Ebook {Epub PDF} Leningrad Diary by Vera Inber

Her international fame rests on "A Leningrad Diary" (), a harrowing firsthand account of civilian life during the Nazis' day siege of the city ( to ). The blockade killed almost 1 million of Leningrad's inhabitants and Inber herself nearly died of starvation, yet even her darkest observations were imbued with an unbreakable patriotism and the heart to www.doorway.ru: 10 Jul Odessa, Odes'ka, Ukraine.  · MOSCOW, Nov. 14 — Vera Inber, a Soviet poet best known for her verse and a diary about the ‐day siege of Leningrad in World War II, died here Saturday. She was 82 Estimated Reading Time: 3 mins. KIRKUS REVIEW. Vera Inber, a poet, kept this diary during the day siege of Leningrad. Soon after the German invasion she accompanied her husband there following his appointment as director of an important medical institute. The diary is remarkable for its cool self-possession and lack of any ""poetical"" arabesques. The winter of -- its air raids, its terrible hunger, its awful quiet bemuse .

MOSCOW, Nov. 14 — Vera Inber, a Soviet poet best known for her verse and a diary about the ‐day siege of Leningrad in World War II, died here Saturday. She was 82 years old. Miss Inber, who. Leningrad Diary. by Vera Inber | Jan 1, out of 5 stars 2. Hardcover. Izbrannye stikhi. by Vera Inber | Jan 1, Hardcover. Short Stories By Soviet Writers (Parallel Texts) Russian Edition | by Vera Inber and R. Dixon | Jan 1, out of 5 stars 1. Paperback. "Today marks the completion of the most important year of my life," Vera Mikhailovna Inber wrote in her diary on 24 August (1) For 12 months, the poet had endured severe hunger, cold, and bombardment in blockaded Leningrad, home to one of the longest and deadliest sieges in modern history.

KIRKUS REVIEW. Vera Inber, a poet, kept this diary during the day siege of Leningrad. Soon after the German invasion she accompanied her husband there following his appointment as director of an important medical institute. The diary is remarkable for its cool self-possession and lack of any ""poetical"" arabesques. The winter of -- its air raids, its terrible hunger, its awful quiet bemuse trams, radios, and dogs and cats are all gone, its piles of anonymous corpses -- is recorded. A classic book from a Soviet author. A female voice on the Leningrad siege. Reading it can help understand the construction of Soviet patriotism during and after WWII. Vera Inber dabbled in cabbala, although it had been forbidden by her elders. English translations. Maya, from Such a Simple Thing and Other Stories, FLPH, Moscow, from www.doorway.ru; The Death of Luna, from Soviet Short Stories: A Penguin Parallel Text, Penguin, Leningrad Diary, Hutchinson, UK,