Teffi (Nadezhda Lokhvitskaia)

Edythe Haber (University of Massachusetts, Boston)

Ed. by Andrei Rogatchevski, UiT - The Arctic University of Norway
The Literary Encyclopedia. Volume 2.2.2.00: Post-1917 Writing and Culture in Russia, Ukraine and Belarus, 1917-present.
Vol. editors: Neil Cornwell (University of Bristol), Roman Koropeckyj (University of California, Los Angeles), Andrei Rogatchevski (UiT - The Arctic University of Norway)

Dates

Born 9 May 1872
Died 6 Oct 1952
Activity 1901-1952

Places

Born in Russia
Active in Russia; Russia

Activities

Primary

Prose writer

Other

Poet

Resources

Teffi (Nadezhda Aleksandrovna Lokhvitskaia, 1872-1952) was one of the most popular writers in Russia in the years preceding the 1917 Bolshevik revolution. Her humorous stories, feuilletons, and dramatic miniatures brought her such immense celebrity that candy and perfume were named after her. After the revolution, she was among the multitudes who fled Russia and, during her over thirty years in emigration, she was equally beloved by her compatriots in the Russian diaspora. Although best known as a humorist, Teffi also wrote serious poetry and prose – had “two faces”, she once remarked: “one laughing and one weeping” (Vereshchagin, Vladimir, “Teffi,”Russkaia mysl’, N…

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Citation: Haber, Edythe. "Teffi (Nadezhda Lokhvitskaia)". The Literary Encyclopedia. First published 19 December 2016 [https://staging.litencyc.com/php/speople.php?rec=true&UID=13806, accessed 23 November 2024.]

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