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The poem was written by Simonov over a few days in July 1941 after he left his love Valentina Serova behind to take on his new duties of war correspondent on the battlefront. In 1969, Simonov wrote in a letter to a friend: "The poem Wait for me has no special story. I just went to war, and the woman I loved was in the rear.
The 300-letter collection detailed the love between soldier Gilbert Bradley and his lover -- who signed the letters with the initial "G". Decades later it was discovered that his pen pal's name ...
In his 1840 biography of Beethoven, Schindler named Julie ("Giulietta") Guicciardi as the "Immortal Beloved". [14] [g] But research by Tellenbach (1983) indicated that her cousin Franz von Brunsvik may have suggested Giulietta to Schindler, to distract any suspicion away from his sister Josephine Brunsvik, with whom Beethoven had been hopelessly in love from 1799 to ca. 1809/1810. [15]
Ballou's now-famous letter to his beloved 24-year-old wife, Sarah, endeavored to express the emotions he was feeling on the eve of battle against the Confederacy: worry, fear, guilt, and sadness, while at the same time conveying his undying love for her and his children and his desire to fulfil his sense of duty to his nation. July the 14th, 1861
Letters sent by musicians, actors and poets have been shared through the centuries
When Andrew Carroll’s family home in Washington, DC, burned down in 1989, no one was hurt, thank God. A distant cousin, James Carroll Jordan, heard of the conflagration and called to check in ...
The poem was a popular motivational tool in Great Britain, where it was used to encourage soldiers fighting against Germany, and in the United States where it was reprinted across the country. It was one of the most quoted works during the war, [ 12 ] used in many places as part of campaigns to sell war bonds , during recruiting efforts and to ...
In letters to his wife, a World War II veteran from Michigan shared love, fear and hope. Their daughter has preserved 250 correspondences.