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Marina Ivanovna Tsvetaeva (Russian: Мари́на Ива́новна Цвета́ева; 8 October [O.S. 26 September] 1892 – 31 August 1941) was a Russian and Soviet poet. Her work is considered among some of the greatest in twentieth century Russian literature. She lived through and wrote of the Russian Revolution of 1917 and the Moscow famine that followed it. In an attempt to save her daughter Irina from starvation, she placed her in a state orphanage in 1919, where she died of hunger. Tsvetaeva left Russia in 1922 and lived with her family in increasing poverty in Paris, Berlin and Prague before returning to Moscow in 1939. Her husband Sergei Efron and her daughter Ariadna Èfron (Alya) were arrested on espionage charges in 1941; her husband was executed. Tsvetaeva committed suicide in 1941. As a lyrical poet, her passion and daring linguistic experimentation mark her as a striking chronicler of her times and the depths of the human condition.

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Born	8 October 1892 Moscow, Russia
Died	31 August 1941 (aged 48) Yelabuga, Russia
Zodiac	Libra
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Sergei Efron 1893-1941 Russian and Soviet soldier, poet, emigre, and NKVD agent · m. 1912 info edit

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Alya info 1st child with Sergei Efron Female b. 1912 Age: 113 1912- Celebrity Baby

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Irina info 2nd child with Sergei Efron Female b. 1917 Age: 108 1917- Celebrity Baby

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