[Daviscenter-list] Patricia Blake

Dear Davis Center Affiliates, We regret to announce that longtime Davis Center associate Patricia Blake passed away early morning on October 14th after a long battle with lung cancer. A remembrance occasion is being planned by the family, and we will pass along the details of this when we have them. In the meantime, Patricia's husband Ronnie would like to hear from Patricia's friends and is accepting phone calls and letters. His contact information is below. Ronnie Dugger 115 Museum Street, Apt. 2 Somerville, MA 02143 T: 617.440.4201 Patricia was a journalist with an interest in Russian literature of the Soviet period. She had also served as a correspondent in the Soviet Union for Time-Life and as the consultant on Soviet affairs for Time. She edited five collections in English translation of Soviet-era Russian literature --some with Max Hayward--including Dissonant Voices in Soviet Literature, Halfway to the Moon: New Writing from Russia, Writers in Russia, and two books of poetry, one of Mayakovsky and the other of Voznesensky. Up until her death, she was working on a biography of Isaac Babel. Sincerely, Terry and Alexandra --- Davis Center for Russian and Eurasian Studies Harvard University 1730 Cambridge Street, 3rd Floor Cambridge, MA 02138 T 617.495.4037 F 617.495.8319 http://www.daviscenter.fas.harvard.edu