Feb 20, 2014 the translations shown above were first done by kitty hunterblair in 1986, and are from the book sculpting in time by andrei tarkovsky thirteenth university of texas press printing, 2012. His son andrei tarkovsky s films gave his verse a second life. In his lifetime arseny tarkovsky was mainly known as a splendid translator of abulalaalmaarri, nezami, magtymguly, kemine, sayatnova, vazhapshavela, adam mickiewicz, mollanepes, grigol orbeliani and many other poets. He survived the entire soviet erasuffering a leg amputation during world war iiby his work as a translator of poetry. Media in category arseny tarkovsky the following 5 files are in this category, out of 5 total. As partners of the compass translation award russian poetry in english, we are pleased to announce the 2014 compass competition dedicated to the poetry of arseny tarkovsky 190789.
Mar 19, 2014 ive gotten into the habit of posting about the international translation centercardinal points annual compass award contest 2012, 20, and im particularly happy to do so this year because its dedicated to the poetry of arseny tarkovsky, one of my favorite modern russian poets and one far too little known outside of russia. Translated from the russian by philip metres and dimitri psurtsev. This includes data values and the controlled vocabularies that house them. Arseny tarkovsky 190789 was a prominent soviet poet and translator of poetry from many languages, including georgian, armenian, and arabic. The pip project for innovative poetry was created by green integer and its publisher, douglas messerli, in 2000.
Selected poems of arseny tarkovsky we get a fair idea of what tarkovskys work might sound like in russian. Arseny alexandrovich tarkovsky was born in the ukrainian city of elisavetgrad now kirovohrad in 1907 and moved to moscow in 1923, working as a newspaper journalist and publishing his first poems. Selected poems of arseny tarkovsky we get a fair idea of what tarkovsky s work might sound like in russian. After the war, when sometimes there was no money to buy bread, he denied himself everything, collected money and bought a telescope. Files are available under licenses specified on their description page.
This translation originally published in slightly different form in great britain by bodley head ltd. In the tarkovskys family poetry was a natural form of communication. Selected poems european writers tarkovsky, arseny, rounding, virginia on. Arseny tarkovsky is considered one of the great 20th century russian poets and was a prominent translator. Upon the recommendation of georgy shengeli, his first poetic guru, tarkovsky was employed in the newspaper gudok. Philip metres and dimitri psurtsev on arseny tarkovskys. He survived the entire soviet erasuffering a leg amputation during the second world warby his work as a translator of poetry. Arseny tarkovsky 19071989 is one of the great russian poets of the twentieth century. Oct 15, 2012 arseny tarkovsky 19071989 is one of the great russian poets of the 20th century. Tarkovskii, arsenii, 19071989 lc linked data service.
Unable to publish his poetry in book form during the stalinist era, it was towards the end of his life that he even began to find any recognition in. Andrei tarkovsky was born in the village of zavrazhye in the yuryevetsky district of the ivanovo industrial oblast modernday kadyysky district of the kostroma oblast, russia to the poet and translator arseny alexandrovich tarkovsky, a native of yelisavetgrad, kherson governorate, and maria ivanova vishnyakova, a graduate of the maxim gorky literature institute. As tarkovsky put it himself, he started writing poetry from. Arseny tarkovsky has 26 books on goodreads with 13 ratings. Arseny tarkovsky is one of the leading russian poets to emerge from the soviet era, though during most of his life time he was known for translations of asian poetries. Notwithstanding, arsenys poetry was a catalyst for his sons cinematic vision as evident by the use of the fathers poetry in a number of andreys films, a topic of growing interest as arseny becomes more and more. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. But rather than remain focused on one time frame, he decided to create. Arseny tarkovsky was mainly known as a translator of abul. June 12 1907 in elisavetgrad may 27, 1989 in moscow was a prominent soviet poet and translator. His son andrei tarkovskys films gave his verse a second life. Philip metres, along with dimitri psurtsev, is the recipient of a 2014 penheim translation fund grant for their translations of arseny tarkovskys poems in i burned at the feast. How it was by arseny tarkovsky rambling at the bridge head. The project publishes regular anthologies of major international poets and.
Andrei tarkovsky simple english wikipedia, the free. His poems appeared in the films the mirror and stalker, directed by andrei tarkovsky, his son. Mirror andrei tarkovsky film analysis senses of cinema. For him cinematography was not entertainment, it was art in the best meaning of this word. Arseny tarkovsky lived from 1907 until 1989, and spent most of his life as a noted translator of turkmen, georgian, armenian, arabic, and other asian poets.
In 2014 dimitri received, along with philip metres, a penheim translation fund grant for i burned at the feast. The father of film director andrei tarkovsky, arseny is the equal of the best of 20th century russian poetry, able to stand tall beside osip mandelstam. Selected poems of arseny tarkovsky forthcoming 2015. The leg wound he received caused gaseous gangrene, and tarkovsky had to undergo six gradual amputations. Perhaps all translations are frankensteins monsters. Arseny tarkovsky maria vishnyakova andrei arsenyevich tarkovsky russian. Selected poems by arseny tarkovsky a book of poetry by russian poet arseny tarkovsky, translated by virginia rounding. He is considered one of the great twentieth century russian poets. As tarkovsky put it himself, he started writing poetry from th. First meetings by arseny tarkovsky famous poems, famous. Arseny tarkovsky poems by the famous poet all poetry. Arseny tarkovsky december 26, 2014 philip metres and dimitri psurtsev are the recipients of a 2014 penheim translation fund grant for their translation of arseny tarkovsky s poems in i burned at the feast. Project muse saturday, june 21, 1941 and ignatevsky.
Until just now i didnt get which needs, exactly, a star catalog met. Selected poems of arseny tarkovsky book online or want to download the book for free i burned at the feast. Arseny tarkovsky s most popular book is life, life. Indeed, tarkovsky was an essential bridge between the silver age and the generation of the thaw. In his lifetime arseny tarkovsky was mainly known as a splendid translator of abulalaalmaarri, nezami, magtymguly, kemine, sayatnova, vazhapshavela, adam mickiewicz, mollanepes, grigol. Compass translation award from rt partners russiapedia. All structured data from the file and property namespaces is available under the.
With a bibliography of both arseny and andrei tarkovsky, and illustrations from tarkovsky s movies. June 12 1907, elisavetgrad may 27, 1989, moscow was a prominent russian poet and translator. His renown grew with the publication of his first book in the 1950s, and again in the 1970s, when his son the filmmaker andrei tarkovsky. Finally, in philip metres and dimitri psurtsevs i burned at the feast. Russian director andrey tarkovsky is regarded as an unusual force in the history of cinema. This page was last edited on 5 october 2019, at 06.
Nowhere anything for eating, all of russia fading, freezing, selling gramophones and blankets, hats and chairs and anything in exchange for wheat and millet in the year nineteennineteen. Although dozens or maybe even hundreds of thousands died in this hellish place, the translator, olga yurchenko. His renown grew with the publication of his first book in the 1950s, and again in the 1970s, when his son the filmmaker andrei tarkovsky used readings of his fathers poems in his. Andrey tarkovsky, russian experience, and the poetry of. Arseny tarkovsky 19071989 is one of the great twentieth century. Life, life by arseny tarkovsky a book of poetry by russian poet arseny tarkovsky, translated by virginia rounding. Andreys father, the poettranslator arseny tarkovsky, has yet to share his sons fame in the englishspeaking world. Ive written about him a couple of times, for example. There is a very good translation in andrei tarkovskys his son the filmmaker book sculpting in time. The poem employs diction and phrasing redolent of both the song of songs and fairy tales, as the speaker enters into physical and. Includes many poems used in arseny s sons films andrei tarkovsky. Originally the film was called white day like the poem by arseny tarkovsky which is recited in the film. Philip metres, along with dimitri psurtsev, is the recipient of a 2014 penheim translation fund grant for their translations of arseny. Tarkovsky s ambition was to seek usthose who live after himthrough earth, through time.
Public domain wikimedia commons arseny aleksandrovich tarkovsky 25th june 190727th may 1989 has only garnered a growing international following in recent years. At the same time arseny got acquainted with osip mandelstam and marina tsvetaeva, the latter just back from emigration. Although he decided against the use of interviews, he does include some fleeting images of his mother maria vishnyakova, as well as his second wife, larisa tarkovskaya, and the voice of his father arseny tarkovsky, reading some of poems. First meetings by arseny tarkovsky famous poems, famous poets. Andrei tarkovsky was the most spiritual and poetic director of all time. Arseny tarkovsky, translated from the russian by philip metres and dimitri psurtsev share tweet e. Oct 18, 2015 finally, in philip metres and dimitri psurtsevs i burned at the feast. Philip metres, along with dimitri psurtsev, is the recipient of a 2014 penheim translation fund grant for their translations of arseny tarkovsky s poems in i burned at the feast. This years compass award competition was dedicated to the poetry of arseny tarkovsky 190789. The linked data service provides access to commonly found standards and vocabularies promulgated by the library of congress. Ilya kaminsky arseny tarkovsky was ten years old at the time of the russian revolution and died six months before the opening of the berlin wall. But its the music of his poems that guaranteed his reputation, as much as the vision.
Though he began writing in the 1920s, tarkovsky s first collection, before the snow, did not appear until 1962, when it was praised by anna akhmatova as an unexpected and precious present to the reader. The father of renowned filmmaker, andrey tarkovsky, arseny. A blind man was riding an unheated train by arseny tarkovsky. He knew several foreign languages and was an excellent translator. He was one of the most educated directors he studied music and painting, he was born into the family of a poet. It is loosely autobiographical, unconventionally structured, and incorporates poems composed and read by the directors father, arseny tarkovsky. Arseny tarkovskys work emerges from a visionary sensibilitylike akhmatova and mandelstamthat became his way of forging a life and a russian art outside of soviet realism. The last of the great twentiethcentury russian poets, still virtually unknown in the west, tarkovsky.
Dec 07, 2012 andrei tarkovsky was born to poet arseny tarkovsky 19071989. Arseny tarkovsky 19071989 is one of the great russian poets of the 20th century. Arseny aleksandrovich tarkovsky was born on june 25, 1907 in elisavetgrad into the family of a narodnik a revolutionaryminded person. It was crafted from dear to him details and family memories. Though he began writing in the 1920s, tarkovskys first collection, before the snow, did not appear until 1962, when it was praised by anna akhmatova as an unexpected and precious present to the reader. Philip metres is the author and translator of a number of books and chapbooks, including sand opera forthcoming 2015, i burned at the feast. Solaris he, probably, will need something of this kind my translation, petrov 1996. Ilya kaminsky arseny tarkovsky was ten years old at. Compass translation award from rt partners 2014 arseny tarkovsky competition. Mar 31, 2014 first times together is a classic arseny tarkovsky love poem, made more famous by its placement at the beginning of his son andreis famous film, the mirror, in which arseny recites the poem offscreen.
The films many layers intertwine real life and family relationships tarkovskys father, the poet arseny tarkovsky, reads his own poems on the soundtrack and tarkovskys mother appears as herself with memories of childhood, dreams and nightmares. Arseny tarkovsky center for the art of translation two. Selected poems of arseny tarkovsky hello if you want to read a i burned at the feast. Tarkovskys ambition was to seek usthose who live after himthrough earth, through time. He shot to international attention with his first feature, ivans childhood 1962, which won the top prize at the venice film festival. Arseny tarkovsky first date poem zerkalo with turkish subtitle. As tarkovsky put it himself, he started writing poetry from the potty. Because what they call passion actually is not some emotional energy, but just the friction between their souls and the outside world. Notwithstanding, arseny s poetry was a catalyst for his sons cinematic vision as evident by the use of the fathers poetry in a number of andreys films, a topic of growing interest as arseny. Andrei tarkovsky was born in the village of zavrazhye in the yuryevetsky district of the ivanovo industrial oblast modernday kadyysky district of the kostroma oblast, russia to the poet and translator arseny alexandrovich tarkovsky. Selected poems of arseny tarkovsky by arseny tarkovsky. By the late 1930s, he had become a noted translator. I waited for you yesterday since morning by arseny tarkovsky. Deconstructing andrei tarkovskys magic realism sens public.
Arseny tarkovsky russian poet and translator people. He was predeceased by his son, film director andrei tarkovsky. The year 1932 saw the first publications of arseny tarkovskys translations. The most personal film by andrei tarkovsky is mirror. Selected poems of arseny tarkovsky by tarkovsky, arseny isbn. When, with a firm but tired hand anna akhmatova when, with a firm but tired hand, in the dreariest of capitals, on the page of white i penned my rejection. Tarkovsky now joins the ranks of mandelstam, akhmatova, and brodksky. Andreys father, the poet translator arseny tarkovsky, has yet to share his sons fame in the englishspeaking world. Originally the film was called white day like the poem by arseny tarkovsky. His philosophical verse was influenced by the russian acmeists anna akhmatova and marina tsvetayeva, filtered through his own modern sensibilty. I waited for you yesterday since morning, they guessed you wouldnt come, do you remember the weather. We know that translations, like the monster, are a grab bag of other organs and skin, stolen from the graveyards of other.
Sculpting in time russian, literally depicted time is a book by russian filmmaker andrei tarkovsky about art and cinema in general, and his own films in particular. He survived the entire soviet erasuffering a leg amputation during the second world warby his work as a translator. One of the more striking soviet authors to emerge from the poststalinist thaw period of the early 1960s. Arseny alexandrovich tarkovsky was a prominent soviet poet and translator.
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