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Olga Alexandrovna Sedakova

オルガ・アレクサンドロヴナ・セダコワ

Olga Aleksandrovna Sedakova

Profile

Gender
Female
Born
1949-12-26 (Moscow)
Nationality
Russia
Languages
Russian
Religion
Christianity
Residence History
Moscow

Career

Occupations
poet, translator, philosopher, humanist
Active Years
1960-
Influenced By
Sergey Averintsev, Venedikt Yerofeyev
Influenced
John Paul II

Education

Moscow State University
Faculty of Philology / Philology
Period: -1973
Year of Graduation: 1973
Country: Russia

Awards

Andrei Bely Prize
1980
Result: winner
Paris Prize for Russian Poets
1991
Result: winner
European Prize in Poetry
1995
Result: winner
Vladimir Solovyov Prize
1998
Result: winner
Solzhenitsyn Prize
2001
Result: winner

Awards & Nominations

Style & Themes

Literary Style
Neoclassical
Recurring Motifs
Christian themesconfessional elements

Legacy

Recognized as one of the best confessional Christian poets writing in Russian today, recipient of several major literary prizes.

Trivia

  • Traveled overseas with her father at an early age, gaining a different view of the world.
  • Kept the manuscript of Venedikt Yerofeyev's Moscow-Petushki in her house.