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Мой век, моя молодость, мои друзья и подруги.
Het is een wonder dat de dichter-dandy Anatoli Mari‘ngof (1897-1962) de Stalinterreur overleefd in 1918 noemde hij de Rode Revolutie een ÔgehaktmolenÕ; tijdens de proletarische gelijkschakeling liep hij in hoge hoed en maatpak door Moskou; hij tartte de autoriteiten met gedichten en imaginistische manifesten; in de ogen van velen bracht hij de alom geliefde dichter Sergej Jesenin op het verkeerde, stadse dandy-pad. En na Jesenins zelfmoord schreef hij drie schandaalromans.
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Anatoly Mariengof
20 books20 followersAnatoly Borisovich Marienhof or Mariengof (Russian: Анатолий Борисович Мариенгоф; 6 July (24 June O.S.) 1897 – 24 June 1962) was a Russian poet, novelist and playwright. He was one of the leading figures of Imaginism. Now he is mostly remembered for his memoirs that depict Russian literary life of the 1920s and his friendship with Sergei Yesenin.
Anatoly Marienhof was born into a Livonian nobleman's family in Nizhny Novgorod. Upon graduating from gymnasium in 1914, he was drafted and served during the First World War on Eastern Front.
Marienhof's literary career started in 1918 when he participated in the Imaginists' manifesto "Deklaraciia", published in Voronezh. The manifesto was signed also by Sergei Yesenin and other Moscow poets. Together they started a new poetic flow called Imaginism. Marienhof participated in all Imaginist actions and publications. He himself published a dozen books of poetry in 1920—1928. He became a close friend of Yesenin with whom he shared a flat during some months. Marienhof is the dedicatee of some of Yesenin's major works, including the large poem Sorokoust, the drama Pugachov and the tract on poetics Maria's Keys'.
Marienhof gained further renown with his controversial fiction: "The Novel without Lies" (1926) and "The Cynics" (1928). The former presented his fictionalized (although still largely accurate) recollections of his friendship with Sergei Yesenin; the latter was a story of the life of young intellectuals during the revolution and the War communism. Both were met with sharp criticism in the Soviet press. "The Cynics" was published in Berlin (Petropolis), and not in the Soviet Union until 1988.
After the publication of his last novel, "Shaved Man", in 1930 in Berlin and parts of his historical novel "Ekaterina" (1936), Marienhof was reduced to writing for theatre and later for radio without any hope of being published again. Yesenin's works were edited in the USSR for a long period of time to omit the dedications to Marienhof.
In his later years, after Joseph Stalin's death, Marienhof wrote mostly memoirs; they were published several decades after his death in 1962.
Anatoly Marienhof was born into a Livonian nobleman's family in Nizhny Novgorod. Upon graduating from gymnasium in 1914, he was drafted and served during the First World War on Eastern Front.
Marienhof's literary career started in 1918 when he participated in the Imaginists' manifesto "Deklaraciia", published in Voronezh. The manifesto was signed also by Sergei Yesenin and other Moscow poets. Together they started a new poetic flow called Imaginism. Marienhof participated in all Imaginist actions and publications. He himself published a dozen books of poetry in 1920—1928. He became a close friend of Yesenin with whom he shared a flat during some months. Marienhof is the dedicatee of some of Yesenin's major works, including the large poem Sorokoust, the drama Pugachov and the tract on poetics Maria's Keys'.
Marienhof gained further renown with his controversial fiction: "The Novel without Lies" (1926) and "The Cynics" (1928). The former presented his fictionalized (although still largely accurate) recollections of his friendship with Sergei Yesenin; the latter was a story of the life of young intellectuals during the revolution and the War communism. Both were met with sharp criticism in the Soviet press. "The Cynics" was published in Berlin (Petropolis), and not in the Soviet Union until 1988.
After the publication of his last novel, "Shaved Man", in 1930 in Berlin and parts of his historical novel "Ekaterina" (1936), Marienhof was reduced to writing for theatre and later for radio without any hope of being published again. Yesenin's works were edited in the USSR for a long period of time to omit the dedications to Marienhof.
In his later years, after Joseph Stalin's death, Marienhof wrote mostly memoirs; they were published several decades after his death in 1962.
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May 26, 2022
☆☆☆½
Zeer boeiend tijdsdocument, deze memoires van dandy-dichter Mariëngof, de man die de futuristen van/rond Majakovski niet extreem genoeg genoeg vond en hen dan maar onttroonde. Binnenkort komen zijn CYNICI en ROMAN ZONDER LEUGENS in herziene en uitgebreide vertaling door meester-vertaler Robbert-Jan Henkes uit. Mariëngofs legendarische vriendschap met collega-imaginist Sergej Jesenin komt uiteraard aan bod, maar ook zijn jeugdjaren, zijn jaren in de toneelwereld en hoe hij 24 jaar stalinistische terreur overleefde. In de reeks Slavische Cahiers van Pegasus (genoemd naar de Pegasusstal, de plek waar de imaginisten samenkwamen) is er nu eveneens een Jesenin-bloemlezing. Meer dan de moeite waard, allemaal! Binnenkort recensietje op Humo.
Zeer boeiend tijdsdocument, deze memoires van dandy-dichter Mariëngof, de man die de futuristen van/rond Majakovski niet extreem genoeg genoeg vond en hen dan maar onttroonde. Binnenkort komen zijn CYNICI en ROMAN ZONDER LEUGENS in herziene en uitgebreide vertaling door meester-vertaler Robbert-Jan Henkes uit. Mariëngofs legendarische vriendschap met collega-imaginist Sergej Jesenin komt uiteraard aan bod, maar ook zijn jeugdjaren, zijn jaren in de toneelwereld en hoe hij 24 jaar stalinistische terreur overleefde. In de reeks Slavische Cahiers van Pegasus (genoemd naar de Pegasusstal, de plek waar de imaginisten samenkwamen) is er nu eveneens een Jesenin-bloemlezing. Meer dan de moeite waard, allemaal! Binnenkort recensietje op Humo.
July 29, 2015
He describes his life as if it was a walk in the park, while in reality it's a nonstop struggle and a line of awful events: First World War, revolution and civil war, death of his mother and father, suicide of a friend, then suicide of his only son at 17, then Second World War. And yet the book is light and funny, much recommended.
August 17, 2022
Als je een autobiografie zou willen schrijven; of als ik een autobiografie zou willen schrijven, zou ik het zó doen; gesteld dat ik zo mooi zou kunnen schrijven...
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