Olga Sedakova

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)

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Born 26 Dec 1949
Activity 1986-ongoing

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Born in Russia
Active in Russia

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Ol’ga Sedakova belongs to the generation of Russian poets who began to write prolifically during the 1970s. However, her poetry was not published in the official press until the end of the Soviet era, in 1988, because neither her thematic focus (literary tradition, the soul, spiritual concerns) nor her complex, allusive style corresponded to the prescribed official aesthetics. During the formative years of her career, Sedakova was part of the rich literary underground that had formed as an alternative to the stifling climate of Soviet official culture. Her work, which has attracted the labels of neo-modernism and meta-realism, loosely falls into the same category as that of Ivan Zhdanov, Elena Shvarts, and Viktor Krivulin.

Sedakova studied Slavonic linguistics at Moscow State University

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Citation: von Zitzewitz, Josephine. "Olga Sedakova". The Literary Encyclopedia. First published 07 February 2013 [https://www.litencyc.com/php/speople.php?rec=true&UID=13199, accessed 27 November 2024.]