Marietta Shaginyan

Soviet stamp featuring Shaginyan.

Marietta Sergeevna Shaginian (Russian: Мариэ́тта Серге́евна Шагиня́н; April 2, 1888, Moscow - March 20, 1982, Moscow) was a Soviet writer and public activist. She was one of the outstanding communist female-authors with broad philosophical and social views.^[1]

Shaginian authored the novels Mess-Mend (1922), Three Looms (1929), Hydrocentral (1930–31), memoirs and encyclopedical works. For her novels about Lenin's life and activities she was awarded the Lenin Prize in 1972. Marietta spent a lot of time in Koktebel, Crimea, where she had bought a summer house for her family. The Russian Bohemian Elite gathered in Koktebel every summer and stayed until September, spending time at the Voloshin house. Marietta's daughter Mirelle Shaginian is a painter. Her husband Victor Tsigal was a famous Russian painter and sculptor. Their son Serega Tsigal is a celebrated artist in Moscow. His wife Lubov Polishuk was one of Russia's most famous actresses. The Shaginian-Tsigal family is well-known in Russia and the post Soviet Union Countries. Serega's daughter Marietta Tsigal followed her mother's steps into acting. She was named after her great grandmother. Marietta Shaginian has two great great grandchildren Anastasia Shaginian and her brother Andrei.

A minor planet 2144 Marietta discovered in 1975 by Soviet astronomer Lyudmila Chernykh is named in her honor.^[2]

Books

• Retracing Lenin's Steps, by Marietta Shaginyan, International Law and Taxational Publishers, USA, 2001, 244 p., ISBN 0898752310

References

1. ^ MIA: Encyclopedia of Marxism. "Shaginyan, Marietta (1888-1982)". MIA: Encyclopedia of Marxism. http://www.marxists.org/glossary/people/s/h.htm#shaginyan-marietta. Retrieved September 7, 2007. 
2. ^ Schmadel, Lutz D. (2003). Dictionary of Minor Planet Names (5th ed.). New York: Springer Verlag. pp. 174. ISBN 3540002383. http://books.google.com/books?q=2144+Marietta+BC1. 

External links

• Shaginyan at sovlit.com
• Works by Shaginyan (Russian)

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Name	Shaginyan, Matietta
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Date of birth	April 2, 1888
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Date of death	March 20, 1982
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