Anna Mar

Anna Mar
Мар, Анна
Born
Anna Yakovlevna Brovar

February 19, 1887
Saint Petersburg, Russian Empire
DiedApril 1, 1917 (aged 30)
Moscow, Russian Empire
Burial placeVvedenskoye Cemetery
Other namesAnna Yakovlevna Lenshina,
Princess Dream
Occupation(s)Screenwriter, playwright, novelist, journalist

Anna Mar (1887–1917; née Anna Yakovlevna Brovar, pseudonym Princess Dream) was a Russian screenwriter, playwright, novelist, and journalist.[1][2][3] She was one of the most prolific screenwriters of early Russian cinema and 13 films were made from her scripts between 1914 and 1918.[2]

Her most significant work is the novel Zhenshchina Na Kreste (English: Woman on the Cross; in a censored version, 1916; the full text was published in 1918).[3][4] From 1914 to 1917, under the pseudonym "Princess Dream", Mar was in charge of the “Intimate Conversations” section of the “Journal for Women.” Her constant dialogue with readers supplied Mar with themes for her many screenplays.[3]

She died of suicide on April 1, 1917, in Moscow.[2]

References

  1. ^ Room, Adrian (2014-01-10). "Anna Mar". Dictionary of Pseudonyms: 13,000 Assumed Names and Their Origins, 5th ed. McFarland. p. 311. ISBN 978-0-7864-5763-2 – via Google Books.
  2. ^ a b c Andreeva, Anna (2020). "Anna Mar". Women Film Pioneers Project. Columbia University. Retrieved 2024-10-11.
  3. ^ a b c Andreeva, Anna (2020). "Отвечает Принцесса Греза" [Princess Dream answers]. Чапаев (Sessions magazine), No. 76 (in Russian). pp. 96–101. Retrieved 2024-10-11.
  4. ^ Barta, Peter I. (2001). "Sex, Religion And Censorship In A Russian Woman's Novel Of The Silver Age: Anna Mar's Zhenshchina Na Kreste (Woman On The Cross)". Gender and Sexuality in Russian Civilization. Psychology Press. pp. 255–278. ISBN 978-0-415-27130-1.


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