Selected Poems

by Evgenii Rein

Evgeny Rein is one of Russia's major living poets. Born in 1935, he belongs to that tragic generation of Russian poets who for decades went unpublished in the Soviet Union. One of Akhmatova's 'magic choir' of young Leningrad poets, he was Joseph Brodsky's mentor and lifetime friend. Brodsky figures in many of his poems, and Brodsky's essay on Rein introduces this bilingual selection: 'Rein is unquestionably an elegiac poet. His main theme is the end...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1852245239
• ISBN13: 9781852245238
• Release Date: May 2001
• Publisher: Bloodaxe Books
• Length: 176 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.4" x 8.4"