Gennadiy Aygi

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Gennadiy Aygi
Born	(1934-08-21)21 August 1934 Shaimurzino,Chuvash ASSR,Russian SFSR,Soviet Union(nowChuvashia,Russia)
Died	21 February 2006(2006-02-21)(aged 71) Moscow,Russia
Literary movement	Neo-surrealism
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Gennadiy Nikolayevich Aygi(Russian:Генна́дий Никола́евич Айги́,IPA:[ɡʲɪˈnadʲɪjnʲɪkɐˈlajɪvʲɪtɕɐjˈɡʲi],Chuvash:Геннадий Николаевич Айхи;21 August 1934 – 21 February 2006) was a Russian poet and a translator. His poetry is written both inChuvashand inRussian.

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.Aygi started writing poetry in theChuvash languagein 1958.

Among the recognitions he has won are theAndrey BelyPrize (1987), thePasternak Prize(2000, the first to be awarded this), the Prize of the French Academy (1972), thePetrarch Prize(1993), the Golden Wreath of theStruga Poetry Eveningsin 1994 and the Jan Smrek Prize (Bratislava, Slovakia).

In 2003 Aygi participated in the"international literature festival berlin"Archived22 February 2018 at theWayback Machine.

Sofia Gubaidulinaset several of his poems to music in her cycleJetzt immer Schnee( "Now always snow" ).

His sonAleksey Aygiis a composer.

References

• France, Peter (25 February 2006)."Obituary: Gennady Aygi".The Guardian.Retrieved23 November2021.

External links

• Month-long tribute to AygiArchived20 December 2016 at theWayback Machineessay and collection of links
• Interview with Aygi's friend and translator Peter Franceat New Directions