Gennadiy Aygi

Gennadiy Aygi

Gennadiy Nikolaevich Aygi (Chuvash: "Айхи Геннадий Николаевич"; Russian: "Геннадий Николаевич Айги", August 21, 1934 - February 21 2006, Moscow) was a Chuvashian poet and a translator. His poetry is written both in Chuvash and in Russian.

He was born in the village of Shaimurzino (Çĕnyal), Chuvashia (USSR) and started writing poetry in the Chuvash language in 1958.

Among the recognitions he has won are the Andrey Bely Prize (1987), the Pasternak Prize (2000, the first to be awarded this), the Prize of French Academy (1972), and the Petrarch Prize (1993).

Sofia Gubaidulina set several of his poems to music in her cycle "Jetzt Immer Schnee" ("Now always snow").

His son Aleksey Aygi is a famous composer.

References

* Obituary, "The Guardian", 25 February 2006 [http://books.guardian.co.uk/news/articles/0,,1717470,00.html]

External links

* [http://max.mmlc.northwestern.edu/~mdenner/Demo/poetpage/aigi.htm Selected] by Aygi in Russian with English translation


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