Ekaterina Beketova

Ekaterina Andreyevna Krasnova (née Beketova; Russian: Екатери́на Андре́евна Красно́ва, Бекето́ва; 29 August [O.S. 17 August] 1855 – 16 May [O.S. 4 May] 1892) was a Russian poet, writer, and translator. She was born in Moscow into a family of Russian nobility, the daughter of botanist Andrey Beketov.[1] She also wrote children's literature and invested much attention on her nephew Alexander Blok. In 1892, she died of eclampsia following a medically mandated abortion.[2]

Ekaterina Beketova in 1880

References
  1. Федорченко, Валерий (2003). Дворянские роды, прославившие Отечество. Энциклопедия дворянских родов (in Russian). ОЛМА Медиа Групп. p. 42. ISBN 9785786700566. Retrieved 19 June 2018.
  2. Marina Ledkovska-Astman; Charlotte Rosenthal; Mary Fleming Zirin (1 January 1994). Dictionary of Russian Women Writers. Greenwood Publishing Group. pp. 70–71. ISBN 978-0-313-26265-4.


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