Poet Anri Volokhonsky died

The poet Anri Volokhonsky died. He was 81 years old. The death of the poet is reported by the Israeli website "Cursor" with reference to his friends.

Anri Volokhonsky was born in 1936 in Leningrad. In 1973, he left for Israel, in the 1980s he moved to Germany, where he worked for Radio Liberty.

Anri Volokhonsky collaborated a lot with Alexei Khvostenko and the leader of the Auction, Leonid Fedorov. One of his most famous works is the poem "Paradise", beginning with the words "Above the blue sky ...".