About Frida Vigdorova
Lived 1915 – 1965 (aged 50). Frida Vigdorova was a Russian journalist and writer.
Frida Abramovna Vigdorova (16 March 1915, Orsha – 7 August 1965) was a Soviet journalist, novelist and writer. She is mostly known for her record of the trial of poet Joseph Brodsky in 1964.
Biography Vigdorova graduated from Moscow Pedagogic Institute. She was the author of a number of books on issues in education, including Diary of a Russian Schoolteacher (1954). She worked as a correspondent for Literaturnaya Gazeta.
In 1964, Vigdorova took notes during the trial of poet Joseph Brodsky, convicted for "social parasitism". Compiled without censorship, Frida Vigdorova's account circulated in samizdat and made its way to the West.
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Who was Frida Vigdorova?
writer (1915–1965)
When was Frida Vigdorova born?
Frida Vigdorova was born on 3 March 1915 in Vorsha.
When did Frida Vigdorova die?
Frida Vigdorova died on 7 August 1965 in Moscow.
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Frida Vigdorova was a journalist and writer.
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Frida Vigdorova was Russian.
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