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I͡Uriĭ Levitanskiĭ, sovetskiĭ i rossiĭskiĭ poėt i perevodchik, odin iz samykh tonkikh lirikov KhKh veka, rodilsi͡a v 1922 godu na Ukraine. Posle okonchanii͡a shkoly postupil v znamenityĭ togda IFLI - Moskovskiĭ institut filosofii, literatury i istorii. So vtorogo kursa dobrovolʹt͡sem otpravilsi͡a na front, uchastvoval v oborone Moskvy, s 1943 goda reguli͡arno pechatalsi͡a vo frontovykh gazetakh. V poslevoennoe vremi͡a vypustil neskolʹko poėticheskikh sbornikov, zanimalsi͡a perevodami. Mnogie stikhi Levitanskogo - "akvareli dushevnykh perezhivaniĭ" (M. Lukonin) - byli polozheny na muzyku i stali pesni͡ami, vkli͡uchai͡a znamenityĭ "Dialog u novogodneĭ ëlki", prozvuchavshiĭ v filʹme "Moskva slezam ne verit". Povorotnym punktom v tvorchestve poėta stala kniga stikhov "Kinematograf" (1970), vkli͡uchënnai͡a v ėto izdanie, kotorai͡a prinesla avtoru gromkui͡u slavu. Kak i posledui͡ushchie sborniki "Denʹ takoĭ-to" (1976) i "Pisʹma Katerine, ili Progulka s Faustom" (1981), "Kinematograf" byl napisan kak edinoe proizvedenie, postroennoe po zakonam muzykalʹnoĭ kompozit͡sii. Zavershai͡ut nastoi͡ashchee izdanie proizvedenii͡a iz knigi "Belye stikhi" (1991), sozdannoĭ v poslednie gody zhizni i priznannoĭ odnoĭ iz vershin tvorchestva I͡Urii͡a Levitanskogo.

Yuri Levitansky, Soviet and Russian poet and translator, one of the most subtle lyricists of the twentieth century, was born in 1922 in Ukraine. After graduation, he entered the then famous IFLI - Moscow Institute of Philosophy, Literature and History. From the second year he went to the front as a volunteer, participated in the defense of Moscow, and since 1943 he has been regularly published in front-line newspapers. In the post-war period, he published several poetry collections and was engaged in translations. Many of Levitansky's poems - "watercolors of emotional experiences" (M. Lukonin) - were set to music and became songs, including the famous "Dialogue at the Christmas Tree", which sounded in the film "Moscow does not believe in tears". The turning point in the poet's work was the book of poems "Cinema" (1970), included in this edition, which brought the author great fame. Like the subsequent collections "Such-and-Such a Day" (1976) and "Letters to Katerina, or A Walk with Faust" (1981), "Cinema" was written as a single work built according to the laws of musical composition. The present edition is completed by works from the book "White Poems" (1991), created in the last years of his life and recognized as one of the peaks of Yuri Levitansky's creativity.