Alexander Gitovich, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Alexander Gitovich

poet

Date of Birth: 01-Mar-1909

Place of Birth: Smolensk, Smolensk Voivodeship, Russia

Date of Death: 09-Aug-1966

Profession: poet, translator, linguist

Zodiac Sign: Pisces

Alexander Ilyich Gitovich (Russian: ??????´??? ????´? ????´???; 1 March 1909 — 9 August 1966) was a Soviet Russian poet and translator of Chinese and Korean poetry (Li Bo, Chairman Mao Zedong and others). Gitovich was born in Smolensk and studied at Leningrad State University.
He participated to the Great Patriotic War.
He died in Komarovo, Saint Petersburg, and was buried there, not far from his friend Anna Akhmatova's grave.