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Frida Abramovna Vigdorova (16 March 1915, Orsha – 7 August 1965) was a Soviet journalist, novelist and writer. She is mostly known for her record of the trial of poet Joseph Brodsky in 1964.

Biography

Vigdorova graduated from Moscow Pedagogic Institute. She was the author of a number of books on issues in education, including Diary of a Russian Schoolteacher (1954). She worked as a correspondent for Literaturnaya Gazeta.

In 1964, Vigdorova took notes during the trial of poet Joseph Brodsky, convicted for "social parasitism". Compiled without censorship, Frida Vigdorova's account circulated in samizdat and made its way to the West.

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References

  1. "What's a Woman to Think?". Seventeen Moments in Soviet History. 2015-06-19. Retrieved 2018-06-24.
  2. Vigdorova, Frida; Katz, Michael R. (2014). "The Trial of Joseph Brodsky" (PDF). New England Review. 34 (3–4): 183–207. doi:10.1353/ner.2014.0022. ISSN 2161-9131. S2CID 153474011. Retrieved 2016-06-02.
  3. Ėtkind, E. G. (1978). Notes of a non-conspirator. Oxford ; New York: Oxford University Press. p. 102. ISBN 978-0-19-211739-7.
  4. Grudzińska-Gross, Irena; Grudzińska-Gross, Irena (2009). Czeslaw Milosz and Joseph Brodsky: fellowship of poets. New Haven: Yale University Press. p. 13. ISBN 978-0-300-14937-1.


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