Raisa Orlova

Russian writer and American studies scholar

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Raisa Davydovna Orlova-Kopeleva (Russian: Раи́са Давы́довна Орло́ва-Ко́пелева, 23 July 1918, Moscow – 31 May 1989, Cologne) was a Russian writer and American studies scholar.

She was the second wife of Lev Kopelev.

Selected works

Books
  • Die Türen öffnen sich langsam (1984), Двери открываются медленно (1994)
  • Memoirs (USA 1983), Eine Vergangenheit, die nicht vergeht. Rückblicke aus fünf Jahrzehnten (1985), Воспоминания о непрошедшем времени (Moscow 1993)
  • Briefe aus Köln über Bücher aus Moskau (1987)
  • Als die Glocke verstummte; Alexander Herzens letztes Lebensjahr (1988)
  • Warum ich lebe (1990. posthumous)
With Lev Kopelev
  • Boris Pasternak. „Bild der Welt im Wort“ (1986)
  • Wir lebten in Moskau (1987), Мы жили в Москве (1) (USA 1988, Moscow 1990)
  • Zeitgenossen, Meister, Freunde (1989), Мы жили в Москве (2)
  • Wir lebten in Köln. Aufzeichnungen und Erinnerungen (1996), Мы жили в Кёльне (2003)
Articles
  • Orlowa, Raissa; Kopelew, Lew (28 May 1982). "Die Erinnerungen Pjotr Grigorenkos : Der Hauptheld ist die Wahrheit" [Memoirs by Pyotr Grigorenko: The Main Hero is the Truth]. Die Zeit (in German).

Further reading

  • De Boer, S. P.; Driessen, Evert; Verhaar, Hendrik (1982). "Orlova, Raisa Davydovna". Biographical dictionary of dissidents in the Soviet Union: 1956–1975. The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff Publishers. p. 407. ISBN 9024725380.
  • Drommert, Rene Von (9 June 1989). "Zum Tode von Raissa Orlowa-Kopelew: Weltempfinden" [On the death of Raisa Orlova-Kopelev: world feeling]. Die Zeit (in German).

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  • Literature by and about Raisa Orlova in the German National Library catalogue
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