Karenina, Irina

Irina Hovsepyan was born on May 12, 1976 in Nizhny Tagil ^[1] . In 1983-1993, from the first to tenth grade, she studied at the Nizhny Tagil secondary school No. 50 ^[2] . She graduated from the children's music school in guitar ^[2] .

In 1996-2000, she studied at the Faculty of Cultural Studies of the Ural State University named after A. Gorky , which she did not graduate from ^[3] .

She changed many professions: she was a proofreader , photo model , administrator of a rock group, a cabaret dancer, a translator from English technical literature, a teacher of a drama circle in the Hare Krishnas , a singer in a restaurant, a director of an experimental theater, a model , a literary editor, a theater critic , a press attache municipal administration, documentary screenwriter , chief editor of business and glossy magazines ^{[1] [4]} .

Member of the Nizhny Tagil literary studio "Steps" at the Museum of A. P. Bondin .

The author of six poetry books, editor-compiler of several literary almanacs and poetry books by Ural authors ^[1] .

She graduated from the Ural Academy of Public Administration (2001-2003) ^[3] and the poetry department of the A. Gorky Literary Institute (2001-2007, in absentia) ^[3] . At the Literary Institute, she received the nickname Mother Teresa ^[3] .

Laureate of a scholarship of the Ministry of Culture of the Russian Federation ^[1] .

Currently lives in Minsk ^[1] ; worked as an editor of the Interfax-West news agency ^[5] .

Family

• Parents:
  • Father - Vasily Andreevich Hovsepyan (b. November 6, 1949), Soviet and Russian journalist , editor , producer , poet .
  • Mother - Love Hovsepyan (b. 1957), artist ^[6] .
• Son - Cyril (b. 2002)

The site " New Map of Russian Literature " in 2010 wrote about Irina Karenina:

... Irina Karenina (Nizhny Tagil), clearly juggling with a variety of style decisions in the spirit of traditional "female" lyrics ^[7] .

The poetess herself about the origins of her poetry and, at the same time, about the misunderstanding by critics emotionally expressed in her blog in LiveJournal :

Someone will someday explain to me why you gentlemen philologists <...> so persistently look for either Tsvetaeva or Yesenin in me, but not one of you <...> sees Parnok (who is more than just present), Tarkovsky , Gubanova - of what I really grow from? Because you - these authors - have not read, maybe? Allowed yourself not to read? <...> What terribly annoys me is that - well, you are looking for influences, so you already find them! Those that are, and not which seem to you! The labels are annoying: “feminine” - aaa, this is Akhmatovschina !, Emotions or, God forbid, folklore - aaaa, this is Tsvetaevschina ! If there is a tavern and vodka - aaaa, yeseninschina!, Well, etc. <...> And so they have three of these named - the most popular. For some reason they are not looking for Georgiyivanovschina — but I have just enough of it. Khodasevich - they do not see him point blank, but his identity is pretty good. About Mandelstam, I generally keep quiet. But after all, nowadays, they have also attributed Voznesensky to me! ^[eight]

Literary critic Kirill Ankudinov calls the poetic work of Irina Karenina "literary" that "infuriates him":

... Literature - the beginning is flow-type, common for many - in images, intonations, feelings; Literature - a design that replaces living creativity. When Irina Karenina writes: “I am a paper crane, an absurd, weak bird” - this is literary, as thousands of poetesses could put it this way ^[9] .

At the XI Forum of young writers of Russia, the CIS countries and abroad in the Lipki boarding house near Moscow in 2011, Irina Karenina publicly formulated her definition of literature:

Literature is a commune , a micro ghetto , a subculture . There are emo , goths - and writers. No difference ^[10] .

• Member of the Union of Journalists of Russia ^[1]
• Member of the Union of Writers of Russia (since 2011) ^[2]

• 2011 - the award of the magazine “Banner” for the best publication in 2011 (for a selection of poems “We drove Chita, in a trailer” in the December issue of the magazine) ^[11] .

Poetry Books

• Irina Karenina. Confession of Pierrot: Poems. - Nizhny Tagil: [B. and.], 2000. - 74 p.
• Irina Karenina. Sky: Poems. - 2003.
• Irina Karenina. Cocoa-colored women: Poems. - Nizhny Tagil: Media-Print, 2005 .-- 50 p. - 500 copies. - ISBN 5-98485-012-5 .
• Irina Karenina. Light wind, bitter smoke ...: Poems / Comp. Yu.V. Kazarin . - Yekaterinburg: MArAfon, 2006 .-- 37 p. - 300 copies. - ISBN 5-87701-043-3 .
• Irina Karenina. Shadow of the fisherman: [Poems] / Art. Elena Ionova. - Nizhny Tagil: TRM, 2006 .-- 136 p. - 500 copies. - ISBN 5-9900452-8-X .
• Irina Karenina. Singing Hour: Poems. - SPb. : His publishing house, 2013.

Selected Publications

• Irina Karenina. Poems // Ural . - 2004. - No. 3 .
• Irina Karenina. Poems // Ural . - 2005. - No. 2 .
• Irina Karenina. Poems // Steps: literary almanac / Literature. Studio “Steps”, Administration of N. Tagil; [ed. and comp. V. A. Hovsepyan , I. V. Karenina; ch. ed. Yu.A. Zolotukhin; ph. E. Ionova, I. Caverdy]. - Nizhny Tagil: TRM, 2007. - ISBN 978-5-903440-03-0 .
• Irina Karenina. Poems // Game: Collection of poems. - Nizhny Tagil: [B. and.], 2008. - ISBN 978-5-903440-02-3 .
• Irina Karenina. [B. n ] // Ural-Transit. - 2009. - No. 25 .
• Irina Karenina. The vokzality of being. Poems // Likbez . - 2010. - No. 68 .
• Irina Karenina. ARS MORIENDI. Poems // Signs. - 2010. - No. 10 .
• Irina Karenina. Why they scold Oksana Robsky // Reserve. - 2010. - No. 2 .
• Irina Karenina. Which is irrevocable. Poems // Likbez . - 2010. - No. 72 .
• Irina Karenina. Letter to V.F. Khodasevich // Likbez . - 2011. - No. 77 .
• Irina Karenina. My Blueberry Nights. Poems // Likbez . - 2011. - No. 78 .
• Irina Karenina. Pin-up: erotic portrait on the background of the era // Likbez . - 2011. - No. 79 .
• Irina Karenina. Poems // Day and night . - 2011. - No. 6 .
• Irina Karenina. We rode Chitinsky, in a trailer // Banner . - 2011. - No. 12 .
• Irina Karenina. “From Homer's feast, precious wines ...” and other verses // Volga . - 2013. - No. 9-10 .
• Irina Karenina. The muse of the train // Banner . - 2014. - No. 7 .

Public Speaking

• Irina Karenina. The speech at the “Banner” magazine award. December 2011 // Banner . - 2012. - No. 3 .

Interview

• Rogova Anastasia. Irina Karenina: “A poet is not so much a way of life as a way of being” // Smuggling. - March 27, 2012.
• Famitsky Andrey. Great interview with Irina Karenina (neopr.) (Inaccessible link) . Textura (October 6, 2014). Date of treatment February 10, 2017. Archived February 11, 2017.

• Gerasimov Alexander. Loaves of poetry and a cup of earthly despair. From the city of N. T., with tenderness: [Book review: Irina Karenina. Light wind, bitter smoke ...: Poems / Comp. Yu.V. Kazarin . - Yekaterinburg: MArAfon, 2006. - 37 p.] // NG Ex libris. - July 27, 2006.
• Nechaev Anton . “Laurasia has split”, Irina Karenina // newslab.ru. - May 7, 2010.
• Rogova Anastasia. Blackberry in April puddles: Irina Karenina // Megalit.
• Tagilchanka Irina Karenina received the award of the "Banner" magazine // TagilCity.ru. City portal of Nizhny Tagil. - December 20, 2011.
• Boykova Margarita. Irina Karenina: poetry rules out lies // Tagil version. - March 1, 2012.
• Hovsepyan Vasily . “I am a stupid messenger, I only say:“ Peace is peace ... ”” // Tagil version. - November 29, 2013.

• Irina Karenina in the " Journal Hall "
• Irina Karenina on Megalith (inaccessible link)
• Irina Karenina on the Lito.Ru website
• Irina Karenina at the Virtual Club of Poetry
• Irina Karenina on the site "Poetry.ru"
• Irina Karenina on the website of the magazine Homo Legens