Konstantin Vaginov

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Konstantin Vaginov


Born
in St. Petersburg
September 21, 1899

Died
April 26, 1934


Vaginov was born in St. Petersburg in 1899. His mother was the daughter of a wealthy Siberian businessman and landowner. His father, a high-ranking police official, was descended from Germans who came to Russia in the 17th century. During the First World War, the family name was changed from Wagenheim (Russian: Вагенгейм) and given a Russian ending. Following his father's wishes, Vaginov studied law. During the Civil War, Vaginov served in the Red Army, both at the Polish front and east of the Urals. He returned to Petrograd and, after being demobilized, continued studies in the arts and humanities. In 1926 he married Alexandra Ivanovna Fedorova. She and Vaginov were both part of a group of writers who gathered about the poet, world travele ...more

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Козлиная песнь

4.16 avg rating — 111 ratings — published 1927 — 3 editions
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Goat Song

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3.84 avg rating — 70 ratings — published 1927 — 18 editions
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The Works and Days of Svist...

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4.09 avg rating — 53 ratings — published 1929 — 14 editions
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Гарпагониана

3.80 avg rating — 30 ratings — published 1983 — 14 editions
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Песня слов

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3.71 avg rating — 7 ratings — published 2012
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Полное собрание сочинений в...

4.75 avg rating — 4 ratings — published 1999
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Опыты соединения слов посре...

4.75 avg rating — 4 ratings — published 1991
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Путешествие в хаос

3.80 avg rating — 5 ratings — published 1921 — 2 editions
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Семечки: записная книжка Ко...

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Монастырь Господа нашего Ап...

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“после того, как я не сошел с ума, я чувствую себя кукишем.”
Konstantin Vaginov, Козлиная песнь

“Он жил в постоянном ощущении разлагающейся оболочки, сгнивающих семян, среди уже возносящихся ростков.”
Konstantin Vaginov, Козлиная песнь

“Особой зловещей тихостью и особой нищенской живописностью полн Обводный канал, хотя его прорезают два проспекта и много мостов над ним, из которых один даже железнодорожный, и хотя на него выходят два вокзала, все же он нисколько не похож на одетые гранитом каналы центра, тмин и бузина и какие-то несносные листья поднимаются от самой воды и по косой линии доходят до деревянных барьеров. Железные уборные времен царизма стоят на ножках, но вместо них постепенно появляются домики с отоплением, того же назначения, но более уютные, с деревцами вокруг. По-прежнему надписи в них нецензурны и оскорбительны, и как испокон веков, стены мест подобного назначения покрыты подпольной политической литературой и карикатурами.”
Konstantin Vaginov, Козлиная песнь