Anna Barkova

Anna Barkova
Native name
А́нна Алекса́ндровна Барко́ва
BornAnna Alexandrovna Barkova
(1901-07-16)16 July 1901
Ivanovo, Vladimir Governorate, Russian Empire
Died29 April 1976(1976-04-29) (aged 74)
Moscow, Soviet Union
Pen nameKalika perekhozhaia ("the wandering cripple")

Anna Alexandrovna Barkova (Russian: А́нна Алекса́ндровна Барко́ва), 16 July 1901 – 29 April 1976, was a Soviet Russian poet, journalist, playwright, essayist, memoirist, and writer of fiction. She was imprisoned for more than 20 years in the Gulag.