were written in the spring of 1929, to convince the Bolshoi Theater management to produce the opera. The libretto stands separately on poetic footing as a high-quality, dramatic narrative. Гюльнара (Gyul'nara (libretto), 1935). The libretto for the opera by Yuliya Veysberg was completed at the end of 1931 and was dedicated to the opera singer Maria Maksakova. As Parnok died before production, Veysberg made final edits to the lyric before its debut in 1935. See also Lesbian Poetry References Citations Bibliography External links English translations of 5 miniature poems Poetic translation of a 1922 poem 1885 births 1933 deaths 20th-century Russian poets 20th-century Russian women writers 20th-century Russian translators Deaths from autoimmune disease Jewish poets Jewish women writers Lesbian poets Lesbian Jews Russian LGBT poets Writers from Taganrog People from Yekaterinoslav Governorate Pseudonymous women writers Russian Jews Russian women journalists Russian women poets Burials at Vvedenskoye Cemetery 20th-century pseudonymous writers