Voznesensky, Andrei Andreyevich

Voznesensky, Andrei Andreyevich (əndrā` əndrā`əvĭch vəznyəsyān`skē), 1933–, Russian poet, b. Moscow. Voznesensky studied at the Moscow Architectural Institute and later became a close friend and protégé of Boris Pasternak. After publishing his first poems in 1958, Voznesensky became immensely popular and presented numerous public readings of his works. In 1963 the government antimodernist campaign curtailed his writing. Gradually his poetry appeared again, but his dramatic work, though not political in content, had to be withdrawn (1970) and he was placed under close surveillance in 1971. Voznesensky's poetry is marked by brilliant use of language, fine craftsmanship, a wide range of subject matter, and a profound knowledge of the Russian poetic tradition.

Bibliography

See his Selected Poems, ed. H. Marshall (1966); Antiworlds, ed. by P. Blake and M. Hayward (1967); Dogalypse: San Francisco Poetry Reading (1972).