Pachmuss, Termira (1927-2007) | University of Illinois Archives
Name: Pachmuss, Termira (1927-2007)
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Historical Note: Temira Pachmuss, a Professor of Slavic languages and literatures at the University of Illinois (1961- 1999), was born in Vask-Narva, Estonia, and educated in Germany, Australia, and the United States. Temira Pachmuss devoted her career to the work of Russian writers who fled the Soviet Union after the Bolshevik Revolution in 1917 and took up residency all over the world. Temira Pachmuss is widely recognized for her work on Zinaida Hippius, an influential Russian symbolist poet.