Igor Yakovlevich Pomerantsev (born January 11, 1948 , Saratov ) is a Russian writer, poet and journalist.
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| Date of Birth | January 11, 1948 (71 years old) |
| Place of Birth | Saratov , RSFSR , USSR |
| Citizenship |  USSR (until 1978)  United Kingdom (since 1978) |
| Occupation | Russian writer, poet and journalist |
| Years of creativity | 1985 - present |
| Genre | poetry, essays |
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Biography
Igor Pomerantsev was born on January 11, 1948 in the city of Saratov . Grew in Transbaikalia [1] and Chernivtsi [2] . He graduated from the Romano-Germanic faculty of Chernivtsi University . He worked as a teacher in a rural school in the Carpathians , as a technical translator in Kiev [3] . Before emigrating, he published poetry in the journal Smena . The samizdat distributed poems and the story “Reading Faulkner” (published in the journal Syntax , 1979, No. 5) [3] .
He emigrated to Germany in 1978, and from that year he was a British citizen [1] .
In radio journalism - since 1980 ( BBC Russian Service), on Radio Liberty since 1987 , since 1995 - in Prague . Editor and presenter of the radio magazine “Over the Barriers” and the Sunday program “Red Dry” [4] .
The author of the radio play “Love on short waves”, “The favorites of Mr. Fabre”, “Basque dog”, “Can you hear me?” [1] [4] .
He was a member of the Advisory Board of the journal Forum ( Germany ). Since 1998 - Member of the Editorial Board of the journal "Counterpoint" ( USA ) [3] .
The first winner of the Vyazemsky Prize [2] , established by the almanac " Urbi ".
His son, Peter Pomerantsev, is the author of Nothing Is True and Everything Is Possible: The Surreal Heart of the New Russia, 2014.
Bibliography
- Albums and Serenades: Prose. (unavailable link) - London: RR Press, 1985.
- Poems of different days. - St. Petersburg: Soviet writer , 1993. - 181 p.
- Luxury Goods: Belles-lettres. Prose. - SPb .: INAPRESS , 1995 .-- 197 p., 1000 copies.
- On the Beaufort scale. Essay. - St. Petersburg: Urbi, 1997 .-- 144 p.
- News. Poems. Prose. - Kiev: Fact, 1998 .-- 104 p.
- Why dragonflies? - SPb .: Ed. w "Star", 1999. - 136 p.
- Dry red. - M.: New Literary Review , 2000. - 158 p.
- Radio "C". The book of radio stories. - M .: MK-Periodika, 2002 .-- 288 p., 5000 copies.
- Those who held our hand died. Selected Poems. - M.: New Literary Review, 2005. - 192 p.
- Service Lyrics. - M.: New Literary Review, 2007. - 136 p., 1000 copies.
- КҐБ та інші ... - Kiev: Grani-T, 2009.
- KGB and other verses. - M.: New Literary Review, 2010. - 128 p.
- Vinarnі. - Chernivtsi: Meridian Czernowitz, 2011.
- Czernowitz Chernivtsi Chernivtsi. - Chernivtsi: Meridian Czernowitz, 2012.
- Homo Eroticus. - Kiev: Spirit i Litera, 2013.
- Death in the best sense of the word. - Ozolnieki: Literature Without Borders, 2015 .-- 72 p.
Notes
Links
- Interview with Igor Pomerantsev on the ORLITA website. http://www.orlita.org/interview-sigorem-pomerantsev/
- Pomerantsev, Igor Yakovlevich on the site " A new map of Russian literature "
- Pomerantsev, Igor Yakovlevich in the " Journal Hall "
- The film from the series “Islands” was shown at the end of April 2004 on the TV channel “Culture”: “Igor Pomerantsev” 39 min. dir. Valery Balayan.
- Igor Pomerantsev on the Peat TV channel talks about wine
- Poet Igor Pomerantsev reads his poems
- Interview with Igor Pomerantsev on Peat TV