Elena Guro

Elena Genrikhovna Guro in marriage Matyushina January 10, 1877 May 6, 1913 was a Russian Futurist painter, playwright, poet, and writer of fiction.

Guro was born in St. Petersburg on January 10, 1877. Her father was Genrikh Stepanovich Guro, an officer in the Imperial Russian Army of French descent. Her mother Anna Mikhailovna Chistyakova was a talented amateur artist. Guro spent her childhood in the village of Novosely near Pskov and at her fathers estate in Luga. She inherited a government pension and property in Finland from her father, using both to support her artistic career. Her sister Ekaterina was also a writer.

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