Lillian Alling
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Lillian Alling was an Estonian immigrant http://www.delfi.ee/news/paevauudised/eesti/olumpialinnas-etendub-ooper-eestlasest-maailmarandurist.d?id=29256631 from Russia who tried to return to Russia from New York, USA mostly on foot.
Alling's story provided the loose inspiration for Away, an acclaimed 2007 novel by Amy Bloom
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In 2007 Vancouver Opera announced a commission of an opera based on the Lillian Alling story, to be written by John Murrell and John Estacio and to premiere in October 2010.
The Banff Centre Is remounting "Lillian Alling", the Opera at the end of August 2011.
Description from a book by Calvin Rutstrum
The following is an excerpt from Calvin Rutstrum's The New Way of the Wilderness (1958):Alling's story provided the loose inspiration for Away, an acclaimed 2007 novel by Amy Bloom
Amy Bloom
Amy Bloom is an American writer. She has been nominated for the National Book Award and the National Book Critics Circle Award.-Biography:...
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In 2007 Vancouver Opera announced a commission of an opera based on the Lillian Alling story, to be written by John Murrell and John Estacio and to premiere in October 2010.
The Banff Centre Is remounting "Lillian Alling", the Opera at the end of August 2011.