Andrey Sergeev (russian: Андре́й Я́ковлевич Серге́ев, 3 June 1933, Moscow – 27 November 1998, Moscow) was a Russian writer and translator. His book ''The Stamp Album'' was awarded the
Russian Booker Prize in 1996.
Biography
Andrey Sergeev was known for his translations of English poetry, in particular, of the works by
T.S. Eliot,
W.H. Auden, and
Robert Frost
Robert Lee Frost (March26, 1874January29, 1963) was an American poet. His work was initially published in England before it was published in the United States. Known for his realistic depictions of rural life and his command of American colloq ...
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In the 1950s, he belonged to the literary group centered on Leonid Chertkov, the so-called ''Chertkov group''. However, Sergeev's own literary works appeared in print only in the 1990s.
[ Sergeev's novel memoir ''The Stamp Album'' was awarded the Russian Booker Prize in 1996.]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, ...
, who dedicated several poems to him, including the cycle ''Post Aetatem Nostram''.[
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Publications in English
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Russian male poets
1933 births
1998 deaths
20th-century Russian translators
20th-century Russian poets
20th-century Russian male writers