Robert Rozhdestvensky
Robert Rozhdestvensky | |
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Rozhdestvensky in 1965 | |
| Born | Robert Stanislavovich Petkevich 20 June 1932 Kosikha, West Siberian Krai, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union |
| Died | 19 August 1994 (aged 62) Moscow, Russia |
| Resting place | Peredelkino Cemetery |
| Occupation | Poet, translator, songwriter |
| Language | Russian |
| Nationality | Soviet Russian |
| Education | Petrozavodsk State University Maxim Gorky Literature Institute |
| Genre | Lyrical poetry |
| Literary movement | Sixtiers |
| Years active | 1950–1994 |
| Notable works | Flags of Spring (Флаги весны), 1955 "Documentary Screen"(Документальный экран) 1974 |
| Spouse | Alla Borisovna Kireyeva (Russian: Алла Борисовна Киреева 1933–2015) |
Robert Ivanovich Rozhdestvensky (Russian: Ро́берт Ива́нович Рожде́ственский; 20 June 1932 – 19 August 1994) was a Soviet-Russian poet and songwriter who broke with socialist realism in the 1950s–1960s during the Khrushchev Thaw and, along with such poets as Andrei Voznesensky, Yevgeny Yevtushenko, and Bella Akhmadulina, pioneered a newer, fresher, and freer style of poetry in the Soviet Union.