Viktor Krivulin
Born | Viktor Borisovich Krivulin 9 July 1944 Saint-Petersburg , Russia |
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Occupation | Poet, essayist |
Nationality | Russian |
Viktor Borisovich Krivulin (Russian: Виктор Борисович Кривулин; 9 July 1944 – 17 March 2001) was a Russian poet, novelist and essayist.
Biography
Krivulin graduated from the faculty of philology from
In 1978 Krivulin became the first winner of Andrei Bely independent literary prize and then for more than ten years he participated in running this award.[1]
After the collapse of the
Work
let it be someone good
who would come to us and say:
it is not scary to live... life — in short —
is not a road but a station
the place where we bummed
between women between columns
half dead music
in loudspeaker
stuck
Trans. Tatiana Bonch-Osmolovskaya
Krivulin's poetic output reflects some features of the
Krivulin's first poetry collection was published in 1981 in Paris and was followed with the two volumes of selected poems released in 1988.[1] His first official Soviet publication appeared only in 1985 in the pages of the club's anthology, Krug.[2] Krivulin's first book in the Soviet Union was published in 1990.[1]
Personal life
Krivulin was married several times. His first wife was the
Collections in Russian
- 1981: Stikhi (Poems), Paris: Rhythm.
- 1988: Stikhi (Poems), Paris, Leningrad: Beseda
- 1990: Obraschenie (Appeal), Leningrad: Sovetsky Pisatel
- 1993: Konzert po Zayavkam (Concert on request), Saint-Petersburg: Publishing house of the Fund of Russian Poetry
- 1994: Predgranichie: Teksty 1993-94 (Frontier: Texts of 1993–94), Saint-Petersburg: Borey Art
- 1998: Requiem, Moscow: ARGO-RISK.
- 1998: Kupanie v iordani (Bathing in the Jordan River), Saint-Petersburg, Pushkin Fund
- 2001: Stikhi yubileinogo goda (Poems of the jubilee year), Moscow: OGI
- 2001: Stikhi posle stikhov (Poems after poems), Saint-Petersburg: Peterburgsky pisatel
See also
References
- ^ a b c d e "Viktor Krivulin Biography - Biography of Viktor Krivulin". Poem Hunter. Retrieved 2023-06-23.
- ^ a b c "Victor Krivulin". The Independent. 2001-03-28. Retrieved 2023-06-23.
- ^ a b "Viktor Krivulin". www.litencyc.com. Retrieved 2023-06-23.
- ^ "Russian Postmodernism: An Oxymoron? | POSTMODERN CULTURE". www.pomoculture.org. Retrieved 2023-06-23.
- ^ "Маша Ивашинцова". mashaivashintsova.com. Retrieved 2023-06-23.
- ^ "'Russian Vivian Maier' Discovered After 30,000 Photos Found in Attic". PetaPixel. 2018-03-12. Retrieved 2023-06-23.
Sources
- Johnson, Kent (1992). Third Wave: The New Russian Poetry, The University of Michigan Press
External links
- Sandler S. A Poet Living in the Big City: Viktor Krivulin, Among Others. In: Boudreau N, O'Neil C Poetics. Self. Place: Essays to Honor Anna Lisa Crone. Columbus, Ohio: Slavica ; 2007.
- The Spirit(s) of the Leningrad Underground: Viktor Krivulin's Communion with Russian Modernism. Clint B. Walker. The Slavic and East European Journal. Vol. 43, No. 4 (Winter, 1999), pp. 674-698.
- Michael Molnar (2001) Viktor Krivulin (1944–2001), Slavonica, 7:2, 116-118.