Bengt Jangfeldt ( Swede. Bengt Jangfeldt ; November 22, 1948 , Stockholm , Sweden ) - Swedish literary critic - Russian writer , translator and publisher. Professor, Department of Slavic Studies, Stockholm University , 1989–2000 - Editor of the magazine "Artes", published jointly by the Royal Academy of Music , the Royal Academy of Liberal Arts and the Swedish Academy [1] .
| Bengt Youngfeldt | |
|---|---|
| Swede. Bengt jangfeldt | |
| Date of Birth | November 22, 1948 (70 years old) |
| Place of Birth | Stockholm , Sweden |
| Citizenship |  Sweden |
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| Awards and prizes | [d] ( 2004 ) [d] ( 1977 ) |
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Biography
B. Yangfeldt is the author of a number of books and studies on Russian literature and published in Sweden and abroad, including the compiler of the correspondence of V.V. Mayakovsky and L. Yu. Brick, “Love is the heart of everything,” published in 1982 , 1986 and 1991 in Russian and English.
He was the editor of the journal Russian Cultural Review, which was published four times a year and introduced readers to Russian literature and culture.
He was a longtime friend and publisher of Joseph Brodsky , translated several of his poems and the play "Marble" into Swedish, and is also the author of memoirs about the poet.
Wife - actress and singer Elena Yangfeldt-Yakubovich .
In some publications it is accused of appropriating four paintings by Kazimir Malevich , which belonged to N. I. Khardzhiev [2] .
Awards and Prizes
- Twice a laureate of one of the main literary prizes in Sweden - the August Prize , in 1998 for the book "Swedish Ways to St. Petersburg" and in 2007 for the book "Bet - Life: Vladimir Mayakovsky and his circle."
- Laureate of the Langman Culture Fund.
Bibliography
Publications in Russian:
- Igor Severyanin . Letters to Augusta Baranova. 1916-1938 (together with Estonian literary critic Rhine Kruus ; Stockholm, 1988 )
- Jacobson - Will be ( 1992 )
- Swedish roads to St. Petersburg ; Swedish translation by Yu. N. Bespyatykh. - Stockholm: Swedish Institute; SPb. : Russian-Baltic Information Center "BLITZ", 2003 ; 359 p. (series: Multinational Petersburg); ISBN 91-520-0767-7
- Yangfeldt Bengt. Bet - life: Vladimir Mayakovsky and his circle = Med livet som insats: Berättelsen om Vladimir Majakovskij och hans krets / Per. with swede. Asi Lavrush and Bengt Yangfeldt. - M .: CoLibri , 2009 .-- 640 p. - 10,000 copies. - ISBN 978-5-398-00417-7 .
- Yangfeldt Bengt. From the Vikings to the Nobel. Swedes on the banks of the Neva. / Per. with swede. Yuri Bespyaty. - M .: Lomonosov , 2010 .-- 392 p. - ISBN 978-5-91678-041-3 .
- Yangfeldt Bengt. “I” is not enough for me. Revolution / love of Vladimir Mayakovsky / Per. with swede. Asi Lavrush and Bengt Yangfeldt. - M .: CoLibri , 2012 .-- 640 p. - ISBN 978-5-389-03480-8 .
- Language is God. Notes on Joseph Brodsky ; translation from Swedish B. Yangfeldt, A. Nesterov. Moscow: Corpus, Astrel, 2016 ; 368 p.
- Yangfeldt B. Raul Wallenberg . The disappeared hero of World War II. - M .: Corpus , 2014 .-- 640 p. - ISBN 978-5-17-087296-1 .
Notes
- ↑ Artes dör i skönhet och med flaggan i topp // Svenska Dagbladet , 01/15/2006
- ↑ Theft of the Century, or The Perfect Crime: Khardzhiev v. Yangfeldt
Links
- Bengt Yangfeldt: Portrait of a Slavist // Radio “Liberty” broadcast “Over the Barriers” (the text was published on the website of the radio station on 09/09/2001)
- B. Bengfeldt “The Country Between Domostroy and iPhone” (inaccessible link) // Interview for Novaya Gazeta 2014, No. 136.
- B. Bengfeldt “Half Wallenberg, Half Jew” // Interview with Jewish.ru on 12/26/2014.