Ekaterina Beketova

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Ekaterina Beketova in 1880

Ekaterina Andreyevna Krasnova (née Beketova; Russian: Екатери́на Андре́евна Красно́ва, Бекето́ва; 29 August [O.S. 17 August] 1855 – 16 May [O.S. 4 May] 1892) was a Russian poet, writer, and translator. She was born in Moscow into a family of Russian nobility, the daughter of botanist Andrey Beketov.[1] She also wrote children's literature and invested much attention on her nephew Alexander Blok. In 1892, she died of eclampsia following a medically mandated abortion.[2]

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  1. ^ Федорченко, Валерий (2003). Дворянские роды, прославившие Отечество. Энциклопедия дворянских родов (in Russian). ОЛМА Медиа Групп. p. 42. ISBN 9785786700566. Retrieved 19 June 2018.
  2. ^ Marina Ledkovska-Astman; Charlotte Rosenthal; Mary Fleming Zirin (1 January 1994). Dictionary of Russian Women Writers. Greenwood Publishing Group. pp. 70–71. ISBN 978-0-313-26265-4.