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Once a known Russian poet censored under the Soviets, Sophia Parnok is best remembered for one affair with another Russian poet, and not for the following: dying from a tumultuous other love affair, writing librettos, or even her own poetry.
Sources (Used/Consulted/Read Along the Way)
Tsvetaeva by Viktoria Schweitzer
Sophia Parnok: The Life and Work of Russia’s Sappho by Diana Lewis Burgin