Anna Lisa Crone

[Alexandra Smith]

Dear Donna,

I totally agree with your statement saying that "Lisa Crone had a gift  
for friendship".
I had a privilege to meet Lisa on many occasions and it was a great  
pleasure to have Lisa and Volodya staying in my house  in London in  
1994 for a month during Lisa's sabbatical. We had a lot of wonderful  
conversations and outings during this month. We've also written  
together an article on Derzhavin and Tsvetaeva, and drafted another  
article on some metaphysical aspects of Tsvetaeva's and Derzhavin's  
poetry. Her knowledge of Russian nineteenth-century and  
twentieth-century poetry was outstanding. We've talked about many  
other things,too, including Russian theatre. I think that Lisa had a  
highly ethical approach  to her work and was happy to share her  
findings with others. She gave an excellent talk on Derzhavin at SSEES  
during her stay in spite of her very busy schedule.
Lisa was a great person to talk to and she was fun to be with. I will  
never forget her dancing one evening with my daughter who was just 3  
years old!.. She knew how to talk to children and how to treat them as  
individuals, too. My children remember her very well.
Indeed, Lisa was a very generous, warm, intelligent and creative  
person who had a profound love for Russian poetry. It's extremely sad  
to hear the news about her death.

With best wishes,
Sasha Smith



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Alexandra Smith (PhD, University of London)
Reader in Russian
Department of European Languages and Cultures
School of  Languages, Literatures and Cultures
The University of Edinburgh
David Hume Tower
George Square
Edinburgh EH8 9JX
UK

tel. +44-(0)131-6511381
fax: +44- (0)131- 650-3604
e-mail: Alexandra.Smith at ed.ac.uk


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