The Guardian: Poem of the week: Selling Watermelons by Andrei Voznesensky, translated by Edwin Morgan
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Andrei Voznesensky
Andrei Andreyevich Voznesensky 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 Soviet intellectuals led by the Khrushchev Thaw.
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culture · Soviet and Russian poet (1933–2010) · poet · painter · architect · lyricist · printmaker · writer · also Andrei Voznesensky, Andrei Voznesenskii, Andrei Andreevich Voznesenskii, Andrei Andreyevich Voznesensky, Voznesensky
Born 12 May 1933 · Died 1 June 2010 · Q236619
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2010· 9 entries
Awarded Government Prize in Culture (2010).
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NPR: Remembering Poet Andrei Voznesensky
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Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty: Russia Remembers Voznesensky, A 'Child Of The 60s'
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Chicago Tribune: Poet Andrei Voznesensky dead at 77
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Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty: Poet Andrei Voznesensky Dies At Age 77
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San Diego Union-Tribune: Venturesome poet Andrei Voznesensky dies at 77
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Fox News: Andrei Voznesensky, poet who pushed Soviet limits of expression, dies at 77
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Died 2010-06-01.
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On 1 June 2010, Voznesensky died at the age of 77.
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2008· 1 entry
Awarded Order "For Merit to the Fatherland", 2nd class (2008).
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2004· 1 entry
Awarded Order "For Merit to the Fatherland", 3rd class (2004).
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1984· 2 entries
Won Golden Wreath (1984).
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And for the hugely successful rock opera Juno and Avos (1979), based on the life and death of Nikolai Rezanov
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1983· 1 entry
Awarded Order of the Red Banner of Labour (1983).
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1978· 2 entries
Awarded USSR State Prize (1978).
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Voznesensky was awarded the USSR State Prize
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1963· 1 entry
His fame blossomed and he became "as popular as The Beatles" after Khrushchev publicly and falsely branded him a pervert
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1960· 1 entry
Paid him the ultimate tribute – "Your entrance into literature was swift and turbulent
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1958· 1 entry
And these immediately reflected his unique style
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1957· 2 entries
“I believe in symbols. I understood that architecture was burned out in me. I became a poet”
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Graduating from the Moscow Architectural Institute with a degree in engineering
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1933· 2 entries
Born 1933-05-12.
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Voznesensky was born on 12 May 1933, in Moscow.
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1903· 1 entry
His father, Andrei Nikolaevich Voznesensky (1903–1974) was a professor of engineering, while his mother influenced him early on by reading poetry in his presence.
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