Obukhova, Lydia
Entry updated 12 September 2022. Tagged: Author.
(1924-1991) Russian author who began publishing work of interest as early as 1945, and whose books gained some popularity in her native land. Lilit (1966; trans Mirra Ginsburg as Daughter of Night: A Tale of Three Worlds 1974) tells the story of Adam's first wife, Lilith (see Adam and Eve), who meets an Alien assessing Earth for colonization. He falls in love with her, presents her with the gift of fire, and saves the planet from his own people. [JC]
Lydia Obukhova
born Kutaisi, USSR: 17 August 1924
died Zvenigorod, USSR: 26 April 1991
works
- Lilit (Moscow: Znanie, 1966) [possibly appeared prior to this in a 1964 Russian anthology: pb/]
- Daughter of Night: A Tale of Three Worlds (New York: The Macmillan Company, 1974) [trans by Mirra Ginsburg of the above: hb/Igor Galanin]
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