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Viktor Borisovich Krivulin (Russian: Виктор Борисович Кривулин; 9 July 1944 – 17 March 2001) was a Russian poet, novelist and essayist.

BornViktor Borisovich Krivulin
(1944-07-09)9 July 1944
Kadievka, eastern Ukraine
Died17 March 2001(2001-03-17) (aged 56)
Saint-Petersburg, Russia
OccupationPoet, essayist
NationalityRussian

Biography


Krivulin graduated from the faculty of philology from Leningrad State University.[1] He opted for independent cultural activity and worked mostly as a watchman, editor of short living leaflets of sanitary education while heading some important institutions of Russian uncensored literature of 1970s, such as «37» and «Severnaya Pochta» samizdat magazines among others.[1] Later Krivulin was involved with other samizdat journals Obvodnyi Kanal and Chasy, the journal of the Leningrad alternative culture club «Klub-81».[2]

In 1978 Krivulin became the first winner of Andrei Bely independent literary prize and then for more than ten years he participated in running this award.[1]

After the collapse of the Soviet Union Krivulin served as co-chairman of the St Petersburg branch of the Democratic Russia party, where he worked with the reformer Galina Starovoitova murdered in November 1998.[2]


Work


let it be someone good
who would come to us and say:
it is not scary to live... life — in short —
is not a road but a station
the place where we bummed
between women between columns
half dead music
in loudspeaker
stuck

Trans. Tatiana Bonch-Osmolovskaya

Krivulin's poetic output reflects some features of the postmodern current that has been variously labelled as neomodernism and metarealism.[3][4] For many years, his poetry circulated exclusively in samizdat (Leningrad journals such as Chasy [The Clock], «37» and Obvodnyi kanal), as well as the émigré journals Grani ("Facets"), Tret’ia volna ("The Third Wave"), Vestnik RKhD ("Herald of the Russian Christian Movement") and Kontinent.[3]

Krivulin's first poetry collection was published in 1981 in Paris and was followed with the two volumes of selected poems released in 1988.[1] His first official Soviet publication appeared only in 1985 in the pages of the club's anthology, Krug.[2] Krivulin's first book in the Soviet Union was published in 1990.[1]


Personal life


Krivulin was married several times. His first wife was the philosopher Tatyana Goricheva, with whom they organized unofficial seminars and edited the journal 37, named after the number of their communal apartment. In 60s before getting married with Goricheva, Krivulin started a relationship with Masha Ivashintsova, clandestine street photographer whose works were discovered by her relatives in the family attic and made public. They were breaking up and getting back together several times until Masha's death in 2000.[5][6]


Collections in Russian



See also



References


  1. https://www.poemhunter.com/viktor-krivulin/biography/ Biography of Viktor Krivulin
  2. https://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/victor-krivulin-5366722.html Obituaries: Victor Krivulin.
  3. https://www.litencyc.com/php/speople.php?rec=true&UID=13196 The Literary Encyclopedia: Viktor Krivulin
  4. http://www.pomoculture.org/2013/09/25/russian-postmodernism-an-oxymoron/ Russian Postmodernism: An Oxymoron?
  5. http://mashaivashintsova.com/ Masha Ivashintsova Photographer Official web site.
  6. https://petapixel.com/2018/03/12/russian-vivian-maier-discovered-30000-photos-found-attic/ ‘Russian Vivian Maier’ Discovered After 30,000 Photos Found in Attic.

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На других языках


- [en] Viktor Krivulin

[fr] Viktor Krivouline

Viktor Borissovitch Krivouline (en russe : Ви́ктор Бори́сович Криву́лин) est un poète, romancier et essayiste russe né à Krasnodon[1] dans la région de Vorochilovgrad et 9 juillet 1944 et mort à Saint-Pétersbourg le 17 mars 2001.

[ru] Кривулин, Виктор Борисович

Ви́ктор Бори́сович Криву́лин (9 июля 1944[1], Кадиевка, Ворошиловградская область — 17 марта 2001[1], Санкт-Петербург) — русский поэт и прозаик, эссеист. Представитель ленинградского андеграунда[2].



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