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Akhmatova's Orphans
Akhmatova Orphans (russian: Ахматовские сироты) was a group of four twentieth-century Russian poets — Joseph Brodsky, Yevgeny Rein, Anatoly Naiman, and Dmitri Bobyshev — who gathered as acolytes around the poet Anna Akhmatova Anna Andreyevna Gorenko rus, А́нна Андре́евна Горе́нко, p=ˈanːə ɐnˈdrʲe(j)ɪvnə ɡɐˈrʲɛnkə, a=Anna Andreyevna Gorenko.ru.oga, links=yes; uk, А́нна Андрі́ївна Горе́нко, Ánna Andríyivn .... Akhmatova called them her "magic choir", but after Akhmatova's death they were called "Akhmatova's Orphans". See also * List of Russian poets References Russian literary movements Russian poetry Anna Akhmatova {{russia-culture-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Russia
Russia (, , ), or the Russian Federation, is a List of transcontinental countries, transcontinental country spanning Eastern Europe and North Asia, Northern Asia. It is the List of countries and dependencies by area, largest country in the world, with its internationally recognised territory covering , and encompassing one-eighth of Earth's inhabitable landmass. Russia extends across Time in Russia, eleven time zones and shares Borders of Russia, land boundaries with fourteen countries, more than List of countries and territories by land borders, any other country but China. It is the List of countries and dependencies by population, world's ninth-most populous country and List of European countries by population, Europe's most populous country, with a population of 146 million people. The country's capital and List of cities and towns in Russia by population, largest city is Moscow, the List of European cities by population within city limits, largest city entirely within E ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joseph Brodsky
Iosif Aleksandrovich Brodsky (; russian: link=no, Иосиф Александрович Бродский ; 24 May 1940 – 28 January 1996) was a Russian and American poet and essayist. Born in Leningrad (now Saint Petersburg), USSR in 1940, Brodsky ran afoul of Soviet authorities and was expelled ("strongly advised" to emigrate) from the Soviet Union in 1972, settling in the United States with the help of W. H. Auden and other supporters. He taught thereafter at Mount Holyoke College, and at universities including Yale, Columbia, Cambridge, and Michigan. Brodsky was awarded the 1987 Nobel Prize in Literature "for an all-embracing authorship, imbued with clarity of thought and poetic intensity". He was appointed United States Poet Laureate in 1991. According to Professor Andrey Ranchin of Moscow State University: "Brodsky is the only modern Russian poet whose body of work has already been awarded the honorary title of a canonized classic... Brodsky's literary canonization i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yevgeny Rein
Yevgeni, Yevgeny, Yevgenii or Yevgeniy (russian: Евгений), also transliterated as Evgeni, Evgeny, Evgenii or Evgeniy, is the Russian form of the masculine given name Eugene. People with the name include: :''Note: Occasionally, a person may be in more than one section.'' Arts and entertainment * Yevgeny Aryeh (1947–2022), Israeli theater director, playwright, scriptwriter and set designer *Yevgeni Bauer (1865–1917), Russian film director and screenwriter * Yevgeni Grishkovetz (born 1967), Russian writer, dramatist, stage director and actor *Evgeny Kissin (born 1971), Russian pianist *Yevgeny Leonov (1926–1994), Soviet and Russian actor *Yevgeni Mokhorev (born 1967), Russian photographer * Evgeny Mravinsky (1903–1988), Russian conductor *Evgeny Svetlanov (1928–2002), Russian conductor * Yevgeni Urbansky (1932–1965), Soviet Russian actor *Yevgeniy Yevstigneyev (1926–1992), Soviet and Russian actor *Yevgeny Yevtushenko (1933–2017), Soviet and Russian poet *Yevgeny ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anatoly Naiman
Anatoly Genrikhovich Naiman ( rus, Анатолий Генрихович Найман; 23 April 1936 – 21 January 2022) was a Russian poet, translator and writer. He was one of the four Akhmatova's Orphans. Biography Born on 23 April 1936 in Leningrad, Naiman was a graduate of the Leningrad Technological Institute and was a fellow at Oxford University and the Kennan Institute of the Woodrow Wilson Center. He died in Moscow on 21 January 2022, at the age of 85. He suffered a stroke few days prior to his death. Career Naiman began writing poetry in 1954. As a translator of poetry, he had been published since 1959. In the late 1950s and early 1960s in Leningrad, he published several stories and poems under pseudonyms. Until 1989, his translations were mainly printed in the USSR. In 1970, he wrote poems for the songs of the children's film "The Amazing Boy" (directed by Alexander Orlov), which were performed by Alla Pugacheva Alla Borisovna Pugacheva, ) (born 15 April 1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dmitri Bobyshev
Dmitry Vasilyevich Bobyshev ( rus, Дми́трий Васи́льевич Бо́бышев; born 11 April 1936, Mariupol) is a Soviet poet, translator and literary critic. Biography Dmitry Bobyshev was born on 11 April 1936 in Mariupol. From his childhood he lived in Leningrad. During the Siege of Leningrad, Bobyshev's father died, and after the war he was adopted by his stepfather. In 1959 he graduated from the Leningrad Institute of Technology. He worked for 10 years as an engineer for chemical equipment. Later, he became an editor on television. Bobyshev started to write poetry in the mid-1950s. His poems were published in samizdat (including Alexander Ginzburg's journal ''Syntax"''). In the early 1960s, along with Joseph Brodsky, Anatoly Naiman, Yevgeny Rein, Bobyshev entered the inner circle of Anna Akhmatova. Bobyshev's first book of poems, ''Hiatus,'' was published in 1979 in Paris. In 1979, Bobyshev emigrated to the United States, where he taught Russian language and li ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anna Akhmatova
Anna Andreyevna Gorenko rus, А́нна Андре́евна Горе́нко, p=ˈanːə ɐnˈdrʲe(j)ɪvnə ɡɐˈrʲɛnkə, a=Anna Andreyevna Gorenko.ru.oga, links=yes; uk, А́нна Андрі́ївна Горе́нко, Ánna Andríyivna Horénko, . ( – 5 March 1966), better known by the pen name Anna Akhmatova,. was one of the most significant Russian poets of 20th century. She was shortlisted for the Nobel Prize in 1965 and received second-most (three) nominations for the award the following year. Akhmatova's work ranges from short lyric poems to intricately structured cycles, such as ''Requiem'' (1935–40), her tragic masterpiece about the Stalinist terror. Her style, characterised by its economy and emotional restraint, was strikingly original and distinctive to her contemporaries. The strong and clear leading female voice struck a new chord in Russian poetry.Harrington (2006) p. 11 Her writing can be said to fall into two periods – the early work (1912–25) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Russian Poets
This is a list of authors who have written poetry in the Russian language. Alphabetical list A B C D E F G I K L M N O P R S T U V Y Z Sources See also * List of Russian architects * List of Russian artists * List of Russian explorers * List of Russian inventors * List of Russian-language novelists * List of Russian-language playwrights * List of Russian-language writers * Russian culture * Russian poetry * Russian literature * Russian language * :Russian poets {{DEFAULTSORT:List Of Russian Language Poets Lists of poets by language, Russian Russian poets, Soviet poets, Russian writers, Lists of Russian people by occupation, Poets Russian literature-related lists de:Liste russischsprachiger Dichter ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Russian Literary Movements
Russian(s) refers to anything related to Russia, including: *Russians (, ''russkiye''), an ethnic group of the East Slavic peoples, primarily living in Russia and neighboring countries *Rossiyane (), Russian language term for all citizens and people of Russia, regardless of ethnicity *Russophone, Russian-speaking person (, ''russkogovoryashchy'', ''russkoyazychny'') * Russian language, the most widely spoken of the Slavic languages * Russian alphabet * Russian cuisine *Russian culture *Russian studies Russian may also refer to: *Russian dressing *''The Russians'', a book by Hedrick Smith *Russian (comics), fictional Marvel Comics supervillain from ''The Punisher'' series * Russian (solitaire), a card game * "Russians" (song), from the album ''The Dream of the Blue Turtles'' by Sting *"Russian", from the album ''Tubular Bells 2003'' by Mike Oldfield *"Russian", from the album '' '' by Caravan Palace * Nik Russian, the perpetrator of a con committed in 2002 *The South African name ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Russian Poetry
This is a list of authors who have written poetry in the Russian language. Alphabetical list A B C D E F G I K L M N O P R S T U V Y Z Sources See also * List of Russian architects * List of Russian artists * List of Russian explorers * List of Russian inventors * List of Russian-language novelists * List of Russian-language playwrights * List of Russian-language writers * Russian culture * Russian poetry * Russian literature * Russian language * :Russian poets {{DEFAULTSORT:List Of Russian Language Poets Lists of poets by language, Russian Russian poets, Soviet poets, Russian writers, Lists of Russian people by occupation, Poets Russian literature-related lists de:Liste russischsprachiger Dichter ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
