Barbara MacGahan
Barbra MacGahan | |
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Barbra MacGahan | |
| Born | Varvara Nikolaevna Elagina April 14, 1850 Tula, Russia |
| Died | February 28, 1904 (aged 53) New York City, U.S. |
| Pen name | Pavel Kashirin |
| Occupation | Novelist, writer, journalist |
| Nationality | Russian-American |
| Notable works | Xenia Repnina |
| Spouse | |
Barbra MacGahan (born Varvara Nikolaevna Elagina; April 14, 1850 – February 28, 1904) was an American journalist and novelist born in Tula, Russian Empire. She was known for writing her first novel in Russian under a fictitious name, Pavel Kashirin, and under another English pen name for her novel Xenia Repnina.
She was a writer for The New York Times, the Russian Golos, New York Herald, and many other American and Russian newspapers and magazines.