Nina Arkina

Nina Arkina (1891 – 1980) was a Russian-born Norwegian writer.

She was born in Odessa, but lived in Norway. She issued biographical novels about Catherine the Great (1949), Alexander I of Russia (two volumes in 1950 and 1951), Nicholas I of Russia and Alexander Pushkin (1954), Alexander II of Russia (1956), Alexander III of Russia and Nicholas II of Russia (1963), Sonya Kovalevsky (1967), Karl Marx (1968) and Vladimir Lenin (1972).[1]

She was married to editor and politician Victor Mogens.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b Henriksen, Petter, ed (2007). "Nina Arkina" (in Norwegian). Store norske leksikon. Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. http://www.snl.no/Nina_Arkina. Retrieved 16 February 2010.