Voznesenskii, Andrei Andreevich (Voznesensky, Andrei).

Nostalgia for the Present. Edited by Vera Dunham and Max Hayward. With Forewords by Edward M. Kennedy and Arthur Miller.

Bilingual Edition. Garden City / New York, Doubleday, 1978. Octavo. 268 pages. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket in protective collector’s mylar. First US edition of this collection of poems by the important Soviet author, present in facing bi-lingual text, with translations by Robert Bly, Allen Ginsberg, Stanley Kunitz, Lawrence Ferlinghetti, Richard Wilbur, William Jay Smith and others. Forewords by Edward Kennedy and Arthur Miller. Near fine in dust jacket with the word “Autographed” in red pen to front panel. Extensively inscribed by the author. [With a nice photograph of Voznesensky to the rear dustjacket flap / Including a leaflet for the Yale Russian Chorus – 1977 USSR Tour].

[Cornwell 889]

Andrei Andreyevich Voznesensky (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”. (Wikipedia)

• Keywords: Inscribed · Poetry · Russian Literature · Russian Literature – Rare · Signed · Widmungsexemplar
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0385083688
• Inventory Number: 60109AB

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