Tatiana Shchepkina-Kupernik
Tatiana Lvovna Shchepkina-Kupernik (in Moscow, Russian Empire – July 27, 1952, in Moscow, USSR) was a Russian and Soviet writer, dramatist, poet and translator.
Also recorded as Tatjana Ljovovna Scepkina-Kupernik · Tatiana Lvovna Shchepkina-Kupernik
Tatiana Shchepkina-Kupernik

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- Name
- Tatiana Shchepkina-Kupernik
- Birthplace
- Moscow, Russian Empire
- Died
- 27 July 1952
- Place of death
- Moscow, USSR
- Occupation
- Writer, dramatist, poes and translator
- Born
- 1874. · Moscow.
- Nationality
- Russian Empire and Soviet Union.
- Fields
- literature, drama and translation.
- Honours
- Order of the Red Banner of Labour, Medal For Valiant Labour in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945, Honored art worker of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic and Order of the Badge of Honour.
- Languages
- Russian.
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Tatiana Lvovna Shchepkina-Kupernik (in Moscow, Russian Empire – July 27, 1952, in Moscow, USSR) was a Russian and Soviet writer, dramatist, poet and translator.
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Biography
Biography
The recorded working language is Russian. The field of work recorded is literature, drama and translation. Distinctions recorded are Order of the Red Banner of Labour, Medal "For Valiant Labour in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945", Honored art worker of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic and Order of the Badge of Honour.

The book «Gallery of Russian writers», printed in Moscow, 1901. Page 577.
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Tatiana Lvovna Shchepkina-Kupernik, from the book «Gallery of Russian writers», 1901, page 577.
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Key facts
• Name — Tatiana Shchepkina-Kupernik • Birthplace — Moscow, Russian Empire • Died — 27 July 1952 • Place of death — Moscow, USSR • Occupation — Writer, dramatist, poes and translator • Illustration — "Akh, ya vlyublon v odni glaza… (Ah, I'm in love with some eyes…)", music by Aleksandr Vilensky, poem by Tatiana Shchepkina-Kupernik, performed by Michael Vavitch, 1909
Biography
Biography
Born in the family of Kiev advocate Lev Kupernik, Tatiana Shchepkina-Kupernik was a granddaughter of famous Russian actor Mikhail Shchepkin and Elena Dmitrievna who was a Turkish captive during the Siege of Anapa. She graduated from the Kiev Gymnasium. In her twelfth year Shchepkina wrote a poem in honour of her grandfather. In 1892 the Moscow Maly Theater staged her play called Summer Picture. In the 1892–1893 theatrical season Shchepkina played in the Korsh Theater. Shchepkina worked with several Russian periodicals - Artist, Russian Vedomosti, Russian Idea, Northern Courier, New Time, using different literary styles. In 1895-1915 she wrote a number of prose and poetry collections. Her poem At Homeland - From the fallen strongholds of Port-Arthur... («На родине» - «От павших твердынь Порт-Артура...») written at 1905 quickly became known nationwide. She produced several well-known Russian translations of Edmond Rostand and Maurice Maeterlinck plays. Shchepkina also translated the works of Lope De Vega, William Shakespeare, John Fletcher, Molière, Carlo Goldoni, Richard Brinsley Sheridan and Lewis Carroll's Alice's Adventures in Wonderland into Russian. In total she translated about 60 plays into Russian, mostly during the period after the Russian Revolution. She composed poetic plays of her own, mostly in one act (Revenge of Amur, Eternity in a Moment, Lady with Violets, Happy Women, etc.). In 1940 she was awarded an Honoured Master of Arts of RSFSR.
English translations
English translations
• A Vision of the War, (Poem), and Deborah, (Story), from The Soul of Russia, Macmillan and Co, London, 1916. from Archive.org
Identity and origins
Identity and origins
The authorities additionally record the headings Tatjana Ljovovna Scepkina-Kupernik and Tatiana Lvovna Shchepkina-Kupernik. Her recorded language was Russian. She was the child of Lev Kupernik. Other recorded relations include Mikhail Shchepkin. Recorded as linguist, writer, poet, translator and playwright.
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1874
Tatiana Shchepkina-Kupernik born at Moscow.
1952
Tatiana Shchepkina-Kupernik died at Moscow.
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Tatiana Shchepkina-Kupernik received Order of the Red Banner of Labour, Medal "For Valiant Labour in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945", Honored art worker of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic and Order of the Badge of Honour.
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- 1.Щепкина-Куперник. 1975.
- 2.Schtschogolew P. J. Щепкина-Куперник (Татьяна Львовна). 1904.
- 3.IMSLP: Tatyana Shchepkina-Kupernik (abgerufen am 24. Januar 2020).
- 4.Могилы ушедших поэтов: Щепкина-Куперник Татьяна Львовна (abgerufen am 24. Januar 2020).
- 5.Щепкина-Куперник, Татьяна Львовна. 1913.
- 6.wie Iwan Wassiljewitsch Jewdokimow in seiner Erzählung Lewitan ausführlich beschrieb.
- 7.Анна Кузнецова. Дни и книги Анны Кузнецовой. 2008.
- 8.С. А. Филиппова: Новый театр Л. Б. Яворской. Перьвый сезон. в: Петербургские театры, которых нет. Левша СПб. 2019. С. 147, zur Erstaufführung 1901
- 9.Э. Ростана. Полное собр. соч. в 2 тт., СПБ, 1914
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