Marina Gershenovich
Marina Iosifovna Gershenovich (Russian: Мари́на Ио́сифовна Гершено́вич; IPA: [mɐˈrʲinə ɪˈosʲɪfəvnə ɡʲɪrʂɨˈnovʲɪtɕ]; born September 28, 1960) is a Russian poet[1] and translator born in the city of Novosibirsk, Soviet Union, who resides in Düsseldorf, Germany.
Marina Gershenovich does not belong to any formal poetic group or trend in poetry. However she has close relations with the creative union called "AZiYa+". In particular, members of "AZiYa+", composers and singers Evgeniya Logvinova and Elena Frolova have put her poems on music and perform them in concerts. Also, in August 2005, in St Petersburg, Russia, "AZiYa" in collaboration with Sergey Khodov's Publishing house, published The Book of Four that consists of Marina Gershenovich's poems as well as poems by three other authors - Arkady Surov, Mikhail Basin and Pavel Shkarin. Author of the project is Marina Gershenovich, designer - Irina Bolotina.
Marina Gershenovich is a poet and translator of English and German poetry. She published two books of her own poetry and two books with translations. Songs on her poetry are produced and performed by Elena Frolova and Valentina Ponomaryova. She won the grand prize - Golden Crown - at the international poetry contest in London, in 2004, "Pushkin in Britain". She is a laureat of the famous Grushin's festival of music and poetry in Russia. She hosts Literary Cafe in Düsseldorf, tours with her own poetry concerts all around the world, publishes her poetry, poetic translations, and essays.
Bibliography
- Razgovory na rasput’e (1995)
- V poiskah angela (2002)
- Kniga na četveryh (2005)
- Mascha Kaleko: Žizn’ i stihi (2007)
References
- ↑ Главные новости. Агентство Еврейских Новостей (in Russian). 23 April 2006. Retrieved 20 July 2012.
External links
- Marina Gershenovich
- Her site at bards.ru
- Concert by Marina Gershenovich, together with Vera Evushkina and Elena Frolova, 18 May 1997, Moscow