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Andrei Voznesenskiy

Known For
Acting

Known Credits
6

Gender
Male

Birthday
May 12, 1933 (93 years old)

Place of Birth
Moscow, USSR

Andrei Voznesenskiy

Biography

Andrei Andreyevich Voznesensky (Russian: Андрей Андреевич Вознесе́нский, May 12, 1933 – June 1, 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. Voznesenky'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".

Known For

Acting

1990Remembering Boris Pasternakas
1989Music Gamesas
1986Dialoguesas himself
1980Moscow Does Not Believe in Tearsas self (uncredited)
1977Cafe «Izotop»as
1965I Am Twentyas himself (uncredited)

Production

2004Juno and Avos...Author
1983Juno and Avos...Writer