Konstantin Kedrov
Illustration — Kedrov in 2005 Konstantin Aleksandrovich Kedrov (12 November 1942 – 16 April 2025) was a Russian poet, philosopher and literary critic. He was a member of the Union of Soviet Writers (1989). Literary critic and literary historian.
Also recorded as Konstantin Aleksandrovič Kedrov · Konstantin Aleksandrovich Kedrov · Konstantin Berdichevsky · Konstantin Aleksandrovich Berdichevsky
Konstantin Kedrov

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- Born
- 1942. · Rybinsk.
- Died
- 2025.
- Nationality
- Soviet Union and Russia.
- Occupation
- philosopher, literary critic, poet, writer and literary scholar.
- Fields
- poetry, philosophy, literary studies and literary criticism.
- Education
- Kazan Federal University.
- Honours
- David Burliuk International Mark.
- Languages
- Russian.
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Illustration — Kedrov in 2005 Konstantin Aleksandrovich Kedrov (12 November 1942 – 16 April 2025) was a Russian poet, philosopher and literary critic. He was a member of the Union of Soviet Writers (1989). Literary critic and literary historian.
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Konstantin Kedrov (1942–2025) was a Russian and Soviet literary critic, literary scholar and philosopher, among other activities. The literary critic was born in Rybinsk. Konstantin Kedrov was also known as Челищев.
Konstantin Kedrov studied at Kazan Federal University. The literary critic worked for Maxim Gorky Literature Institute. Konstantin Kedrov was active in literary criticism, literary studies and philosophy.
Genres include philosophy and poetry. Languages used include Russian. The literary critic received David Burliuk International Mark.
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Kedrov worked between 1942 and 2025 across philosopher, literary critic, poet, writer and literary scholar. The registers place that work in poetry and philosophy. Every statement below returns to a source shown in the evidence panel; where the record is silent or divided, the article says so instead of resolving it.
Konstantin Kedrov studied at Kazan Federal University. The recorded working language is Russian. The field of work recorded is poetry, philosophy and literary studies. Subjects and genres recorded for the work are poetry and philosophy. Employment is recorded with Maxim Gorky Literature Institute. Distinctions recorded are David Burliuk International Mark.
Born in the family of theatre director Aleksandr Berdichevsky (1910, Tyumen — September 30, 1991, Moscow) and actress Nadezhda Yumatova (1917, Dubrovka — April 30, 1991 — the sister of the surrealist painter Pavel Tchelitchev). The actors of the city theatre of Rybinsk, Yaroslavl region, where they stayed in evacuation till the year of 1945. Since 1960, Konstantin Kedrov resides in Moscow. He studied for one year at the Moscow State University named after Mikhail Lomonosov, Faculty of Journalism (1961—1962), and, following his dismissal, moved to the Kazan State University. In the year of 1958, in «Komsomolets Tatarii» Weekly, published the first selection from Kedrov’s poetry. In the year of 1973, Kedrov defended his PhD dissertation on the topic “Epical basis of Russian novels of the first half of the 19th century” at the Moscow State University. In the years of 1974–1986, Kedrov was a senior lecturer at the Chair of history of Russian literature, Institute for Literature named after Maksim Gorky. There, Kedrov attracted a few student poets interested in Russian vanguard poetry, including Alexei Parshchikov, Ilya Kutik, Aleksandr Yeryomenko, et al. (Metametaphorists). In 1983, Kedrov defined the general principle of their poetry as a metametaphor. In the year of 1986 Kedrov ceased lecturing at the Institute for Literature and took upon literary freelancing. According to the papers that Kedrov requested from archives of the Russian Federal Counterintelligence Agency in the year of 1996, previously they launched a personal case against him titled “Forester” (on suspicion of anti-Soviet propaganda and agitation) that was deleted in August of the year of 1990. In the year of 1989, Sovetsky Pisatel Publishing House published Kedrov’s monograph Poetical Cosmos that, upon a vast literary and mythological basis, concentrated upon the concept of metametaphor and a philosophical idea of metacode. From 1991, he worked for several years as a literary columnist for the Izvestia newspaper. After a split in the editorial board of Izvestia, he and editor Igor Golembiovsky moved to the newspaper Novye Izvestia. According to the papers that Kedrov requested from archives of the Russian Federal Counterintelligence Agency in the year of 1996, previously they launched a personal case against him titled “Forester” (on suspicion of anti-Soviet propaganda and agitation) that was deleted in August of the year of 1990[4]. Subsequently, in the years of 1986 through 1991, Kedrov was unemployed. According to the mass media and bookmakers’ offices, in the years of 2003—2005, he was nominated for Nobel prize for literature. Winner of the Korean Manhae Prize (2013). Kedrov died on 16 April 2025, at the age of 82.
Gallery
Gallery
• Illustration — Collection of poems «ILI». • Illustration — Monograph "Poetic Cosmos" (1989). • Illustration — Kedrov 's autograph. • Illustration — U.S. Ambassador J. Baerli, K. Kedrov and Yu. Lyubimov. • Illustration — Konstantin Kedrov and Andrei Voznesensky (1997)
Life and work
Life and work
Konstantin Kedrov was born on 12 November 1942 in Rybinsk. Kedrov held the nationality of Soviet Union and Russia. Kedrov was educated at Kazan Federal University. Kedrov worked as philosopher, literary critic, poet and writer, and the authority record catalogues a further 1 occupations under the same name, among them literary scholar. Kedrov was active from 1958 to 2025. Kedrov was employed by Maxim Gorky Literature Institute. The fields Kedrov worked in include poetry and philosophy. Kedrov worked in Russian.
Life and career
Dated record
Life and career
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1942
Konstantin Kedrov was born on 12 November 1942.
2025
Konstantin Kedrov died on 16 April 2025.
Major works books
Major works books
• Poetical Cosmos. — Moscow: Sovetsky Pisatel Publishing House, 1989. — 20 000 copies. ISBN 5-265-00956-6 • Computer of Love. — Moscow: Khudozhestvennaya Literatura Publishing House, 1990. • Assertions of Denies. — Moscow: Center Publishing House, 1991 • Verfliem. — Moscow: DOOS Publishers, 1992 • Vrutselet. — Moscow: DOOS Publishers, 1993 • Gamma tel Gamleta. — Moscow: Yelena Pakhomova Publishers, 1994 • ILI On ili Ada ili Ilion ili Iliada. (Readings in Vadim Sidur Museum Series). — Moscow, 1995 • Ulysses and Nausicaa. — Moscow: Yelena Pakhomova Publishers, 1998 • Metametaphor. — Moscow: DOOS Publishers, 1999. • Metametaphor Encyclopedia. — Moscow: DOOS Publishers, 2000. • Parallel Worlds. — Moscow: AiF Print Publishers, 2001. • Insideout. — Moscow: Mysl Publishing House, 2001. • Angelic Poetics. — Moscow: Natalia Nesterova University Publishing House, 2001. • Beyond Apokalypse. — Moscow: AiF Print Publishers, 2002. • ILI (Or) (Collected Works. Poetry). — Moscow: Mysl Publishing House, 2002. • Sam-ist-dat. — Moscow: Ruslan Elinin LIA Publishing House, 2003 • Metacode. — Moscow: AiF Print Publishers, 2005. • Philosophy of Literature. — Moscow: Khudozhestvennaya Literatura Publishing House, 2009. — 200 p. — ISBN 978-5-280-03454-9 • Conductor of Silence: Poems and long poems. — Moscow: Khudozhestvennaya Literatura Publishing House, 2009. — ISBN 978-5-280-03456-3 • (Co-authored with Margarita Al') Assertion of Deny. — Moscow: Ruslan Elinin LIA Publishing House, 2009. • Nevesta Lokhmataya Svetom: Poems, Long Poems. — Moscow: Aleksandr Gritsenko Producer Center Publishers, 2014. — 5000 copies. (Classics and Contemporaries Series) ISBN 978-5-9906032-0-2 • Voices. Documentary Biographical Mysteria. Moscow: DOOS Publishers, 2016. — ISBN 978-5-906568-08-3 • Glass Robot: Poems and Long poems / Foreword by Andrey Voznesensky. — Moscow: LIFFT Publishers, 2018. — 500 copies. (Golden LiFFt. Russia's Writers Series) ISBN 978-5-604-01615-2 • Partant: Book of Poems. — Moscow: Yevgeny Stepanov’s Publishing House, 2018 (Avangrandy Book Series).
Books and published writings
Catalogued output
Books and published writings
These are catalogued publications carrying the name — editions and printings, distinct from the works they contain and from writing about the subject. The 1990s are the densest part of the run, with 24 titles, and that concentration is a fact about what the registers have catalogued rather than a judgement on the work itself. A selection is set out below and the complete run may be opened beneath it.
38 editions carry dates between 1989 and 2019
The run opens with Poeticheskii kosmos and closes with Vosʹmiglasie mirozdanii︠a︡
The entries follow Open Library
Poeticheskii kosmos
1989
Kompiuter liubvi
1990
Chërnyĭ kvadrat
1991
Utverzhdenii͡a︡ otrit͡s︡anii͡a︡
1991
Verfliem
1991
Poėticheskiĭ lit︠s︡eĭ Konstantina Kedrova
1993
Vrut͡s︡elët, ili, Odezhda Zhanny
1993
Gamma tel Gamleta, dated 1994. [Stikhi]
1994
Ad verbum
1994
The complete catalogue · 38
38 editions carry dates between 1989 and 2019
The run opens with Poeticheskii kosmos and closes with Vosʹmiglasie mirozdanii︠a︡
The entries follow Open Library
Poeticheskii kosmos
1989
Kompiuter liubvi
1990
Chërnyĭ kvadrat
1991
Utverzhdenii͡a︡ otrit͡s︡anii͡a︡
1991
Verfliem
1991
Poėticheskiĭ lit︠s︡eĭ Konstantina Kedrova
1993
Vrut͡s︡elët, ili, Odezhda Zhanny
1993
Gamma tel Gamleta, dated 1994. [Stikhi]
1994
Ad verbum
1994
Poėma Zverʹi︠a︡
1995
Ili on, ili Ada, ili Ilion, ili Iliada
1995
Ton not
1996
Svadʹba Ozirisa
1996
Teatr teneĭ
1996
Nulʹ Leonardo
1996
Uliss i Navsikai︠a︡
1997
Zainʹka i Nastasʹi︠a︡
1997
Beskonechnai︠a︡
1997
Astralʹ
1997
DEPO
1999
Metakod i metametafora
1999
Sobaka Pavlova
1999
Ent︠s︡iklopedii︠a︡ metametafory
2000
Parallelʹnye miry
2001
Insaĭdaut
2001
ILI
2002
Angelicheskai︠a︡ poėtika
2002
Onegin Tvister
2004
Metakod
2005
Dirizher tishiny
2009
Filosofii︠a︡ literatury
2009
Govori͡ashchie zvëzdy
2011
Kamurjneri khṛovutʻyuně
2015
Partant
2018
Vosʹmiglasie mirozdanii︠a︡
2019
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- Wikidata, structured authority record Q4218871: Konstantin Kedrov
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Awards
• 1999 — International David Burlyuk the Father of Russian Futurism Otmetina (Award). • 2003 — GRAMMy.ru Prize, Annual Poetry Event nomination for his poem «Computer of Love». • 2005 — Twice GRAMMY.ru Laureate, Annual Poetry Event nomination. • 2005 — «Deti Ra» Magazine Prize, Drama nomination. • 2007 — Literaturnaya Rossiya Weekly Annual Laureate for his poem Fialkiada. • 2008 — Diploma of contributing to a Book Fair under the Agnon Biblic Project (Israel). • 2009 — Aleksandr Griboedov Prize “For his Loyal Service to National Belles-Lettres” (Resolution of Moscow City Branch and Translators’ Section of the Russian Writers’ Union of November 17, 2009). • 2009 — Medal of Internet Community under the Literary Club and Board of Directors of the Internet Poets’ Union. • 2013 — Manhae Prize (Republic of Korea). • 2014 — The Dominant Prize (Munich) • 2015 — «Deti Ra» Magazine Prize, Poetry nomination. • 2016 — Gold Prize of LiFFt Eurasian and All-Russian Literary Fests. • 2017 — Annual Leonardo Prize. • 2018 — Pushkin Prize • 2020 — Gran-prix, Poetry nomination, Moscow Literary Prize. • 2023 — Medal “For his Input into Promoting the World Literature” (Resolution of Steering Committee of the LiFFt International Fest at Cairo International Book Fair). • 2023 — International People’s Diplomacy Commonwealth Medal “For Contributing to Racial Harmony and Special Achievements in International Activity”.
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- 1.Ушел из жизни поэт и философ Константин Кедров
- 2.Guarant-InfoCentre. Konstantin Kedrov
- 3.Acta Universitatis Lodziensis. Epstein's 'Metabole' and Kedrov's 'Metametaphor' as a poetic-artistic revision of metaphor: about two key terms of metarealism
- 4.Поэтическое познание. Метакод. Метаметафора | Электронная библиотека. lib.icr.su.
- 5.Albena Lutzkanova-Vassileva, The Testimonies of Russian and American Postmodern Poetry: Reference, Trauma, and History, 2014, ISBN 978-1-62892-188-5.
- 6.Metametaphor is a metaphor where every single thing is a universe. Such a metaphor did not exist before. Before, they made comparisons. A poet is like a sun, or a river, or a tram. A man himself is all he writes of. Here, we have no tree separate from land, no land separate from heaven, no heaven separate from space, and no space separate from man. It offers an eyesight of a man of Universe.
- 7.Русский ПЕН-центр / Константин Александрович Кедров
- 8.Лесниченко Г. «Новый мир» и КГБ // КГБ: вчера, сегодня, завтра. 3-й сборник. — М.: Знак-СП, общественный фонд «Гласность», 1994. — С. 176.
- 9.Литературный вечер Константина Кедрова
- 10.NTV (Russia): Россиянин может получить Нобелевскую премию по литературе
- 11.В Швеции объявят лауреата Нобелевской премии по литературе. Среди номинантов — трое россиян
- 12.International mark of the name of the father of Russian Futurism David Burliuk
- 13.KM.RU Образование. Константин Кедров стал лауреатом премии Грэмми. Ру за 2003 г
- 14.일면스님 등 2013 만해대상 수상자 9명 선정
- 15.Dominante-Preis 2014 (Munich)
- 16.Константин Кедров — лауреат Пушкинской премии 2018 / Konstantin Kedrov — winner of the Pushkin Prize 2018
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Formation and teaching. Kedrov studied at Kazan Federal University. The record notes the qualification Doktor Nauk in Philosophy. Kedrov worked in poetry, philosophy, literary studies and literary criticism. He was employed by Maxim Gorky Literature Institute.
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