Olga Sedakova (poet)

[3] At an early age, she traveled with her father overseas, enabling her to gain a different view of the world.

Her Christian themes made her Neoclassical works unpublishable in the Soviet Union until 1989.

Her poems were translated into a number of languages including English, French, German, and Italian.

She is known to have exchanged poetry collections with John Paul II who presented the inaugural Vladimir Solovyov Prize to her (1998).

[6] She also criticised the Russian Orthodox Church for taking an intolerant stance on other forms of Christian faith.