The Performance Of April 4th, 1977 On All Union Radio

Marietta Shaginyan born in Moscow. She studied at a private boarding school then at Rzhevsky's gymnasium. In 1912 she graduated from V.I. Guerrier’s Higher Ladies’ Courses from the faculty of History of Philosophy. From 1912-14 she studied philosophy at the University of Heidelberg. From 1915-19 she worked as a journalist for several newspapers. From 1915-18 she lived in Rostov-on-Don. From 1920-23 she was a lecturer and a journalist at the Institute of Art History. From 1922-48 she worked as a special correspondent for "Pravda" newspaper as well as "Izvestia" newspaper for a few years. She moved to Yerevan in 1927, relocated to Moscow in 1931 and lived there until her death. During the Great Patriotic War she worked as a correspondent in Ural for the “Pravda” newspaper. In 1934 she became a member of the Writers' Union of USSR. In 1941 she became a Doctor of Philological Sciences. She was awarded the Hero of Socialist Labour title (1976) and also has numerous state awards. She dies in Moscow.