Андрей Вознесенский. Я тебя никогда не забуду

Andreĭ Voznesenskiĭ - znakovai͡a figura minuvshego veka. Vmeste s Bėlloĭ Akhmadulinoĭ, Evgeniem Evtushenko on prinadlezhal k pokolenii͡u "shestidesi͡atnikov", svershivshikh revoli͡ut͡sii͡u v nasheĭ poėzii. Im uvlekalisʹ tysi͡achi i tysi͡achi, on vlii͡al na umy molodezhi svoego vremeni. Odnako malo kto znaet, chto po professii on - arkhitektor, a vot stroil poėticheskie dvort͡sy. Izvestnyĭ zhurnalist Feliks Medvedev, s i͡unosti blizko znakomyĭ s poėtom, stal ego biografom. On organizovyval tvorcheskie vechera Voznesenskogo v raznykh gorodakh strany, publikoval intervʹi͡u s nim, dazhe redaktiroval odnu iz ego knig. Ikh tvorcheskie puti peresekalisʹ v "avosʹke meridianov i shirot": i tot, i drugoĭ obshchalisʹ s Arturom Millerom i Zhaklin Kennedi, Kurtom Vonnegutom i Ninoĭ Berberovoĭ, Borisom Grebenshchikovym i Gorom Vidalom, Idoĭ Shagal i Natali Sarrot. . . No blagodarnostʹ k Andrei͡u Voznesenskomu, odnomu iz samykh i͡arkikh lichnosteĭ v SSSR vtoroĭ poloviny KhKh veka, i ikh istinnai͡a muzhskai͡a druzhba byli odnoĭ iz glavnykh sostavli͡ai͡ushchikh zhizni Medvedeva. Poslednee intervʹi͡u Feliks Medvedev sdelal nezadolgo do smerti poėta - magnitofonnai͡a zapisʹ stala unikalʹnoĭ: tikhiĭ golos ukhodi͡ashchego v vechnostʹ tvort͡sa edva razlichim. . . Ėta kniga otkryvaet chitateli͡u Voznesenskogo kak poėta i cheloveka s samykh neozhidannykh storon.

Andrey Voznesensky is an iconic figure of the last century. Together with Bella Akhmadulina and Yevgeny Yevtushenko, he belonged to the generation of the "sixties" who revolutionized our poetry. Thousands and thousands were interested in him, he influenced the minds of the youth of his time. However, few people know that he is an architect by profession, but he built poetic palaces. The famous journalist Felix Medvedev, who had been closely acquainted with the poet since his youth, became his biographer. He organized Voznesensky's creative evenings in different cities of the country, published interviews with him, and even edited one of his books. Their creative paths crossed in the "string bag of meridians and latitudes": both of them communicated with Arthur Miller and Jacqueline Kennedy, Kurt Vonnegut and Nina Berberova, Boris Grebenshchikov and Gore Vidal, Ida Chagall and Natalie Sarrot. . . But gratitude to Andrei Voznesensky, one of the brightest personalities in the USSR in the second half of the twentieth century, and their true male friendship were one of the main components of Medvedev's life. Felix Medvedev did his last interview shortly before the poet's death. The tape recording became unique: the quiet voice of the creator passing into eternity is barely discernible. This book opens Voznesensky to the reader as a poet and a man from the most unexpected sides.