Gertsyk, Adelaida (1874–1925)
Gertsyk, Adelaida (1874–1925)
Russian poet and short-story writer. Name variations: Adelaida Kazimirovna Gértsyk; (pseudonym) Sirin. Born 1874 near Moscow, Russia; died 1925; dau. of a Polish noble; sister of Evgenia or Eugenie Gertsyk.
Was close to Moscow symbolists and later the center of literary group that included Marina Tsvetaeva and Sophia Parnok; poetry was influenced by folklore and imbued with mysticism; published Poems: 1906–1909; wrote reviews in the symbolist journal Sales and published poetry in anthologies and journals; her story cycle about 3 weeks of imprisonment, "Basement Sketches," was published posthumously in Latvian journal (1926).
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