Literary Library

Samuil Yakovlevich Marshak

by Angela Beck
November 3, 1887 - July 4, 1964Russian-Jewish translator and poetAuthor of "Silly Little Mouse and Other Poems", "The Pup Grows Up" and "The Absen...
Jewish Jews Russia Russian Translator

Daniil Leonidovic Andreyev

by Angela Beck
November 2, 1906 - March 30, 1959Russian writer, poet and Christian mysticAuthor of "Wanderers of Night" (destroyed by the Soviet Ministry for Sta...
Mystic Mysticism Poem Poet Poetry Russia Russian Russian History Soviet

Henri Troyat

by Angela Beck
November 1, 1911 - March 2, 2007Russian-born French biographer, historian and novelistAuthor of "The Web", "Ivan the Terrible" and "Catherine the ...
Bio Biographer Biography France French Historian history Novel Novelist Russia Russian Russian History