Andrei Voznesensky
Andrei Andreyevich Voznesensky | ||||
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Voznesensky in 2008 | ||||
| Native name | Андрей Андреевич Вознесенский | |||
| Born | 12 May 1933 Moscow, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union | |||
| Died | 1 June 2010 (aged 77) Peredelkino, Leninsky District, Moscow Oblast, Russia (now Novomoskovsky Administrative Okrug, Moscow) | |||
| Resting place | Novodevichy Cemetery, Moscow | |||
| Occupation | Poet and writer | |||
| Nationality | Soviet Union Russia | |||
| Period | 1958–2010 | |||
| Literary movement | Sixtiers | |||
| Notable works | The Triangular Pear, Antiworlds, Stained-glass Master, Violoncello Oakleaf, Videoms and Fortune Telling by the BookThe Seed" | |||
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Andrei Andreyevich Voznesensky (Russian: Андрей Андреевич Вознесенский, 12 May 1933 – 1 June 2010) was a Soviet and Russian poet and writer who had been referred to by Robert Lowell as "one of the greatest living poets in any language." He was one of the "Children of the '60s," a new wave of iconic Russian intellectuals led by the Khrushchev Thaw.
Voznesensky was considered "one of the most daring writers of the Soviet era" but his style often led to regular criticism from his contemporaries and he was once threatened with expulsion by Nikita Khrushchev. He performed poetry readings in front of sold-out stadiums around the world, and was much admired for his skilled delivery. Some of his poetry was translated into English by W. H. Auden. Voznesensky's long-serving mentor and muse was Boris Pasternak, the Nobel Laureate and the author of Doctor Zhivago.
Before his death, he was both critically and popularly proclaimed "a living classic", and "an icon of Soviet intellectuals".