On the bevel century

"The desperate poet of challenge, confrontation, the poet of struggle, the poet of independence, which he raised to a level higher fidelity" (Stanislav Rassadin). This volume collects rows that could be called the result of sixty years of creative work of the outstanding Russian poet of the twentieth century Naum Korzhavin. "Every word I shall be evidence at least ten years" - string turned out to be prophetic: the denunciation, Lubyanka prison, then the Siberian and Karaganda link... After rehabilitation in 1956 Korzhavin was able to graduate from the literary Institute, began to be printed. But the "desperate call" again puts him on the barricade. As a result, the poet was forced to emigrate, putting in the statement the reason: "not enough air for life"...
The wheel of history turned back - Korzhavin often happens in Russia, a lot of prints, published a memoir. The interest in his personality is huge, but the interest in his poetry even more. The time was reflected in them, without exceptions, without distortion, honestly.