Teffi (Nadezhda Lokhvitskaya) — writer with roots in the Russian Empire
Teffi (born Nadezhda Alexandrovna Lokhvitskaya) was a Russian satirist and writer born in St. Petersburg who became the most popular humourist in Russia before the Revolution — adored by Nicholas II and Lenin alike. She emigrated to Paris in 1919 and continued writing until her death in 1952, a giant of Russian émigré literature.
Tracing the roots — St. Petersburg
Born in St. Petersburg in 1872 into an aristocratic Russian family, Teffi's wit was so universal that both the Tsar and the Bolsheviks claimed her as their favourite writer — a paradox she used as material. Her stories of emigrant life in Paris and her memories of Russia are among the finest writing of the Russian diaspora.
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St. Petersburg. At the time, this region lay within the Russian Empire, which spanned from Poland to the Pacific.
A career defined by ambition
"Humour is the weapon of the unarmed. And the weapon of those who have already lost everything."