Olga Ivanovna Skorokhodova

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Olga Ivanovna Skorochodowa ( Russian Ольга Ивановна Скороходова ; born May 11, 1911 in the village of Belosjorka , Cherson Governorate ; † 1982 in Moscow ) was a Ukrainian-Soviet author and scientist who had been deaf-blind since she was 5. She first attended the Odessa school for the blind , then she went to the Kharkiv school , the director of which was Professor IA Sokoljaski. Notes of her appeared under the title Jenseits der Nacht in German.

Works

  • Beyond the night. From the notes of Olga Skorochodowa. Publishing house culture and progress, Berlin 1951

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Remarks

  1. For a long time it was assumed that Olga Skorochodowa was born in 1914. However, after her death, her birth documents were found showing the year of birth 1911. See the biography on the website of the Institute for Corrective Education.