Marie Bashkirtseff (1879 -1917) was a Russian poet, novelist, artist, and painter. Her work is considered expressive of the modernist movement in Russian literature. Her poetry is highly regarded, with translations into numerous languages. She achieved international recognition through her writings in the collection of poems "The Twelve" which were published in 1918 in Paris after she had died in prison during the Russian Revolution
Her work has been compared to that of Emily Dickinson, Sylvia Plath, and Sylvia Plath's mother, Aurelia Plath.
I was born to be a remarkable woman it matters little in what way or how.... I shall be famous or I will die.Marie Bashkirtseff
I long to see everything to know everything to learn everything!Marie Bashkirtseff
The expectation of an unpleasantness is more terrible than the thing itself.Marie Bashkirtseff
To say that my grief will be eternal would be ridiculous - nothing is eternal.Marie Bashkirtseff
