Sofia Soboleva

Sofia Pavlovna Soboleva (Russian: София Павловна Соболева; 1840 – October 27, 1884) was a Russian writer who used the pseudonym V. Samoilovich (Russian: В. Самойлович).[1]

Biography

Soboleva was born in Shlisselburg, where her father was an engineer. She was educated at home until the age of eight, and then sent to Madame Kamerat's Pension in St Petersburg. Soboleva began publishing her works in her early twenties. Her early story Pros and Cons was published while she was working in the editorial offices of Otechestvennye Zapiski. After her marriage to a civil servant fell apart, she supported herself by working as a private teacher.[2]

From 1867 she turned to children's writing and journalistic work, and was involved in the publication of several early children's journals.[1] Her works were popular, but her financial circumstances remained difficult due to her adopting and caring for a number of poor children. She died in St Petersburg in 1884.[2]

English translations

References

  1. 1 2 Women Writers in Russian Literature, Praeger Publishers, 1994.
  2. 1 2 An Anthology of Russian Women's Writing, Oxford, 1994


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