Oleg Woolf (1954-2011) was a Moldavian-

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writer. He trained as a

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and went on several geophysical expeditions in the former USSR. He was married to Irina Mashinski; together they founded the bilingual press Stosvet and its journal ''

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''. As a writer, Woolf wrote short stories, essays, and poetry, and he was regularly published in literary journals and anthologies. His books include: * (''We Will See Sosnov in Spring'') (New York: Stosvet Press, 2010) * (''Bessarabian Stamps'') (New Your: Stosvet Press, 2009), translated into English by

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Woolf died in the US in 2011.

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Moldovan writers 1954 births 2011 deaths {{Improve categories, date=July 2021