Андрей Вознесенский. Я тебя никогда не забуду

Andrey Voznesenskyy – znakovaya fygura mynuvshego veka. Vmeste s Belloy Akhmadulynoy, Evgenyem Evtushenko on prynadlezhal k pokolenyyu «shestydesyatnykov», svershyvshykh revolyutsyyu v nashey poezyy. Ym uvlekalys tysyachy y tysyachy, on vlyyal na umy molodezhy svoego vremeny. Odnako malo kto znaet, chto po professyy on – arkhytektor, a vot stroyl poetycheskye dvortsy. Yzvestnyy zhurnalyst Felyks Medvedev, s yunosty blyzko znakomyy s poetom, stal ego byografom. On organyzovyval tvorcheskye vechera Voznesenskogo v raznykh gorodakh strany, publykoval yntervyu s nym, dazhe redaktyroval odnu yz ego knyg. Ykh tvorcheskye puty peresekalys v «avoske merydyanov y shyrot»: y tot, y drugoy obshchalys s Arturom Myllerom y Zhaklyn Kennedy, Kurtom Vonnegutom y Nynoy Berberovoy, Borysom Grebenshchykovym y Gorom Vydalom, Ydoy Shagal y Nataly Sarrot. . . No blagodarnost k Andreyu Voznesenskomu, odnomu yz samykh yarkykh lychnostey v SSSR vtoroy polovyny KhKh veka, y ykh ystynnaya muzhskaya druzhba byly odnoy yz glavnykh sostavlyayushchykh zhyzny Medvedeva. Poslednee yntervyu Felyks Medvedev sdelal nezadolgo do smerty poeta – magnytofonnaya zapys stala unykalnoy: tykhyy golos ukhodyashchego v vechnost tvortsa edva razlychym. . . Eta knyga otkryvaet chytatelyu Voznesenskogo kak poeta y cheloveka s samykh neozhydannykh 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.