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Poet, translator. Born on
August 21, 1934
in Chuvashi. Until 1969 used the
last name Lesin. Began writing
poetry in the Chuvash
language, greatly influenced by such poets as Sespel and
Huzangai. In 1953 studied at the
A. M. Gorky Institute of Literature.
His first book of poetry appeared in 1958 in the
Chuvash
language. From 1961 to 1971 worked in the Government Museum
of Mayakovsky in
Moscow, where he compiled
bibliographies. While working at
the museum he also worked as a translator of French works
into
Chuvash, and in 1968 came out with a fabulous
Poets of France anthology.
When Aigi met Pasternak the legendary poet urged him to
write poetry in Russian. Aigi’s
Russian poems never appeared in the
Soviet Union, they were mostly published abroad.
It was only 1991 that a Russian publishing house came
out with his Russian poems, Here.
Since the fall of the USSR Aigi’s career has
blossomed, he has been awarded many literary prizes in
Russia, in Chuvashi, and in the West.
Aigi died on February 21, 2006 in Moscow.
Hi son, Alexey Aigi, is a popular musician.
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