Tatyana Bek

Tatyana Alexandrovna Beck (Russian: Татья́на Алекса́ндровна Бек; April 21, 1949, Moscow — February 7, 2005, Moscow) was Russian poet, literary critic and literary scholar.[1] Member of the Union of Soviet Writers (1978), and also Russian PEN Center, Secretary of the Moscow Writers' Union (1991-1995). Daughter of writer Alexander Bek.[2]

Tatyana Bek in 1997

In 1993 he signed the Letter of Forty-Two.[3]

She died, according to the official version, from a massive heart attack, but many discussed the likelihood of suicide[4] due to bullying by colleagues Yevgeny Rein, Mikhail Sinelnikov, Igor Shklyarevsky and literary critic Sergei Chuprinin.[5]

References
  1. Татьяна Бек: на костре самосожженья
  2. Мир глазами Татьяны Бек
  3. Текст и факсимильная копия «Письма сорока двух»
  4. Неожиданная смерть поэтессы Татьяны Бек: обширный инфаркт или самоубийство
  5. Виктория Шохина: Татьяна Бек не смогла оправиться от травли. polit.ru, February 8, 2005
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