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Margarita Aliger

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Margarita Aliger · Arts & Literature

What

Poet / lyricist

When

1915, Odessa, Russian Empire (now Ukraine) — 1992, Michurinets, Russia

Where

Soviet Union (Moscow)

Biography

Margarita Aliger is recognized among Jewish contributors to Arts & Literature — Poet / lyricist

How & why

Margarita Aliger was a Soviet Jewish poet, best known for her wartime poem 'Zoya' and for the poem 'To a Jewish Daughter,' which spoke openly of Jewish identity and suffering in the Soviet Union. She was among the leading Soviet poets of her generation.

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Source: Jinfo.org — Jewish Poets & Lyricists

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Poet / lyricist

Source: Jinfo.org — Jewish Poets & Lyricists