Alexander Gitovich

Alexander Ilyich Gitovich (Russian: Алекса́ндр Ильи́ч Ги́тович; IPA: [ɐlʲɪˈksandr ɪˈlʲjitɕ ˈɡʲitəvʲɪtɕ], March 1, 1909 — August 9, 1966) was a Soviet Russian poet and translator of Chinese and Korean poetry (Li Bo, Chairman Mao Zedong and others).

Gitovich was born in Smolensk and studied at Leningrad State University. He participated to the Great Patriotic War.[1] He died in Komarovo, Saint Petersburg, and was buried there, not far from his friend Anna Akhmatova's grave.

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