The poet Naum Korzhavin died

In the USA, at the age of 92, the poet Naum Korzhavin, the author and great friend of Novaya Gazeta, died. Thiswas reported on her Facebook page by the poetess and musician Veronika Dolina.

Naum Korzhavin (real name Mandel) was born in Kyiv in 1925. In 1945, on the second attempt, he entered the Literary Institute. A. M. Gorky.

In the late 40s, she was convicted as a “socially dangerous element” and sentenced to exile in Siberia. In 1954, Korzhavin returned to Moscow, and two years later he was rehabilitated. Only after that he was able to finish training at the institute.

The fame of the poet was brought by poems in the collection “Tarusian Pages” (1961) and “Years” (1963). His play “Once in the Twentieth” was staged by the theater. K. S. Stanislavsky.

In the 70s, Korzhavin emphasized in the United States in North Carolina. The first time he came to Moscow at the invitation of the poet Bulat Okudzhava in the second half of the 80s.

In 2016, Naum Korzhavin became the laureate of the Poet Award, which is awarded for the highest achievements in Russian lyrics.