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
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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