Maria Rozanova

Maria Rozanova
Rozanova in 1994
Rozanova in 1994
Native name
Мария Васи́льевна Розанова
BornMaria Vasilievna Kruglikova
(1929-12-27)27 December 1929
Vitebsk, Byelorussian SSR, USSR
Died13 December 2023(2023-12-13) (aged 93)
Fontenay-aux-Roses, France
OccupationWriter, publisher of the Russian-language almanac Sintaksis
Alma materMoscow State University
SpouseAndrei Sinyavsky
ChildrenIegor

Maria Vasilievna Rozanova (Russian: Мари́я Васи́льевна Ро́занова, Belarusian: Марыя Васільеўна Розанава, romanized: Maryja Vasiĺjeŭna Rozanava; née Kruglikova; 27 December 1929 – 13 December 2023) was a Russian publisher, editor, and Soviet-era dissident.[1]

Biography

Maria Vasilievna Rozanova was born on 27 December 1929 in Vitebsk.[2] She graduated from the Moscow State University. In the Soviet Union, she worked as a tour guide and taught at the Gerasimov Institute of Cinematography and the Abramtsevo Art College. In 1973, following the release of her husband, writer Andrei Sinyavsky, from Soviet prison camps, the couple and their son, Iegor, left the USSR for Paris, France.

For many years, Rozanova served as the chief editor of Sintaksis, a literary journal. From 1977 to 1997 - publisher and co-editor, and later editor-in-chief of the Syntax magazine. She hosted the program "We Are Abroad" on Radio Liberty.[3]

She died on 13 December 2023, at the age of 93.[4]

References

  1. ^ "Мария Розанова — Журнальный зал". magazines.gorky.media.
  2. ^ Oxford Journals, "Notes and queries", Volume 239, page 430, Oxford University Press, September 1994.
  3. ^ "Полвека в эфире. 1977". ukraine.ck.ua.
  4. ^ Публицист Мария Розанова скончалась на 94-м году жизни (in Russian)


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