Boris Golovin

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Boris Golovin
Boris Golovin, early 80s
Boris Golovin, early 80s
Background information
Birth nameBoris Golovin
Born (1955-05-26) 26 May 1955 (age 68)
Sverdlovsk (Yekaterinburg), USSR
Genresfolk rock, rock, world music
Occupation(s)Composer, songwriter, poet, novelist
Instrument(s)Vocals, guitar
Years active1976–present

Boris Golovin (Russian: Бори́с Голови́н, IPA: [bɐˈrʲis ɡəlɐˈvʲin] ⓘ; born 26 May 1955) is a Russian composer, poet and novelist. Golovin published his first book of poetry in Moscow in 1987.

Education

1975–79. Moscow State University, faculty of journalism.

1982–87. Maxim Gorky Literature Institute, faculty of poetry.

2013 – 16. University of Waikato Conservatorium of Music, Hamilton, New Zealand.

2017–present University of Auckland School of Music

Occupation

Composer. Poet. Singer-songwriter.

Literary movement

Neoclassicism, modernism

Since the late 1980s readers have ranked Boris Golovin's poetry as one of the more influential in the neoclassical movement. But the poet himself has often emphasized that, strictly speaking, the word 'neoclassical' suffers from tautology. Classical poetry as such descends from the Golden Age; its distinctive and unique feature artificially fits in the remote past and the future, evermore new and old simultaneously. This idea is close to Albert Einstein's statement, that our being does not exist at all, there is only past and future permanently flowing into one another. Boris Golovin has always strongly declined any association with literary grouping.

Books

Titles and honours

  • 1990. First Prize at the competition of poets and bards which took place at the Central House of Writers, Moscow.
  • 1995. Second Prize at the All-Russia Television Competition of Bards. The competition was transmitted on the 1st channel of State Television and on the International Channel as well.

External links

Maxim Gorky Literature Institute

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