Bulat Okudzhava
Soviet and Russian writer and singer (1924-1997) · Russia · On the map · Writers · Died at 73
Bulat Shalvovich Okudzhava was a Soviet and Russian poet, writer, musician, novelist, and singer-songwriter of Georgian-Armenian ancestry. He was one of the founders of the Soviet genre called "author song", or "guitar song", and the author of about 200 songs, set to his own poetry.
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Vladimir Motyl Directed The Captivating Star of Happiness (1977)
Mikhail Kokshenov Also in The Captivating Star of Happiness (1977)- Isaac Schwartz Wrote The Captivating Star of Happiness (1977)
Oleg Yankovsky Also in The Captivating Star of Happiness (1977)
Mark Bernes Bulat wrote Zhenya, Zhenechka and Katyusha (1967)
Oleg Dahl Also in The Captivating Star of Happiness (1977)
Roman Balayan Directed Guard Me, My Talisman (1986)
Galina Polskikh Bulat wrote Faithfulness (film) (1965)
Igor Kostolevsky Also in The Captivating Star of Happiness (1977)
Pavel Luspekayev Duets: Your Honor, Lady Luck (1969)
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His songs are a mixture of Russian poetic and folk song traditions and the French chansonnier style represented by such contemporaries of Okudzhava as Georges Brassens. Though his songs were never overtly political, the freshness and independence of Okudzhava's artistic voice presented a subtle challenge to Soviet cultural authorities, who were thus hesitant for many years to give him official recognition.
