Maria Rozanova

Maria Vasilievna Rozanova (Russian: Мари́я Васи́льевна Ро́занова, Belarusian: Марыя Васільеўна Розанава, romanized: Maryja Vasiĺjeŭna Rozanava; née Kruglikova; 27 December 1929 – 13 December 2023) was a Russian publisher, editor, and Soviet-era dissident.^[1]

Maria Rozanova
Rozanova in 1994
Native name	Мария Васи́льевна Розанова
Born	Maria Vasilievna Kruglikova (1929-12-27)27 December 1929 Vitebsk, Byelorussian SSR, USSR
Died	13 December 2023(2023-12-13) (aged 93) Fontenay-aux-Roses, France
Occupation	Writer, publisher of the Russian-language almanac Sintaksis
Alma mater	Moscow State University
Spouse	Andrei Sinyavsky
Children	Iegor

Biography

Maria Vasilievna Rozanova was born on 27 December 1929 in Vitebsk.^[2] She graduated from the Moscow State University. In the Soviet Union, she worked as a tour guide and taught at the Gerasimov Institute of Cinematography and the Abramtsevo Art College. In 1973, following the release of her husband, writer Andrei Sinyavsky, from Soviet prison camps, the couple and their son, Iegor, left the USSR for Paris, France.

For many years, Rozanova served as the chief editor of Sintaksis, a literary journal. From 1977 to 1997 - publisher and co-editor, and later editor-in-chief of the Syntax magazine. She hosted the program "We Are Abroad" on Radio Liberty.^[3]

She died on 13 December 2023, at the age of 93.^[4]