Nina Berberova
Nina Nikolaevena Berberova (1901-1993) was born in St. Petersburg. She left Russia after the revolution in 1922, eventually settling in Paris in 1925 with her lover Vladislav Khodasevich. She moved to the U.S. in 1950 and taught at Yale and Princeton. In France she was honored as a Chevalier of the French Order of Arts and Letters.
Nina Nikolaevena Berberova (1901-1993) was born in St. Petersburg. She left Russia after the revolution in 1922, eventually settling in Paris in 1925 with her lover Vladislav Khodasevich. She moved to the U.S. in 1950 and taught at Yale and Princeton. In France she was honored as a Chevalier of the French Order of Arts and Letters. See less
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Nina Berberova book reviews
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Italics Are Mine
A masterpiece from the Russian emigration
by ECBII, Apr 24, 2016
Berberova was one of the greatest preservationists of the Russian intellectual scene around the turn of the century and in emigration in Europe after the revolution. Without her photographic memory ... Read More
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Italics Are Mine
Great book
by JAMES M, Aug 26, 2013
Russia in the 20th century. Expat Russians in Berlin and Paris and the US. Bberova seems to have known everyone worth knowing on the Russian literary scene. And she's a good writer to boot. Very ... Read More
