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Marietta Szaginian

1888 – 1982

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Wikipedia Summary

Marietta Sergeevna Shaginyan was a Soviet writer, historian of Armenian descent. She was one of the "fellow travelers" of the 1920s led by the Serapion Brotherhood and became one of the most prolific communist writers experimenting in satirico-fantastic fiction.

Biographical & Professional Details

Date of birth
March 21, 1888
Moscow
Date of death
March 20, 1982
Moscow
Citizenship

Russian Empire · Soviet Union

Occupations & fields
writeropinion journalistpublic figurejournalisttranslatorphilologist
Awards & honours
Stalin PrizeOrder of LeninHero of Socialist LabourOrder of the October RevolutionOrder of the Red Banner of LabourOrder of Friendship of Peoples
Field and occupation
sovětská spisovatelka arménského původu, básnířka a prozaička, historička umění, novinářka
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