- Rimma Kazakova
Rimma Fyodorovna Kazakova ( _ru. Римма Фёдоровна Казакова,
January 27 ,1932 , Sebastopol,USSR —May 19 ,2008 ,Perhushkovo ,Odintsovskiy District ofMoscow Oblast ,Russia ) was aSoviet /Russianpoet . She was known as an author of many popular songs of theSoviet era .She graduated from the history department of
Leningrad State University . She worked as a lecturer inKhabarovsk .Her first rhymes were reminiscent of
Yevtushenko ,Okudzhava ,Voznesensky andRozhdestvensky and were first published in 1955. Her first poetry collection, "Let's Meet in the East" («Встретимся на Востоке»), was published in 1958.Since 1959 she was a member of the
USSR Union of Writers . She also held the position of First Secretary of theMoscow Union of Writers .She died suddenly at age 76 at a medical
sanatorium nearPerkhushkovo onMay 19 ,2008 at 1 pm local time. She was buried onMay 22 ,2008 atVagankovo Cemetery inMoscow .Most important works
* There, where you are «Там, где ты»
* Verses / «Стихи»
* Fridays / «Пятницы»
* In Taiga Nobody Cries / «В тайге не плачут»
* Fir-trees Green / «Елки зеленые»
* Snow Babe / «Снежная баба»
* I Remember / «Помню»
* On White / «Набело»
* Country named Love / «Страна Любовь»
* Touchstone / «Пробный камень»
* Out of Mind / «Сойди с холма»
* Plot of Hope / «Сюжет надежды».See also
*
1977 in poetry
*List of Russian-language poets External
* [http://www.rg.ru/2008/05/19/kazakova-anons.html]
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