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 Saint Petersburg ( rus, links=no, Санкт-Петербург, a=Ru-Sankt Peterburg Leningrad Petrograd Piter.ogg, r=Sankt-Peterburg, p=ˈsankt pʲɪtʲɪrˈburk), formerly known as Petrograd (1914–1924) and later Leningrad (1924–1991), i ...

, Naiman was a graduate of the

Leningrad Technological Institute Saint Petersburg State Institute of Technology (Technical University) (russian: Санкт-Петербургский Технологический Институт (Технический Университет)) was founded in 1828. It is o ...

and was a fellow at

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and the

Kennan Institute The Kennan Institute of the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars was founded in 1974 to carry out studies of the Soviet Union (Sovietology), and subsequently of post-Soviet Russia and other post-Soviet states. The institute is widely ...

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 1949), is а Soviet and Russian musical performer. Her career started in 1965 and continues to this day, even though she has retired from performing. For her "clear mezzo-soprano and a full display of ...

Notable works

Translations

*''Flamence'' (1983) *''Songs of the French Troubadors'' (1987)

Original Poetry

*''Clouds at the End of the Century'' (1993) *''The Rhythm of a Hand'' (2000) *''Lions and Acrobats: Selected poetry of Anatoly Naiman,'' translated by Margo Shohl Rosen & F. D. Reeve (2005)

Novels

*''Sir'' (2001) *''Kablukov'' (2005)

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Naiman, Anatoly 1936 births 2022 deaths Russian male novelists Writers from Saint Petersburg Saint Petersburg State Institute of Technology alumni Russian male poets Soviet Jews Russian Jews Soviet novelists Soviet male poets Saint Peter's School (Saint Petersburg) alumni