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Andrei Voznesensky

Soviet poet (1933-2010) · Russia · On the map · Writers · Died at 77

Andrei Andreyevich Voznesensky was a Soviet and Russian poet and writer who had been referred to by Robert Lowell as "one of the greatest living poets in any language." He was one of the "Children of the '60s," a new wave of iconic Soviet intellectuals led by the Khrushchev Thaw.

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2010Died1 June 2010Government Prize in CultureAward2008Order "For Merit to the Fatherland", 2nd classAward2004Order "For Merit to the Fatherland", 3rd classAward1984Golden WreathAward1983Order of the Red Banner of LabourAward1978USSR State PrizeAward1933Born12 May 1933

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Government Prize in Culture2010
Order "For Merit to the Fatherland", 2nd class2008
Order "For Merit to the Fatherland", 3rd class2004
Golden Wreath1984
Order of the Red Banner of Labour1983
USSR State Prize1978
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Russia
Category
Writers
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Status
Deceased
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Lived 1933 to 2010 · aged 77

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