Veronika Mikhailovna Tushnova (russian: Верони́ка Миха́йловна Тушно́ва; March 27, 1911 – July 7, 1965) was a Soviet poet and member of the

Soviet Union of 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 i ...

. After completing her medical school studies, she found little satisfaction in being a doctor and turned her attention to writing.

Biography

Tushnova graduated from high school where she had pursued advanced studies of foreign languages. After graduating, at the insistence of her father, who wanted her to be a doctor, she entered the Leningrad Medical Institute where she studied for four years prior to 1935. In 1936, after the death of her father and mother, she moved back to Leningrad, where she received her medical degree, but she found little satisfaction in being a doctor. At this time she married a psychiatrist named George Rozinsky. She moved to Moscow and was admitted to

Gorky Literary Institute The Maxim Gorky Literature Institute (russian: Литературный институт им. А. М. Горького) is an institution of higher education in Moscow. It is located at 25 Tverskoy Boulevard in central Moscow. History The insti ...

in 1941, but never finished it because of the beginning of the

war War is an intense armed conflict between states, governments, societies, or paramilitary groups such as mercenaries, insurgents, and militias. It is generally characterized by extreme violence, destruction, and mortality, using regular o ...

. She served in World War II as a medical assistant in military hospitals. Her first works were printed in 1944. She published several collections of poems: ''First Book'' (1945), ''Pathway'' (1954). Her keen lyrical talent was revealed in the collections ''Memory of the Heart'' (1958), ''One Hundred Hours of Happiness'' (1965) and others, in which she writes about higher love and calls for truly human relations among people. One of her most popular poems was ''They don't renounce loving''.Veronika Tushnova: They don't renounce loving
by

Lev Anninsky Lev Alexandrovich Anninsky (russian: Лев Александрович Аннинский, 7 April 1934 – 6 November 2019) was a Soviet and Russian literary critic, historian, publicist, essayist and author of more than 30 books. He was also a ...

It was performed as a song by

Alla Pugacheva Alla Borisovna Pugacheva, ) (born 15 April 1949), is а Soviet and Russian musical performer. Her career started in 1965 and continues to this day, even though she has retired from performing. For her "clear mezzo-soprano and a full display of ...

. She also worked as a literary translator. She died from cancer in Moscow on July 7, 1965.

Family

She was married twice, but both marriages ended in divorce. She had a daughter from her first marriage named Natalia (Natalia Rozinskaya). In her last years Tushnova was involved in an affair with the poet

Alexander Yashin Alexander Yakovlevich Yashin (russian: Алекса́ндр Я́ковлевич Я́шин; March 27, 1913 – July 11, 1968) was a Soviet writer associated with the Village Prose movement. Biography Early life Yashin was born in the norther ...

, but he couldn't leave his family (Yashin had four children). Yashin died exactly three years after Tushnova, also from cancer.

Poetry collections

*Первая книга- ''First Book'' (1945) *Пути-дороги- ''Pathway'' (1954) *Дорога на Клухор- ''Road to Klukhor'' (1956) *Память сердца- ''Heart's memory'' (1958) *Второе дыхание- ''Second Wind'' (1961) *Лирика- ''Lyrics'' (1963, 1969) *Сто часов счастья- ''One Hundred Hours of Happiness'' (1965) *Стихи- ''Poems'' (1969)

References

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