V puti Prozrachny sled Lidiia Alekseevna Alekseeva, née Devel (1909–1989) was a Russian émigré poet and writer of short stories.
[1][2] Whilst here, she attended the Russian gimnazium[3] and later the Faculty of Philosophy of the University of Belgrade, graduating with a specialism in Slavistics.
Whilst in the United States, Alekseeva worked in a factory and in the Slavonic Division of the New York Public Library until she retired in 1978.
[3] Her first publications appeared in prestigious émigré journals such as Grani, Vozrozhdenie, Novyi Zhurnal, Mosty, and Sovremennik.
She wrote in a traditional fashion, not needing to turn to experimental techniques to enhance the emotionalism of her poetry.
[1] Her first volume of poetry, Lesnoe solntse (1954), explores the theme of nature and life in spite of suffering.