Antonina Koptiaeva

Antonina Dmitriyevna Koptiaeva (; 7 November 1909 – 12 November 1991 ) was a Soviet and Russian writer. Her novels concern the personal and professional lives of women in the Soviet Union.

Her first novel, Kolymskoe zoloto ("Kolyma Gold", 1936), was published under her married name A. Zeite. She also published a collection of essays, The Tale of Aldan, in 1937. Zeite was arrested in 1938 and died in prison. Both of their daughters also died in the 1930s. She later married author Fyodor Panfyorov (1896–1960).

Her novel Dar zemli ("Gift of the Earth", 1963) was about oil workers. She also wrote On the Ural River (1971) and her memoirs, Severnoe Siianie ("The Northern Lights", 1977).