Andrei Andreevich Voznesensky
Andrei Andrejewitsch Voznesenski ( Russian Андрей Андреевич Вознесенский , scientific transliteration Andrej Andreevič Voznesenskij ; born May 12, 1933 in Moscow ; † June 1, 2010 ibid) was a Russian poet and writer. Robert Lowell called him "one of the greatest living poets of all languages".
Life
In his youth, Voznesensky was fascinated by painting and architecture. In 1957 he graduated from the Moscow Architecture Institute. Still his poetic passion was stronger and he sent his poems to Boris Pasternak ; mutual friendship had a formative influence on the young poet.
He published his first poems in 1958. They immediately brought out his unmistakable style. His poems are characterized by the fact that they “ bring people to the present with modern categories and images, eccentric metaphors , and a complex rhythmic and phonetic system”. Vladimir Mayakovsky and Pablo Neruda are among the poets who influenced him the most.
In the 1960s, during the so-called thaw period , Vosnesensky made frequent trips abroad to the USA, France, Germany, Italy and other countries. The popularity of Vosnesensky as well as that of Yevgeny Yevtushenko or Bella Akhmadulina was shown in numerous readings in front of thousands of listeners in stadiums, concert halls and universities. His collection of poems Antimiry (“Anti-Worlds”) served as the basis for a famous performance at the Taganka Theater in 1965 .
Vosnesensky's friendship with many writers, artists and intellectuals of his time is reflected in his novels and articles. He wrote songs for Alla Pugacheva and the lyrics for the successful rock opera Junona and Avos ( Юнона и Авось , 1979), which describes the life and death of Nikolai Resanov .
In 1978 Voznesensky was awarded the State Prize of the USSR , in 1983 the Order of the Red Labor Banner . In 1986, contrary to Moscow's official line, he expressed hope for German reunification in an interview.
After the fall of the Wall he received the Order of Merit for the Fatherland 3rd and 2nd grade in the Russian Federation in 2004 and 2008 . He was an honorary member of ten academies, including the Russian Pedagogical Academy (1993), the American Academy of Arts and Letters, and the Paris Académie Goncourt .
At documenta 8 in Kassel in 1987 , recordings of him were listed as an official contribution to the exhibition as part of "World as Language: Acoustic Poetry".
Editions in German
- Triangular pear. Thirty lyric digressions . edition suhrkamp 43.Suhrkamp, Frankfurt am Main 1963.
Web links
- Literature by and about Andrei Vosnesensky in the catalog of the German National Library
- Andrei Voznesensky in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Andrei Voznesensky poem in the Stihipoeta (Russian)
Individual evidence
- ^ Andrei Voznesensky, Poet, Dies at 77 - article on nytimes.com , accessed July 2, 2010.
- ^ The Honecker visit to Bonn in 1987 bpb.de , July 25, 2012.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Voznesensky, Andrei Andreevich |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Вознесенский, Андрей Андреевич |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Russian poet and writer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 12, 1933 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Moscow |
| DATE OF DEATH | June 1, 2010 |
| Place of death | Moscow |