Andrei Voznesensky

Voznesensky was born on 12 May 1933, in Moscow. His father, (1903-1974) was a professor of engineering, while his mother influenced him early on by reading poetry in his presence. He is believed to have endured another stroke in early 2010. Other senior Russian officials and cultural entities also offered many tributes. ==Career==

Voznesensky's style was considered different from his contemporaries in the Soviet Union. In the 1960s, during the so-called Thaw, Voznesensky frequently travelled abroad: to France, Germany, Italy, the United States and other countries. The popularity of Voznesensky, Yevgeny Yevtushenko and Bella Akhmadulina was marked by their performances in front of the adoring crowds numbering in the thousands at stadiums, in concert halls and universities. In doing so, he served as "a sort of unofficial Kremlin cultural envoy", according to The New York Times. Notable works • The Triangular Pear (1962) • First Ice • Antiworlds (1964) • Stained-glass Master • Violoncello Oakleaf • Videoms and Fortune Telling by the Book • Arrow in the Wall (1986) • I am Goya • A Shallow Paradise • Dogalypse • The Parabolic Ballad • The Antiworlds (1964) • Glance (Vzglyad) • ''My Friend's Light '' • Her Story • Russian-American Romance • Abuses and Awards • A Ballad (Thesis for a Doctor's Degree) • Who Are You? • Rubber Souls • Fate • Self-Portrait • The Song • Modern Nature • Milion alykh roz (with music by Raimonds Pauls) • Story Under Full Sail; A Story of Love and Loss • Someone is Beating a Woman • Dogalypse. San Francisco Poetry Reading City Lights Books, The Pocket Poets series: Number 29 (in English) • The Shadow of the Sound (1970) • ''Achilles' Heart (1966)'' • Lonjumeau (1963) • Oza (1964) Awards and nominations In 1978 Voznesensky was awarded the USSR State Prize. ==Legacy==

A minor planet 3723 Voznesenskij, discovered by Soviet astronomer Nikolai Chernykh in 1976, is named after him. English critic John Bayley described his feelings after hearing a Voznesensky recitation of "I Am Goya": ==Honours and awards==

• Order "For Merit to the Fatherland"; • 2nd class (5 May 2008) – for outstanding achievements in the development of literature and many years of creative activity • 3rd class (15 January 2004) – for outstanding contribution to the development of national literature • Order of the Red Banner of Labour (1983) • USSR State Prize (1978) – a collection of "stained glass maker" (1976) • in the field of culture (17 December 2010, Posthumously) • Voznesensky is an honorary member of ten academies around the world, including the (1993), the American Academy of Arts and Letters, the Bavarian Academy of Fine Arts, the Académie Goncourt and the European Academy of Poetry • Golden Badge of Honour "Public Recognition" (2003) ==Translations==

• Andrei Voznesensky. Antiworlds and "The Fifth Ace". Ed. by Patricia Blake and Max Hayward. Bilingual edition. Garden City, NY: Anchor Books; Doubleday & Co., 1967. ==References==