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Nahum Korzhavin was a Soviet and American poet, writer, playwright, and translator. Born Nahum Korzhavin in Kyiv in 1925, he was educated at the Maxim Gorky Literature Institute. He wrote primarily in Russian and also spoke Kazakh. His professional work focused on poetry and literature.
He died in Chapel Hill in 2018 and was buried at Vagankovo Cemetery. His birth name was Нехем'я Мусієвич Мандель, and his name in his native language is Наум Моисеевич Коржавин.
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Nahum
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Kyiv
- Place of death
- Chapel Hill
- Occupation
- translator
- Educated at
- Maxim Gorky Literature Institute
- Languages spoken
- Kazakh
- Field of work
- literature
- Genre
- poetry
- Official website
- korzhavin.poet-premium.ru
- Image
- Poet Naum Korzhavin, Boston 2012, CC- BY 3.0 Mariya Gershteyn.jpg
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- date of birth
- 1925-10-14
- date of death
- 2018-06-22
- place of burial
- Vagankovo Cemetery
- writing language
- Russian
- Commons category
- Nahum Korzhavin
- birth name
- Нехем'я Мусієвич Мандель
- name in native language
- Наум Моисеевич Коржавин
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Encyclopedic overview
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