Lina Prokofiev

Lina Ivanovna Prokofieva (Russian: Ли́на Ива́новна Проко́фьева), born Carolina Codina Nemísskaia, (21 October 1897 – 3 January 1989) was a Spanish singer and the first wife of Russian composer Sergei Prokofiev. They married in 1923. Despite misgivings about her husband's decision to move to the Soviet Union, she settled there with him in 1936. They separated in 1941. In 1948, their marriage was ruled null and void, a verdict that was upheld in 1958 by the Supreme Court of the USSR. Her stage name was Lina Llubera.

In this name that follows Eastern Slavic naming conventions, the patronymic is Ivanovna and the family name is Prokofieva.
In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Codina and the second or maternal family name is Nemísskaia.
Lina Ivanovna Prokofieva
Left to right: Sergei, Sviatoslav, Oleg, and Lina Prokofiev in 1936
Born
Carolina Codina Nemísskaia

21 October 1897
Madrid, Madrid Province, New Castile, Kingdom of Spain
Died3 January 1989(1989-01-03) (aged 91)
London, England
Other namesLina Llubera
OccupationSinger
SpouseSergei Prokofiev (1921–separation 1941; marriage declared null and void 1948)
Children2
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