About Tatyana Bek
Lived 1949 – 2005 (aged 55). Tatyana Bek was a Russian writer, poet, literary critic, editing staff and university teacher.
Tatyana Alexandrovna Bek (; April 21, 1949, Moscow — February 7, 2005, Moscow) was a Russian poet, literary critic and literary scholar. She was a member of the Union of Soviet Writers, and Russian PEN Center, and Secretary of the Moscow Writers' Union (1991-1995). She was the daughter of writer Alexander Bek.
In 1993, she signed the Letter of Forty-Two.
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, Mikhail Sinelnikov, Igor Shklyarevsky and literary critic Sergei Chuprinin.
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Who was Tatyana Bek?
Soviet writer, poet and literary critic (1949-2005)
When was Tatyana Bek born?
Tatyana Bek was born on 21 April 1949 in Moscow.
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Tatyana Bek died on 7 February 2005 in Moscow.
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Tatyana Bek was a writer, poet, literary critic, editing staff and university teacher.
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Tatyana Bek was Russian.
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