Gennadiy Aygi
Gennadiy Nikolayevich Aygi (Генна́дий Никола́евич Айги́; 21 August 1934 – 21 February 2006) was a Russian poet and a translator. His poetry is written both in Chuvash and in Russian. He was born in the village of Shaimurzino (Çĕnyal), Chuvashia (USSR), moved to Moscow in 1953 and stayed there for the rest of his life.
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Gennadiy Aygi
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- Born
- 21 August 1934
- Birthplace
- Shaimurzino, Batyrevsky District, Chuvash ASSR, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union (now Chuvashia, Russia)
- Died
- 21 February 2006
- Place of death
- Moscow, Russia
- Movement
- Neo-surrealism
- Full name
- Геннадий Николаевич Лисин.
- Nationality
- Soviet Union · Russia
- Occupation
- poet · writer · translator
- Movements
- surrealism
- Education
- Maxim Gorky Literature Institute
- Honours
- Commandeur des Arts et des Lettres · Andrei Bely Prize · David Burliuk International Mark · Petrarca-Preis · Golden Wreath · Ján Smrek Prize
- Languages
- Chuvash · French · Russian
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Aygi started writing poetry in the Chuvash language in 1958. Among the recognitions he has won are the Andrey Bely Prize (1987), the Pasternak Prize (2000, the first to be awarded this), the Prize of the French Academy (1972), the Petrarch Prize (1993), the Golden Wreath of the Struga Poetry Evenings in 1994 and the Jan Smrek Prize (Bratislava, Slovakia). Sofia Gubaidulina set several of his poems to music in her cycle Jetzt immer Schnee ("Now always snow"). His son Aleksey Aygi is a composer.
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• Native Name — Геннадий Айхи Геннадий Айги • Born — 21 August 1934 • Birthplace — Shaimurzino, Batyrevsky District, Chuvash ASSR, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union (now Chuvashia, Russia) • Died — 21 February 2006 • Place of death — Moscow, Russia • Movement — Neo-surrealism
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- 1.Gennadi Aigi – ein avantgardistischer Dichter aus Tschuwaschien. visitvolga. 2021.
- 2.Peter France. Gennady Aygi. The Guardian. 2006-02-25.
- 3.Biographie G. N. Aigi. Nationale Bibliothek der Republik Tschuwaschien. 2021.
- 4.Gennadij Ajgi [Russland]. Internationales Literaturfestival Berlin. 2003.
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