Lev Ozerov

Lev Ozerov (Russian: Лев Адольфович Озеров) (August 10/23, 1914 – March 18, 1996) was a Russian-Jewish poet, translator and essayist born in Kiev.

[1] His famous epic "Babi Yar" first appeared in the Октябрь (October) (ru) magazine March–April 1946 issue.

[2][3] Ozerov served as poetry editor of October (Октябрь) magazine in 1946–1948,[note 1] one of the more important literary publications at the time.

His "Poems of Anna Akhmatova" article published on June 23, 1959 in the Literaturnaya Gazeta, was the first review of her poetry after years of silence.

Ozerov did much to preserve the creative heritage of poets of his own generation who perished in the years of Stalinist repressions.