Viktor Krivulin

Josephine von Zitzewitz (University of Cambridge)

Ed. by Andrei Rogatchevski, UiT - The Arctic University of Norway
The Literary Encyclopedia. Volume 2.2.2.00: Post-1917 Writing and Culture in Russia, Ukraine and Belarus, 1917-present.
Vol. editors: Neil Cornwell (University of Bristol), Roman Koropeckyj (University of California, Los Angeles), Andrei Rogatchevski (UiT - The Arctic University of Norway)

Dates

Born 9 Jul 1944
Died 17 Mar 2001

Places

Born in Russia
Active in Russia

Activities

Primary

Poet

Resources

Krivulin's Works

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Viktor Krivulin (1944-2001) was a highly visible figure in the unofficial literary scene of Leningrad during the three decades of its existence (1960s - 1980s). His large and varied poetic output exemplifies some of the most pertinent features of the postmodern current that has been variously labelled neomodernism and metarealism. For many years, his poetry circulated exclusively in samizdat (Leningrad journals such as

Chasy

[

The Clock

“37”

and

Obvodnyi kanal

), as well as the émigré journals

Grani

[

Facets

Tret’ia volna

[

The Third Wave

Vestnik RKhD

[

Herald of the Russian Christian Movement

] and

Kontinent

. His first collection appeared in Paris in 1981, and he was published in Soviet/Russian journals from 1989. His poetry, in particular his early work, has been re-published in…

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Citation: von Zitzewitz, Josephine. "Viktor Krivulin". The Literary Encyclopedia. First published 26 March 2013 [https://www.litencyc.com/php/speople.php?rec=true&UID=13196, accessed 24 November 2024.]