About Raisa Orlova
Lived 1918 – 1989 (aged 70). Raisa Orlova was a Russian and German writer, philologist, human rights defender, literary critic and americanist.
Raisa Davydovna Orlova-Kopeleva (, 23 July 1918, Moscow – 31 May 1989, Cologne) was a Russian writer and American studies scholar.
She was the second wife of Lev Kopelev.
Selected works Books Die Türen öffnen sich langsam (1984), Двери открываются медленно (1994) Memoirs (USA 1983), Eine Vergangenheit, die nicht vergeht. Rückblicke aus fünf Jahrzehnten (1985), Воспоминания о непрошедшем времени (Moscow 1993) Briefe aus Köln über Bücher aus Moskau (1987) Als die Glocke verstummte; Alexander Herzens letztes Lebensjahr (1988) Warum ich lebe (1990. posthumous) With Lev Kopelev Boris Pasternak. „Bild der Welt im Wort“ (1986) Wir lebten in Moskau (1987), Мы жили в Москве (1) (USA 1988, Moscow 1990) Zeitgenossen, Meister, Freunde (1989), Мы жили в Москве (2) Wir lebten in Köln. Aufzeichnungen und Erinnerungen (1996), Мы жили в Кёльне (2003)
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Russian writer (1918–1989)
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Raisa Orlova was born on 23 July 1918 in Moscow.
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Raisa Orlova died on 31 May 1989 in Cologne.
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Raisa Orlova was a writer, philologist, human rights defender, literary critic and americanist.
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Raisa Orlova was Russian and German.
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