Yuri Vizbor
Yuri Vizbor | |
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Born | |
Died | 17 September 1984 | (aged 50)
Occupation(s) | Poet, bard, actor |
Yuri Iosifovich Vizbor (
Vizbor was born in Moscow where he lived for most of his life. He worked as a teacher, a soldier, a sailor, a radio and press correspondent, a ski instructor, and an actor in many Russian films and plays.[1] He participated in and documented expeditions to remote areas of the Soviet Union. His compositions included songs, poetic prose, plays, screenplays and short stories.[2]
Early years
Vizbor's father, a commander in the Red Army, was of Lithuanian descent. His family name was originally Vizbaras. His mother was an ethnic Ukrainian from Krasnodar.[3] In 1937, his father fell victim to Stalin's purges. In 1941, Yuri and his mother moved to Siberia. This period influenced the artist's distaste for politics and his fascination with the wilderness.[2]
In 1951, he graduated from high school and after several failed attempts to start studies in several high-ranking universities (he was denied the place as the "son of the enemy of the People") was accepted as a student of the
Professional activities
After graduating with a degree in Russian language and literature in 1955, Vizbor worked as a teacher in Arkhangelsk. In 1957 he was conscripted to the army where he worked as a radio operator. He married in 1958. In the late 1950s and early 1960s Vizbor began to acquire fame as a songwriter by circulating homemade tapes.
Vizbor is often compared with his contemporaries,
While most Russian bards relied on a rhythmic strumming pattern as the basis for their musical accompaniment, Vizbor was fond of a slow plucking style epitomized by songs such as "Fanskie Gory". His best-known tune was a romantic ballad called "Milaya Moya" or "My Dear." On a more somber note, his song "Seryoga Sanin" told the story of a free spirited friend who dies tragically.
Illness and death
In March 1984, Vizbor wrote his last song, having written over 250 of them during the past thirty-three years. His poetry had also been set to music by numerous musicians. His last writings were letters to his daughter from his sickbed while he lay dying of liver cancer from April to September 1984.
Filmography
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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1967 | July Rain | Alik | |
1969 | Vozmezdie | Zakharov | |
1969 | The Red Tent | Behounek | |
1970 | Moy papa - kapitan | ||
1970 | Perestupi porog | Viktor Vasilyevicch | |
1970 | Nachalo | Stepan Ivanovich | |
1970 | V Moskve proyezdom | sotrudnik 'Vecherney Moskvy' | |
1971 | Belorussian Station | Balashov | |
1971 | Nochnaya smena | Aleksandr Fyodorovich Kovalenkov | |
1971 | Ty i ya | Sasha | |
1973 | Seventeen Moments of Spring | Martin Bormann | 6 episodes, his best known in the Soviet film |
1975 | Dnevnik direktora shkoly | Pavlik Smirnov | |
1983 | Ne bylo by schastya... | Narrator | (final film role) |
Legacy
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Discography
- My Little Sun of Forest, 1998
References
- ^ "Краткая биохроника жизни Юрия Визбора (short biography of Yuri Vizbor)" (in Russian).
- ^ a b "Визбор Юрий Иосифович". www.hrono.ru.
- ^ Анатолий Кулагин. Визбор
- ^ "3260 vizbor - Поиск в Google". www.google.com.
External links
- Yuri Vizbor at IMDb