Bakhyt Kenjeev
Bakhyt Shukurullaevich Kenjeev (Kenzheyev, Russian: Бахыт Шукуруллаевич Кенже́ев; 2 August 1950 — 26 June 2024) is a Russian poet and writer[1] of Kazakh descent.
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Kenjeev was born in Shymkent, Kazakh SSR. In 1953 his parents moved to Moscow. He graduated from Lomonosov Moscow State University with an equivalent of an M.S. degree in chemistry. In 1975 he was a founding member of the "Moscow Time" group of poets, with Alexei Tsvetkov, Alexander Soprovsky, and Sergey Gandlevsky.[2]. In 1982, Kenjeev emigrated to Canada; his first book of poetry was published in the American émigré Hermitage publishing house in 1988.
After Perestroika, Kenjeev frequently visited Russia, Ukraine, and other post-Soviet countries; he was a a regular guest at numerous poetry festivals, including Moscow Bienale, Kievskie Lavry, Leningradskie Mosty, Blue Metropolis Montreal festival,[3] and the international poetry festival in Rotterdam, the Netherlands, and published several volumes of poetry. Many of his poems were translated into English, French, Kazakh, German, Swedish and other language. He was said to be twice nominated for the Nobel prize in literature[4].
He lived in New York and Toronto[5][6].
Kenjeev died in 2024 at the age of 73 after short illness.
Selected awards
- 2000 Anti-Booker Prize
- 2003 Moscow-Transit Poetry Prize[7]
- 2006 Anthologia Prize (established by Novy Mir journal)
- 2008 Russian Prize
Works
English Translations
- "Rain Pours Down in Rome, Repeating", West Branch, J. Kayes, Bucknell University
- Slava Muchnick, ed. (September 7, 2009). Salt Crystals on an Axe: Twentieth-Century Russian Poetry in Congruent Translation: A Bilingual Mini-Anthology. Translator Alex Shafarenko. Ancient Purple Translations. ISBN 978-0-9563075-1-4.
Poetry
- Избранная лирика 1970—1981 (1984 г.)
- Осень в Америке (1988 г.)
- Стихотворения (1995 г.)
- Сочинитель звезд: Книга новых стихотворений, М. 1997 (ISBN 5-85767-091-8)
- Снящаяся под утро: Книга стихотворений, М. 2000 (ISBN 5-900241-09-2)
- Из семи книг: Стихотворения, Независимая газета, М. 2000 (ISBN 5-86712-027-9)
- Невидимые: Стихи, М. 2004 (ISBN 5-94282-229-8)
- Вдали мерцает город Галич: Стихи мальчика Теодора, 2006 (ISBN 5-94128-126-9)
- Крепостной остывающих мест. М., 2008.
- Послания. — М., 2011. 640 с. ISBN 978-5-9691-0514-0
- Сообщение. — М., 2012.
- Странствия и 87 стихотворений. К., 2013.
- Довоенное: Стихи 2010—2013 годов. М., 2014.
- Позднее: Книга стихов. СПб., 2016.
- Элегии и другие стихотворения. М., 2018.
Novels
- Плато (1992 г.)
- Иван Безуглов. Мещанский роман (1993 г.)
- Золото гоблинов: Романы («Младший брат», «Золото гоблинов»), Независимая газета, М 2000, (ISBN 5-86712-101-1)
References
- ^ Bakhyt Shkurullaevich Kenzheev Summary.
- ^ http://russianpoetsdatabase.blogspot.com/ [user-generated source]
- ^ http://www.blue-met-bleu.com/UserFiles/File/PDF/06ENGG%E9n%E9ral.pdf[permanent dead link]
- ^ https://meduza.io/news/2024/06/26/umer-poet-bahyt-kenzheev
- ^ "Bakhyt Kenjeev :: Russian American Cultural Center". Archived from the original on 2010-06-11. Retrieved 2010-01-19.
- ^ "Russian Poets at Princeton: Bakhyt Kenjeev". Archived from the original on 2010-06-16. Retrieved 2010-01-19.
- ^ http://russianpoetsdatabase.blogspot.com/ [user-generated source]
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