Arkadii Dragomoshchenko facts for kids
Arkadii Trofimovich Dragomoshchenko (Russian: Арка́дий Трофи́мович Драгомо́щенко; 1946 – 12 September 2012) was an important Russian poet, writer, translator, and teacher. Many people see him as a leading figure in a style of writing called language poetry in modern Russian literature.
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Biography
Arkadii Trofimovich Dragomoshchenko was born on February 3, 1946, in Potsdam, which was then in the Soviet Occupation Zone of Germany. His father was a Soviet military officer. Arkadii grew up in Vinnytsia, Ukrainian SSR.
Since 1969, Dragomoshchenko lived in Saint Petersburg, Russia. He won several important awards for his writing. These included the Andrey Bely Independent Literary prize in 1978 and "The Franc-tireur Silver Bullet" International Literary Prize in 2009.
His works have been translated and published in many countries. These include France, Germany, Italy, Spain, Japan, Brazil, and the United States. He also translated the works of many famous American poets into Russian. Some of these poets were Lyn Hejinian, John Ashbery, and Robert Creeley. He also helped edit books of modern American and New Zealand poetry translated into Russian.
Dragomoshchenko taught at the Department of Philosophy at St Petersburg State University. He was also a visiting professor at different universities in the United States and Canada. These included the University of California, San Diego, and New York University. In his later years, he taught at Smolny College of Liberal Arts and Science.
Literary Style
Dragomoshchenko's writing style was very unique. He combined parts of poetry, essays, philosophy, journalism, and fiction. He explored how our thoughts and the world we see are shaped by language.
His work often focused on how language is always changing and never fully complete. He believed that "poetry is always somewhere else," meaning it's not fixed but moves and changes. This idea is similar to a famous quote by the French poet Rimbaud.
Published Works
Books translated in English
- Description. A book of poetry. It was translated by Lyn Hejinian and Elena Balashova. Published in 1990.
- Xenia. Another book of poetry. Also translated by Lyn Hejinian and Elena Balashova. Published in 1994.
- Chinese Sun. This is a novel. It was translated by Evgeny Pavlov. Published in 2005.
- Dust. This book contains prose (regular writing, not poetry). It was translated by Evgeny Pavlov, Thomas Epstein, Shushan Avagyan, and Ana Lucic. Published in 2009.
- Endarkenment: Selected Poetry. This book was edited by Eugene Ostashevsky. It includes translations by several people, with a foreword by Lyn Hejinian. Published in 2014.
Books in Russian
- Nebo Sootvetstvii. (Sky of Correspondence) A book of poetry, 1990.
- Xenia. A book of poetry, 1994.
- Phosphor. A book of prose, 1994.
- Pod Podozreniem. (Under Suspicion) A book of poetry, 1994.
- Kitajskoe Solnce. (Chinese Sun) A novel, 1997.
- Opisanie. (Selected) A book of poetry, 2000.
- Na Beregakh Iskliuchennoj Reki. (On the Banks of an Excluded River) A book of poetry, 2006.
- Bezrazlichia. (Indifferences) Collected prose, 2007.
- POP 3. This was an Epistolary novel (a novel told through letters). He wrote it with Margarita Maratovna Meklina. Published in 2008.
- Shoaling Things. He co-authored this book with Jan Lauwereyns. It also included a drawing by Anne-Mie Van Kerckhoven. Published in 2011.
- Tavtologia. (Tautology) Collected poetry, 2011.
- Ustranenie Neizvestnogo. (The Elimination of the Unknown). Collected prose, 2013.
Awards
- Andrei Bely Independent Literary Prize, 1978.
- Electronic Text Award ("for poetry from Phosphor"), PostModernCulture (PMC), 1993.
- The Franc-tireur Silver Bullet, International Literary Prize (US), 2009.
See also
In Spanish: Arkadi Dragomoshchenko para niños
