Andrey Dementyev (poet)
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) is a Russian and Soviet poet, a laureate of Lenin’s Young Communist League Award (1981), a USSR State Prize
(1985), and Bunin Prize (2007).
Andrei Dementyev was considered one of the outstanding Russian and Soviet poets of the late 1900s. The range of his works is rich. It includes a novel about Mikhail Kalinin
(August from Revel, 1970), as well as lyrics of many popular songs of the Soviet epoch (Alyonushka, Swans’ Fidelity, Father’s Home, A Ballade about the Mother, etc.) which were performed by Yevgeny Martynov.
In October 1993, he signed the Letter of Forty-Two
.
In Dementyev’s works the ideals of romanticism, humanism, and compassion are asserted. The characteristic of his poems is a sharp feeling of patriotism, rejection of the negative traits of the present, bitter irony, lyricism, optimism, enjoying simple things, loving the nature.
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Tver is a city and the administrative center of Tver Oblast, Russia. Population: 403,726 ; 408,903 ;...
) is a Russian and Soviet poet, a laureate of Lenin’s Young Communist League Award (1981), a USSR State Prize
USSR State Prize
The USSR State Prize was the Soviet Union's state honour. It was established on September 9, 1966. After the breakup of the Soviet Union, the prize was followed up by the State Prize of the Russian Federation....
(1985), and Bunin Prize (2007).
Andrei Dementyev was considered one of the outstanding Russian and Soviet poets of the late 1900s. The range of his works is rich. It includes a novel about Mikhail Kalinin
Mikhail Kalinin
Mikhail Ivanovich Kalinin , known familiarly by Soviet citizens as "Kalinych," was a Bolshevik revolutionary and the nominal head of state of Russia and later of the Soviet Union, from 1919 to 1946...
(August from Revel, 1970), as well as lyrics of many popular songs of the Soviet epoch (Alyonushka, Swans’ Fidelity, Father’s Home, A Ballade about the Mother, etc.) which were performed by Yevgeny Martynov.
In October 1993, he signed the Letter of Forty-Two
Letter of Forty-Two
The Letter of Forty-Two was an open letter signed by forty-two well-known Russian literati, aimed at Russian society, the president and government, in reaction to the events of September – October 1993...
.
In Dementyev’s works the ideals of romanticism, humanism, and compassion are asserted. The characteristic of his poems is a sharp feeling of patriotism, rejection of the negative traits of the present, bitter irony, lyricism, optimism, enjoying simple things, loving the nature.
External links
- Andrei D. Dementiev, Peoples.ru
- Online Encyclopedia 'Krugosvet'