Исповедь хулигана

Sergeĭ Esenin (1895-1925) rodilsi͡a v krestʹi͡anskoĭ semʹe v sele Konstantinove Ri͡azanskoĭ gubernii. Nachal pisatʹ stikhi s devi͡ati let. V vosemnadt͡satʹ razoslal ikh po redakt͡sii͡am i, po ego slovam, byl udivlen, chto proizvedeniĭ ego ne pechatai͡ut. Togda on "gri͡anul" v Peterburg, poshel pri͡amo k Bloku, kotoromu svezhie, "golosistye" stikhi talantlivogo poėta-samorodka ochenʹ ponravilisʹ. Vskore k Eseninu prishla obshcherossiĭskai͡a slava. Posle revoli͡ut͡sii po populi͡arnosti s Eseninym mog sravnitʹsi͡a razve chto Mai͡akovskiĭ, tem ne menee "posledniĭ poėt derevni" chuvstvoval sebi͡a chuzhim v strane sovetov. On ushel iz zhizni molodym, na pike tvorcheskikh sil. Obstoi͡atelʹstva tragicheskoĭ sudʹby Esenina uzhe nevozmozhno otdelitʹ ot mifov, no ego proniknovennai͡a lirika po-prezhnemu trogaet svoeĭ ispovedalʹnoĭ iskrennostʹi͡u i chistotoĭ. V nastoi͡ashchem izdanii predstavleny izbrannye stikhotvorenii͡a i poėmy Sergei͡a Esenina.

Sergey Yesenin (1895-1925) was born into a peasant family in the village of Konstantinovo, Ryazan province. He started writing poetry at the age of nine. At eighteen, he sent them to the editorial offices and, according to him, was surprised that his works were not published. Then he "burst" into St. Petersburg, went straight to Blok, who liked the fresh, "vociferous" poems of the talented poet-nugget very much. Soon all-Russian fame came to Yesenin. After the revolution, only Mayakovsky could compare in popularity with Yesenin, nevertheless, the "last poet of the village" felt like a stranger in the land of the Soviets. He passed away young, at the peak of his creative powers. The circumstances of Yesenin's tragic fate can no longer be separated from myths, but his soulful lyrics still touch with their confessional sincerity and purity. This edition presents selected poems and poems by Sergei Yesenin.