Arseny Alexandrovich Tarkovsky (Russian: Арсений Александрович Тарковский, June 25 [O.S. June 12] 1907, Elisavetgrad – May 27, 1989, Moscow) was a prominent Soviet poet and translator. His poems appeared in the films The Mirror and Stalker, directed by Andrei Tarkovsky, his son.
Tarkovsky was born in Elisavetgrad to the family of a Narodnik on June 25 N.S. 1907. By 1924 he had moved to Moscow, and from 1924-1925 he worked for a newspaper for rail...
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Arseny Alexandrovich Tarkovsky (Russian: Арсений Александрович Тарковский, June 25 [O.S. June 12] 1907, Elisavetgrad – May 27, 1989, Moscow) was a prominent Soviet poet and translator. His poems appeared in the films The Mirror and Stalker, directed by Andrei Tarkovsky, his son.
Tarkovsky was born in Elisavetgrad to the family of a Narodnik on June 25 N.S. 1907. By 1924 he had moved to Moscow, and from 1924-1925 he worked for a newspaper for railroad workers called "Gudok."
Tarkovsky managed a section that was to be filled by an editorial written in verse, that was supposedly easier for the readers than the ordinary prosaic editorials. Each day, Tarkovsky would either write such poetical editorials himself, or find somebody else to do it. Needless to say, the poetry of these editorials usually was not of a very good quality.
In 1925-1929 he studied in a state university to be a professional writer of fiction. At that time he translated poetry from Turkmen, Georgian, Armenian and...
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