Tatyana Alexandrovna Beck (russian: Татья́на Алекса́ндровна Бек; April 21, 1949,

Moscow Moscow ( , US chiefly ; rus, links=no, Москва, r=Moskva, p=mɐskˈva, a=Москва.ogg) is the capital and largest city of Russia. The city stands on the Moskva River in Central Russia, with a population estimated at 13.0 millio ...

— February 7, 2005, Moscow) was a Russian poet, literary critic and literary scholar. She was a member of the

Union of Soviet Writers The Union of Soviet Writers, USSR Union of Writers, or Soviet Union of Writers (russian: Союз писателей СССР, translit=Soyuz Sovetstikh Pisatelei) was a creative union of professional writers in the Soviet Union. It was founded ...

(1978), and Russian

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, and Secretary of the Moscow Writers' Union (1991-1995). She was the daughter of writer

Alexander Bek Alexander Alfredovich Bek (russian: Алекса́ндр Альфре́дович Бек; 2 November 1972), sometimes transliterated from the Russian Cyrillic as Aleksandr Bek or Anglicized to Alexander Beck, was a Soviet novelist and writer. Bi ...

. In 1993, she signed the

Letter of Forty-Two The Letter of Forty-Two (russian: Письмо́ сорока́ двух) was an open letter signed by forty-two Russian Intellectual, literati, aimed at Russian society, the president and government, in reaction to the 1993 Russian constitutional c ...

.Текст и факсимильная копия «Письма сорока двух»
/ref> She died, according to the official version, from a massive heart attack, but many discussed the likelihood of suicide due to bullying by colleagues

Yevgeny Rein Yevgeni, Yevgeny, Yevgenii or Yevgeniy (russian: Евгений), also transliterated as Evgeni, Evgeny, Evgenii or Evgeniy, is the Russian form of the masculine given name Eugene. People with the name include: :''Note: Occasionally, a person may b ...

, Mikhail Sinelnikov,

Igor Shklyarevsky Igor Ivanovich Shklyarevsky (russian: Игорь Иванович Шкляре́вский; June 25, 1938 – September 8, 2021) was a Russian poet and translator. Shklyarevsky was a 1987 Laureate of the USSR State Prize. He died from complicatio ...

and literary critic Sergei Chuprinin.Виктория Шохина: Татьяна Бек не смогла оправиться от травли
polit.ru, February 8, 2005

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