Kirill Kovaldzhi
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Kirill Vladimirovich Kovaldzhi (russian: Кирилл Владимирович Ковальджи; March 14, 1930 – April 10, 2017) was a Russian poet, novelist, literary critic and translator.


Biography

He was born on March 14, 1930, in the
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n village of Tashlyk (then – Romania, now –
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). In 1940 he moved to Akkerman (now - Belgorod-Dnestrovsky), where he graduated from high school (1947) and Teachers' Institute (1949). In 1949 he entered the
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, who graduated in 1954, after which he worked as a journalist in Chisinau. In the same place he published the first collection of poems ''The Trial'' (1955), was admitted to the Writers' Union (1956), was elected a member of the board and chairman of the Russian section of the Union of Writers of the
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. Then came the poetry collections of The Lyrics (1956), Talk with the Beloved (1959), The Man of ''My Generation'' (1961), ''The Poems'' (1963), ''The Test of Love'' (1975). In 1959 he was sent to work in Moscow as a consultant under the management board of the USSR Joint Venture, then as deputy chairman of the Inocommission of the Writers' Union (1969). Responsible editor of the magazine ''Works and opinions'' (1971), head of the department and a member of the editorial board in the magazines ''Literary Review'' (1972), ''
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'' (1979), editor-in-chief of the publishing house ''Moscow Worker'' (1992-2001). Member of the editorial board of the magazine ''Ring A'', an almanac Origins. He was a member of the commission on pardons under the President of the Russian Federation (1995-2001). Works in the SEEP Foundation as the editor-in-chief of the Internet magazine ''Prolog''. In Moscow, published collections of poems ''At Dawn'' (1958), ''Voices'' (1972), ''After Noon'' (1981), ''Yearly Rings'' (1982), ''High Dialogue'' (1988), ''Links and Grains'' (1989), ''The Book of Lyrics'' (1993), ''The Invisible Threshold'' (1999), ''To You. On Demand'' (2002), the book of prose and poetry ''Countdown'' (2003), the short book ''Zerna'' (2005).Кирилл Ковальджи. Дитя добра и света
/ref> The author of a number of short stories, the story ''Five Points on the Map'' (1965), the novel ''Liman Stories'' (1970) - his new supplemented edition, published under the title ''Candle in draft'' (1996), was nominated for the State Prize of Russia. Winner of the literary prize of the Writers Union of Moscow ''The Crown'' (2000). He was awarded medals of the USSR, Romania and Moldova. Honored Worker of Culture of the Russian Federation. Poems and prose translated into a number of languages, individual publications - in Bulgaria, Romania, Poland. For about two decades he directed the poetry studio, lectured and conducted creative seminars at the Literary Institute. Translator of poetry and prose of Romanian and Moldovan writers, critic, publicist. Secretary of the Writers' Union of Moscow, he is a member of PEN Russia. Honored Worker of Culture of the Russian Federation (2006). Kovaldzhi died in
Moscow Moscow ( , US chiefly ; rus, links=no, Москва, r=Moskva, p=mɐskˈva, a=Москва.ogg) is the capital and largest city of Russia. The city stands on the Moskva River in Central Russia, with a population estimated at 13.0 million ...
on April 10, 2017.Поэт Кирилл Ковальджи скончался на 88 году жизни
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Kovaldzhi, Kirill 1930 births 2017 deaths Russian male poets Soviet male poets Soviet poets Writers from Moscow 20th-century Russian male writers Soviet translators Russian literary critics Moldovan poets Male poets 20th-century Russian translators Maxim Gorky Literature Institute alumni Moldovan male writers