- Alexei Parshchikov
Alexei Parshchikov (b. 1954) is a
Russian poet ,critic , andtranslator .Overview
Born in Olga,
Primorsky Krai ,Russian SFSR , Parshchikov was raised in theUkrainian SSR and attended the Kiev Academy of Agriculture. He spent two years as an agricultural scientist before entering the Moscow Institute of Literature.In 1993, he received an MA from
Stanford University [ [http://www.fascicle.com/issue03/main/issue03_frameset.htm Contribuor's Notes from "Fascicle Magazine"] ] . He was once married to the art critic Olga Sviblova, who is currently director of the Moscow House of Photography [ [http://www.izo.com/2007/03/olga_sviblova.html IZO: Russian Art Scene] ] .Parshchikov is regarded as the major figure of the Meta-metaphorist movement [Ibid.] (a Russian poetic movement called by some critics "Meta-realism" [ [http://www.bregeda.com/article_vika.html What is Metarealism?] ] ) which Parshchikov founded along with Ilya Kutik and Ivan Zhdanov. In the last two decades, his works have been translated into fifteen languages. His publications in English include "Blue Vitriol", translated by
Michael Palmer , Michael Molnar and John High and with an Introduction byMarjorie Perloff (Avec Books, 1994).He currently resides in
Cologne ,Germany .References
External links
* [http://www.stanfordalumni.org/news/magazine/2000/sepoct/shelf_life/author_author.html Bard Without Borders: for a Russiaan poet, freedom poses challenges"]
* [http://www.fascicle.com/issue03/main/issue03_frameset.htm "Oil"] , This poem by Alexei Parshchikov is translated here as a collaboration between Sergey Levchin, Wayne Chambliss, and what is described as "Parshchikov's interlinear, editorial feedback from the poet Eugene Ostashevsky".
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