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Yunna Morits
, b. 1937
Yunna Morits is a Russian and Soviet poet and translator, also a children’s poet. She often wrote politically engaged poetry and is still acting as a human rights advocate. Her books were banned from publication from 1961 to 1970.
She has been awarded many Russian and international prizes, including Andrei Sakharov Prize for Writer’s Civic Courage. Her poems are translated into many languages including Japanese and Chinese.
Bio prepared by Hanna Paulouskaya, University of Warsaw, hannapa@al.uw.edu.pl
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