Kushner was born in Leningrad into a Russian-Jewish family; his father was a naval engineer. Alexandr graduated from the Russian language and literature school of the city's teacher-training Herzen University, and later, between 1959 and 1969, taught Russian literature. After that, he became a full-time writer and poet. Since then he published about 15 collections of his poetry and two books of his essays. In 1965 he became a member of the Writers' Union, in 1987 joined the Russian PEN Center. He is also editor-in-chief of Biblioteka poeta (the "Library of the Poet" series). His only son Eugene and his family live in Israel.
His poetry resembles that of Acmeists. He usually doesn't write in free verse and seldom experiments or tries to elaborate a new poetic form, preferring to write in a classic, 19th century-like style. The Nobel Prize winner Brodsky once called Kushner "one of the best lyrical poets of the 20th century", adding that his name "is to stand in the line of names dear to the heart of every native Russian speaker"[2]
Translations of Kushner's poetry into English, Italian and Dutch were published in book form; several poems were also translated to German, French, Japanese, Hebrew, Czech, and Bulgarian.
BibliographyEdit
Books of verseEdit
Autograph of Alexander Kushner
The First Impression (Russian: Первое впечатление) 1962.
On the Dark Star (Russian: На сумрачной звезде) 1994.
The Milfoil (Russian: Тысячелистник) 1998.
Bank of Clouds (Russian: Летучая гряда) 2000.
Bushes (Russian: Кустарник) 2002.
The Cold May (Russian: Холодный май) 2005.
In the New Century (Russian: В новом веке) 2006.
One Cannot Choose Times...(five decades) (Russian: Времена не выбирают (пять десятилетий)) 2007.
Apollo in the Grass. 2015.
Works in proseEdit
Apollo under Snow (Russian: Аполлон в снегу)
Wave and Stone (Russian: Волна и камень)
The Fifth Element (selected verse and articles) (Russian: Пятая стихия)
AwardsEdit
His numerous awards include the Russian National Award (1996) and the prestigious Pushkin Prize for poetry, bestowed on him by Russian president Vladimir Putin in 2001.
^. Izvestia (in Russian). 5 October 1993. Archived from the original on 16 July 2011. Retrieved 21 August 2011.
^Brodsky's preface in Selected Verse of Kushner, St. Petersburg: Khudozhetvennaya literatura
External linksEdit
Short biography
Petersburg Perspectives: Alexander Kushner has been described by Joseph Brodsky as one of the best lyric poets of the 20th century
Времена не выбирают in verse English translation
October 15, 2023
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