Biography
Gennadiy Nikolaevich Aygi (Chuvash: ???? ???????? ??????????; Russian: ???????? ?????????? ????, August 21, 1934 - February 21, 2006, Moscow) was a Chuvashian poet and a translator. His poetry is written both in Chuvash and in Russian.
He was born in the village of Shaimurzinoge, Chuvashia (USSR) and started writing poetry in the Chuvash language in 1958.
Among the recognitions he has won are the Andrey Bely Prize (1987), the Pasternak Prize (2000, the first to be awarded this), the Prize of French Academy (1972), and the Petrarch Prize (1993).
Sofia Gubaidulina set several of his poems to music in her cycle Jetzt Immer Schnee ("Now always snow").
His son Aleksey Aygi is a famous composer.
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- Ivan Bunin
Early life Bunin was born on his parents' estate in Voronezh province in central Russia. He came from a long line of landed gentry and serf owners, but his grandfather and father had squandered nearly all of the estate. He was sent to the public...
- Andrei Bely
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- Konstantin Batyushkov
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- Lera Auerbach
Lera Auerbach (Russian: ???? ???????; b. October 21, 1973 in Chelyabinsk, Russia) is one of the most widely performed composers of the new generation.[1] She was born in Chelyabinsk, a city in the Urals bordering Siberia. Auerbach continues the tradition...
Biography
Gennadiy Aygi
Gennadiy Nikolaevich Aygi (Chuvash: ???? ???????? ??????????; Russian: ???????? ?????????? ????, August 21, 1934 - February 21, 2006, Moscow) was a Chuvashian poet and a translator. His poetry is written both in Chuvash and in Russian.
He was born in the village of Shaimurzinoge, Chuvashia (USSR) and started writing poetry in the Chuvash language in 1958.
Among the recognitions he has won are the Andrey Bely Prize (1987), the Pasternak Prize (2000, the first to be awarded this), the Prize of French Academy (1972), and the Petrarch Prize (1993).
Sofia Gubaidulina set several of his poems to music in her cycle Jetzt Immer Schnee ("Now always snow").
His son Aleksey Aygi is a famous composer.
- Korney Chukovsky
Korney Ivanovich Chukovsky (Russian: ?????? ???????? ?????????, March 31 NS 1882 - October 28, 1969) is probably the most popular poet for children in the Russian language. His poems Doctor Aybolit (???????), Giant Roach (??????????), Crocodile (????????)...
- Ivan Bunin
Early life Bunin was born on his parents' estate in Voronezh province in central Russia. He came from a long line of landed gentry and serf owners, but his grandfather and father had squandered nearly all of the estate. He was sent to the public...
- Andrei Bely
Andrei Bely (?????? ?????) was the pseudonym of Boris Nikolaevich Bugaev (October 26 [O.S. October 14] 1880 ? January 8, 1934), a Russian novelist, poet, theorist, and literary critic. His miasmal and profoundly disturbing novel Petersburg was regarded...
- Konstantin Batyushkov
Konstantin Nikolayevich Batyushkov ?????????? ?????????? ???????? (1787, Vologda - July 7, 1855, Vologda) was an important precursor of Alexander Pushkin in the Russian poetry. Batyushkov was brought up in the house of his uncle Mikhail Muravyov, who...
- Lera Auerbach
Lera Auerbach (Russian: ???? ???????; b. October 21, 1973 in Chelyabinsk, Russia) is one of the most widely performed composers of the new generation.[1] She was born in Chelyabinsk, a city in the Urals bordering Siberia. Auerbach continues the tradition...