Saburova, Irina (1907–1979)

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Saburova, Irina (1907–1979)

Russian novelist, poet and short-story writer. Name variations: Irina Evgenevna Sabúrova. Born 1907 in Russia; died 1979.

É migré author, immigrated with family to Finland (1917); lived in Latvia, then settled in Munich (1943); wrote the short stories The Shadow of Blue March (1938), the poetry collection Conversation in Silence (1956), and the novels, After … (1960), Ships of the Old City (1964), and About Us (1972).

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