Kirill Kovaldzhi | |
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| Born | Kirill Vladimirovich Kovaldzhi (1930-03-14)March 14, 1930 |
| Died | April 10, 2017(2017-04-10) (aged 87) Moscow, Russia |
| Occupation(s) | poet, novelist, literary critic, translator |
| Years active | 1954–2017 |
Kirill Vladimirovich Kovaldzhi (Russian:Кирилл Владимирович Ковальджи; March 14, 1930 – April 10, 2017) was a Russian poet, novelist, literary critic and translator.
Kovaldzhi was born on March 14, 1930, in theBessarabian village ofTașlîc (then Kingdom of Romania, now Moldova). In 1940 he moved to Akkerman (nowBilhorod-Dnistrovskyi), where he graduated from high school (1947) and Teachers' Institute (1949).
In 1949 he entered theMoscow'sMaxim Gorky Literature Institute,[1] who graduated in 1954, after which he worked as a journalist inChișinău. In the same place he published the first collection of poemsThe Trial (1955), was admitted to the Writers' Union (1956), was elected a member of the board and chairman of the Russian section of the Union of Writers of theMoldavian SSR. Then came the poetry collections of The Lyrics (1956), Talk with the Beloved (1959), The Man ofMy Generation (1961),The Poems (1963),The Test of Love (1975).
In 1959 he was sent to work in Moscow as a consultant under the management board of the USSR Joint Venture, then as deputy chairman of the Inocommission of the Writers' Union (1969). Responsible editor of the magazineWorks and opinions (1971), head of the department and a member of the editorial board in the magazinesLiterary Review (1972),Yunost (1979), editor-in-chief of the publishing houseMoscow Worker (1992-2001). Member of the editorial board of the magazineRing A, an almanac Origins. He was a member of the commission on pardons under the President of the Russian Federation (1995-2001). Works in the SEEP Foundation as the editor-in-chief of the Internet magazineProlog.[2]
In Moscow, published collections of poemsAt Dawn (1958),Voices (1972),After Noon (1981),Yearly Rings (1982),High Dialogue (1988),Links and Grains (1989),The Book of Lyrics (1993),The Invisible Threshold (1999),To You. On Demand (2002), the book of prose and poetryCountdown (2003), the short bookZerna (2005).[3]
The author of a number of short stories, the storyFive Points on the Map (1965), the novelLiman Stories (1970) – his new supplemented edition, published under the titleCandle in draft (1996), was nominated for the State Prize of Russia. Winner of the literary prize of the Writers Union of MoscowThe Crown (2000). He was awarded medals of the USSR, Romania and Moldova. Honored Worker of Culture of the Russian Federation. Poems and prose translated into a number of languages, individual publications – in Bulgaria, Romania, Poland.[3]
For about two decades he directed the poetry studio, lectured and conducted creative seminars at the Literary Institute.Translator of poetry and prose of Romanian and Moldovan writers, critic, publicist. Secretary of the Writers' Union of Moscow, he is a member ofPEN Russia.[3]
Honored Worker of Culture of the Russian Federation (2006).[4]
Kovaldzhi died in Moscow on April 10, 2017.[5]
