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Arseny Aleksandrovich Tarkovsky (Russian: Арсений Александрович Тарковский; 25 June [O.S. 12 June] 1907 – 27 May 1989) was a Soviet and Russian poet and translator. He was predeceased by his son, film director Andrei Tarkovsky.

Arseny Tarkovsky
Arseny Tarkovsky in the mid 1930s
Born	(1907-06-25)25 June 1907 (N.S.) Yelisavetgrad, Russian Empire
Died	27 May 1989(1989-05-27) (aged 81) Moscow, Soviet Union
Notable awards	USSR State Prize (1989)
Children	Andrei Tarkovsky

Biography

Family

Tarkovsky was born on 25 June N.S. 1907 in Yelisavetgrad, Kherson Governorate, Russian Empire (now Kropyvnytskyi, Ukraine). His father, Aleksandr Tarkovsky (in Polish: Aleksander Tarkowski), was a bank clerk, Russian revolutionary (Narodnik), and amateur actor[1] of Polish origin and his mother was Maria Danilovna Rachkovskaya.

Youth

In 1921, Tarkovsky and his friends published a poem which contained an acrostic about Lenin. They were arrested, and sent to Nikolayev for execution. Tarkovsky was the only one that managed to escape.[2]

Career

By 1924 Tarkovsky moved to Moscow, and from 1924 to 1925 he worked for a newspaper for railroad workers called Gudok, where he managed an editorial section written in verse. In 1925–1929 he studied literature at a university college[3] in Moscow.[2] At that time he translated poetry from Turkmen, Georgian, Armenian and Arabic.

During World War II he volunteered as a war-correspondent at the army newspaper Boevaya Trevoga (War Alarm). He was wounded in action in 1943. The leg wound he received caused gas gangrene, and Tarkovsky had to undergo six gradual amputations.

Arseny Tarkovsky was mainly known as a translator of Abu'l-Ala-Al-Ma'arri, Nizami, Magtymguly, Kemine, Sayat-Nova, Vazha-Pshavela, Adam Mickiewicz, Mollanepes, Grigol Orbeliani and many other poets. His first collection of poetry, Before snow, was published in 1962.[2]

Death

He lived mostly in Moscow and Peredelkino and died on 27 May 1989, in Moscow. In 1989 he was posthumously awarded the USSR State Prize.

Books

• Перед снегом – Before snow (1962);
• Земле земное – To Earth Its Own (1966);
• Вестник – Messenger (1969);
• Стихотворения – Poems (1974);
• Зимний день – Winter Day (1980);
• Избранное – Selected works (1982);
• Стихи разных лет – Poems of different years (1983) – compilation of early verse;
• От юности до старости – From Youth to Old Age (1987);
• Благословенный свет – The Blessed Light (1993).

Notes

External links

• (in English) Biography
• (in English) Some poems translated to English
• (in Russian) Biography and works of Arseny Tarkovsky
• (in Russian) Another biography
• (in English) A selection of three poems in English translation in Harvard Review: "Housewarming," "Dreams," and "The Azov Steppe".

На других языках

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[de] Arseni Alexandrowitsch Tarkowski

Arseni Alexandrowitsch Tarkowski (russisch Арсений Александрович Тарковский; * 12. Junijul. / 25. Juni 1907greg. in Jelisawetgrad, Russisches Kaiserreich; † 27. Mai 1989 in Moskau) war ein sowjetischer Lyriker und Übersetzer. Er war der Vater des Filmregisseurs Andrei Tarkowski.

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- [en] Arseny Tarkovsky

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[es] Arseni Tarkovski

Arseni Aleksándrovich Tarkovski (Арсений Александрович Тарковский, Elisavetgrad, 24 de junio de 1907 — Moscú, 27 de mayo de 1989) fue un poeta soviético y ruso. Sus poemas aparecen en las películas El espejo (1975), Stalker (1978) y Nostalghia (1983), dirigidas por su hijo Andréi Tarkovski, destacado director de cine y en el cuarteto para cuerda de Kaija Saariaho Nenúfar (Nymphea),[1] de 1987.

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[fr] Arseni Tarkovski

Arseni Alexandrovitch Tarkovski (en russe : Арсе́ний Алекса́ндрович Тарко́вский, né le 12 juin 1907 (25 juin 1907 dans le calendrier grégorien) à Elizavetgrad[1] et mort le 27 mai 1989 à Moscou, est un poète soviétique et russe du XXe siècle, aussi traducteur de langues orientales. Il est le père du réalisateur Andreï Tarkovski. Il obtint le prix d'État de l'URSS à titre posthume, en 1989, pour le recueil de poésies De la jeunesse au grand âge (1987).

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[ru] Тарковский, Арсений Александрович

Арсе́ний Алекса́ндрович Тарко́вский (25 июня 1907, Елисаветград, Херсонская губерния — 27 мая 1989, Москва) — русский поэт и переводчик с восточных языков. Сторонник классического стиля в русской поэзии. Отец кинорежиссёра Андрея Тарковского. Посмертно награждён Государственной премией СССР (1989).

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