvestia (in Russian). 5 October 1993. Archived from the original on 16 July 2011. Retrieved 21 August 2011.
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