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Margarita Iosifovna Aliger (Russian: Маргари́та Ио́сифовна Алиге́р, IPA: [mərɡɐˈrʲitə ɪˈosʲɪfəvnə ɐlʲɪˈɡʲɛr] ⓘ; October 7 [O.S. September 24] 1915 – August 1, 1992) was a Soviet and Russian poet, translator, and journalist.
Margarita Iosifovna Aliger (born September 24 [October 7, New Style], 1915, Odessa, Ukraine, Russian Empire—died August 1992, Peredelkino, Russia) was a Russian poet, journalist, and Soviet propagandist. Born into a poor family, Aliger was a committed communist from an early age.
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Aliger, Margarita Iosifovna (1915–1992) Soviet Russian journalist and lyrical poet who depicted Soviet life in universal terms and took great risks in speaking out against Stalinism. Born in Odessa, Russia, on October 7, 1915; died in 1992; married Konstantin Makarov-Rakitin, in 1936; children: one son (who did not survive infancy), and two ...
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ALIGER, MARGARITA YOSIFOVNA (1915–1992), Russian poet. Aliger was born in Odessa and began to publish verse in 1933. Her prewar collections, God rozhdeniya ("Year of Birth," 1938) and Kamni i travy ("Stones and Herbs," 1940) although somewhat imitative and conventional, showed an unusual lyrical gift.
Margarita Iosifovna Aliger (September 24, 1915 - August 1, 1992) was a famous Soviet poet, translator, and journalist. She was born in Odessa in a family of Jewish office workers; the real family name was Zeliger.
In her long poem, "Tvoya pobeda" ("Your Victory"), Aliger, for the first time, turned to a Jewish theme and, while declaring unreserved love for her Russian homeland, bitterly complained about the historical injustice of German and Russian antisemitism.
