Yevgeny Rein
Yevgeny Borisovich Rein (born 29 December 1935 in Leningrad, now Saint Petersburg) is a Russian poet and writer, laureate of the State Prize of the Russian Federation (1997). His poetry won the Pushkin Prize of Russia, Tsarskoe Selo Art Prize (1997), or the Russian National Prize - the Poet (2012). In 1960s, along with Joseph Brodsky, Dmitri Bobyshev, and Anatoly Naiman, he was one of the Akhmatova's Orphans, a well-known poetic group from Leningrad.
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- 29 December 1935
- Birth Name
- Yevgeny Borisovich Rein
- Birthplace
- Leningrad, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
- Nationality
- Soviet Union and Russia.
- Occupation
- poet, screenwriter and writer.
- Education
- Saint Petersburg State Institute of Technology and Top Courses for Scriptwriters and Film Directors.
- Teachers
- School # 206.
- Honours
- A. S. Pushkin Award and Order For Merit in Culture and Art.
- Languages
- Russian.
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Yevgeny Borisovich Rein (born 29 December 1935 in Leningrad, now Saint Petersburg) is a Russian poet and writer, laureate of the State Prize of the Russian Federation (1997). His poetry won the Pushkin Prize of Russia, Tsarskoe Selo Art Prize (1997), or the Russian National Prize - the Poet (2012). In 1960s, along with Joseph Brodsky, Dmitri Bobyshev, and Anatoly Naiman, he was one of the Akhmatova's Orphans, a well-known poetic group from Leningrad.
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Yevgeny Rein (born 1935) is a poet, screenwriter and writer, of Russian and Soviet nationality. The poet was born in Saint Petersburg.
Yevgeny Rein was educated at Saint Petersburg State Institute of Technology and Top Courses for Scriptwriters and Film Directors. The poet worked for Maxim Gorky Literature Institute.
Languages used include Russian. Honours include Order For Merit in Culture and Art.
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Since 1979 Rein participated in the publication of "Metropol" almanac. His poems were published in samizdat and Soviet underground papers. His first book was published in 1984 (The Names of Bridges) after a "careful" censorship. A well-known poet and free-thinker, the elder friend of Joseph Brodsky and Sergei Dovlatov, he became a member of Russian Writer's Union only in 1987, during perestroika. Rein now lives in Moscow. He teaches at the Department of Literary Creativity at the Gorky Literary Institute. In February 2022, Rein has signed the public letter from Russian writers in support of the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
Yevgeny Rein studied at Saint Petersburg State Institute of Technology and Top Courses for Scriptwriters and Film Directors. Training under School # 206 is recorded. The recorded working language is Russian. Employment is recorded with Maxim Gorky Literature Institute. Distinctions recorded are A. Pushkin Award and Order For Merit in Culture and Art.
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• Born — 29 December 1935 • Birth Name — Yevgeny Borisovich Rein • Birthplace — Leningrad, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
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Yevgeny Rein is recorded with the occupation prose writer. Recorded as poet, screenwriter and writer.
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1935
Yevgeny Rein was born on 29 December 1935.
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• Selected poems (preface by J. Brodsky, V. Kulle, M., SPb, 2001 • It's boring without Dovlatov, SPb, 1997
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Formation and teaching. Rein studied at Saint Petersburg State Institute of Technology and Top Courses for Scriptwriters and Film Directors. He trained under School # 206.
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