Natasha Borovsky
Encyclopedia
Natasha Borovsky is a Russian American poet and novelist.
She spent winters and summers at her mother's family estate near Kazimierz Dolny
, south of Warsaw.
She went to school in Germany, Switzerland and France, and attended Sarah Lawrence College
. She worked at the Office of War Information in New York City
, and at the Hoover Institute, University of California, Berkeley
's library and research facilities in Paris.
She married an San Francisco Chronicle executive; they live in Berkeley, California
.
Life
Her father, Alexander Borovsky, was a Russian pianist and her mother, Maria Sila-Nowicki, was of noble Polish and Russian descent.She spent winters and summers at her mother's family estate near Kazimierz Dolny
Kazimierz Dolny
Kazimierz Dolny is a small town in Central Poland, on the right bank of the Vistula river in Puławy County, Lublin Province.It is a considerable tourist attraction as one of the most beautifully situated little towns in Poland. It enjoyed its greatest prosperity in the 16th and the first half of...
, south of Warsaw.
She went to school in Germany, Switzerland and France, and attended Sarah Lawrence College
Sarah Lawrence College
Sarah Lawrence College is a private liberal arts college in the United States, and a leader in progressive education since its founding in 1926. Located just 30 minutes north of Midtown Manhattan in southern Westchester County, New York, in the city of Yonkers, this coeducational college offers...
. She worked at the Office of War Information in New York City
New York City
New York is the most populous city in the United States and the center of the New York Metropolitan Area, one of the most populous metropolitan areas in the world. New York exerts a significant impact upon global commerce, finance, media, art, fashion, research, technology, education, and...
, and at the Hoover Institute, University of California, Berkeley
University of California, Berkeley
The University of California, Berkeley , is a teaching and research university established in 1868 and located in Berkeley, California, USA...
's library and research facilities in Paris.
She married an San Francisco Chronicle executive; they live in Berkeley, California
Berkeley, California
Berkeley is a city on the east shore of the San Francisco Bay in Northern California, United States. Its neighbors to the south are the cities of Oakland and Emeryville. To the north is the city of Albany and the unincorporated community of Kensington...
.
Poetry
- Under the rainbow: and related poems
- Drops of glass: poems, in major and minor, new forms and old Tabula Rasa Press, 1981
- Desert spring: poems Sila Nova Press