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Marietta Shaginyan
Soviet writer, historian and activist of Armenian descent / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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In this name that follows Eastern Slavic naming customs, the patronymic is Sergeevna and the family name is Shaginyan.
Marietta Sergeevna Shaginyan (Russian: Мариэ́тта Серге́евна Шагиня́н; Armenian: Մարիետա Սերգեյի Շահինյան, April 2, 1888 – March 20, 1982) was a Soviet writer, historian and activist 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.[1]
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Born | (1888-04-02)April 2, 1888 |
Died | March 20, 1982(1982-03-20) (aged 93) Moscow, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union |
Resting place | Moscow Armenian Cemetery |
Occupation(s) | writer and activist |
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