Zoya Boguslavskaya
Zoya Borisovna Boguslavskaya (16 April 1924 – 14 May 2026) was a Soviet and Russian poet, novelist, essayist, playwright, critic and author.
Also recorded as Zoya Borisovna Boguslavskaya · Zoja B. Boguslavskaja
Zoya Boguslavskaya
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- Name
- Zoya Boguslavskaya
- Born
- 16 April 1924
- Birthplace
- Moscow, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
- Died
- 14 May 2026
- Awards
- Order "For Merit in Culture and Art" Honoured Worker of Culture of Russia
- Nationality
- Soviet Union · Russia
- Occupation
- literary critic · poet · playwright · dramaturge · art historian · essayist · writer
- Honours
- Merited worker of culture of the Russian Federation · Order For Merit in Culture and Art
- Languages
- Russian
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Zoya Borisovna Boguslavskaya (16 April 1924 – 14 May 2026) was a Soviet and Russian poet, novelist, essayist, playwright, critic and author.
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Zoya Boguslavskaya (1924–2026) was a Russian and Soviet art historian, dramaturge and essayist, among other activities. The art historian was born and died in Moscow.
Languages used include Russian. Zoya Boguslavskaya received Merited worker of culture of the Russian Federation and Order For Merit in Culture and Art.
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• Name — Zoya Boguslavskaya • Native Name — Зоя Богуславская • Born — 16 April 1924 • Birthplace — Moscow, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union • Died — 14 May 2026 • Awards — Order "For Merit in Culture and Art" Honoured Worker of Culture of Russia
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Life and career
Boguslavskaya was born in Moscow on 16 April 1924, to Boris Lvovich Boguslavsky and Emma Iosifovna Boguslavskaya. She studied at the Moscow State Institute of Arts and Institute of History of Art. She had been affiliated with the Association of Women Writers of Russia, the Russian Writers' Union, the Internal Association of Women Writers in Paris, and the Russian Pen Centre. She married poet Andrei Voznesensky in 1964. Boguslavskaya died on 14 May 2026, at the age of 102.
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The authorities additionally record the headings Zoya Borisovna Boguslavskaya and Zoja B. Her recorded language was Russian. She was the child of Boris Boguslavskii. She married Boris Kagan and Andrei Voznesensky. One child is recorded: Leonid Boguslavsky.
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1924
Zoya Boguslavskaya was born on 16 April 1924.
2026
Zoya Boguslavskaya died on 14 May 2026.
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• Russian Individual Triumph and Foundation Prize • Order “For Merit in Culture and Art” (April 11, 2024) — for a major contribution to the development of national culture and art and many years of fruitful work. • Honored Worker of Culture of the Russian Federation (April 16, 2019) — “for a major contribution to the development of national culture and art and many years of fruitful work.” • Honorary Member of the Russian Academy of Arts (2019). • Big Book Prize in the Non-Fiction category for the book A Negligent Life (2025).
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- 1.Sleeman, Elizabeth. The International Who's Who of Women 2002. Psychology Press. 2001. 978-1-85743-122-3.
- 2.Интервью с Зоей Богуславской.
- 3.Умерла легенда литературы и вдова Вознесенского Зоя Богуславская
- 4.Указ Президента Российской Федерации от 11.04.2024 № 253 ∙ Официальное опубликование правовых актов. publication.pravo.gov.ru.
- 5.Указ Президента Российской Федерации от 16.04.2019 № 175 ∙ Официальное опубликование правовых актов. publication.pravo.gov.ru.
- 6.БОГУСЛАВСКАЯ Зоя Борисовна (1924-2026). rah.ru.
- 7.Скорондаева, Анастасия. Премия "Большая книга" наградила лауреатов двадцатого сезона. Российская газета. 2025-12-03.
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Zoya Boguslavskaya is recorded as literary critic, poet, playwright, dramaturge and art historian.
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