Semyon Lipkin

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Semyon Lipkin
Lipkin and his wife, poet Inna Lisnyanskaya
Born	(1911-09-06)6 September 1911 Odessa, Russian Empire
Died	31 March 2003(2003-03-31) (aged 91) Peredelkino, Russia
Occupation	Poet, writer, soldier
Period	1911-2003
Genres	Poetry, fiction, memoir, translations
Subject	World War II, History, Philosophy, Literature, Folklore, Jewish heritage, The Bible
Literary movement	Neo-Acmeism
Notable works	Kvadriga Memoirs, The Lieutenant Quartermaster (An epic poem)

Semyon Izrailevich Lipkin (Russian: Семён Израилевич Липкин) (6 September (19, New Style) 1911 – 31 March 2003) was a Russian writer, poet, and literary translator.^[1]

Lipkin's work gained wider recognition after its publication during the collapse of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR). Throughout much of his working life, he was sustained by the support of his wife, poet Inna Lisnianskaya, and close friends such as Anna Akhmatova, Joseph Brodsky and Alexander Solzhenitsyn. Lipkin's verses include explorations of history and philosophy.^[2]

His poems include references to his Jewish heritage and the Bible. They also draw on first-hand experience of the tragedies of Stalin's Great Purge and World War II (WWII). Lipkin's long-standing opposition to the Soviet regime surfaced in 1979-80 when he contributed to the uncensored almanac "Metropol." After this event, jointly with Lisnyanskaya, left the ranks of the official Writer's Union of the USSR.^[3]