David Samoilov
David Samoilov · Arts & Literature
Poet / lyricist
1920, Moscow, Russian SFSR — 1990, Tallinn, Estonia
Soviet Union · Estonia
David Samoilov is recognized among Jewish contributors to Arts & Literature — Poet / lyricist
David Samoilov (born David Kaufman) was one of the leading Russian poets of the Second World War generation, whose reflective, neo-Acmeist verse — notably 'Sorokovye' (The Forties) — became emblematic of that era's memory; he also translated widely from Estonian and other languages. He was born in Moscow into an assimilated Jewish family.
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Poet / lyricist
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