Arvo Mets
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Arvo Antonovich Mets (1937-1997) was a Russia
n poet of Estonia
n ancestry. He was an expert of Russian free verse. He also translated works of Estonian poets.
in the family of an Orthodox father and a Lutheran mother. He educated at St. Petersburg Library University and at Literary Institute in Moscow
. He lived most of his life in Moscow
where he edited literary magazines. From 1975 till 1991 he worked in the magazine “New world” (rus.
“Новый мир”). Arvo Mets was a chief of a literature club “In Taganka” (rus.
“На Таганке”). His poems were published in the most prominent magazines of USSR and Russian Federation. During the life three books of his poems were printed. The book of posthumous works, which was published in 2006, became the first almost full collection of his texts. A lot of his poems were translated into English, Dutch, Hindi, Serbian and other languages.
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Young girls
resemble in looks
the sky,
the wind,
the clouds above.
Later these girls make
devoted wives
whose faces remind us
of houses,
furniture,
carrier bags.
Still, their daughters
resemble in looks
the sky,
the wind
and streamlets in spring.
*** (translated by Alexey Artemov)
Desperate quiver
of aspen’s leaves
is an Aeolian harp
of our forests.
But people
don’t hear it.
Russia
Russia or , officially known as both Russia and the Russian Federation , is a country in northern Eurasia. It is a federal semi-presidential republic, comprising 83 federal subjects...
n poet of Estonia
Estonia
Estonia , officially the Republic of Estonia , is a state in the Baltic region of Northern Europe. It is bordered to the north by the Gulf of Finland, to the west by the Baltic Sea, to the south by Latvia , and to the east by Lake Peipsi and the Russian Federation . Across the Baltic Sea lies...
n ancestry. He was an expert of Russian free verse. He also translated works of Estonian poets.
Biography
Arvo Mets was born in TallinnTallinn
Tallinn is the capital and largest city of Estonia. It occupies an area of with a population of 414,940. It is situated on the northern coast of the country, on the banks of the Gulf of Finland, south of Helsinki, east of Stockholm and west of Saint Petersburg. Tallinn's Old Town is in the list...
in the family of an Orthodox father and a Lutheran mother. He educated at St. Petersburg Library University and at Literary Institute in Moscow
Moscow
Moscow is the capital, the most populous city, and the most populous federal subject of Russia. The city is a major political, economic, cultural, scientific, religious, financial, educational, and transportation centre of Russia and the continent...
. He lived most of his life in Moscow
Moscow
Moscow is the capital, the most populous city, and the most populous federal subject of Russia. The city is a major political, economic, cultural, scientific, religious, financial, educational, and transportation centre of Russia and the continent...
where he edited literary magazines. From 1975 till 1991 he worked in the magazine “New world” (rus.
Russian language
Russian is a Slavic language used primarily in Russia, Belarus, Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan, Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan. It is an unofficial but widely spoken language in Ukraine, Moldova, Latvia, Turkmenistan and Estonia and, to a lesser extent, the other countries that were once constituent republics...
“Новый мир”). Arvo Mets was a chief of a literature club “In Taganka” (rus.
Russian language
Russian is a Slavic language used primarily in Russia, Belarus, Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan, Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan. It is an unofficial but widely spoken language in Ukraine, Moldova, Latvia, Turkmenistan and Estonia and, to a lesser extent, the other countries that were once constituent republics...
“На Таганке”). His poems were published in the most prominent magazines of USSR and Russian Federation. During the life three books of his poems were printed. The book of posthumous works, which was published in 2006, became the first almost full collection of his texts. A lot of his poems were translated into English, Dutch, Hindi, Serbian and other languages.
Some of works of Arvo Mets.
Resemblance (translated by Anatoly KudryavitskyAnatoly Kudryavitsky
Anthony Kudryavitsky born in Moscow on 17 August 1954, better known by his pen name Anatoly Kudryavitsky , is a Russian-Irish novelist, poet and literary translator.-Biography:...
)
Young girls
resemble in looks
the sky,
the wind,
the clouds above.
Later these girls make
devoted wives
whose faces remind us
of houses,
furniture,
carrier bags.
Still, their daughters
resemble in looks
the sky,
the wind
and streamlets in spring.
*** (translated by Alexey Artemov)
Desperate quiver
of aspen’s leaves
is an Aeolian harp
of our forests.
But people
don’t hear it.
Books
- “Swans above Chelny” (collection of poems of members of the literature union “Orpheus”, city Naberezhnye Chelny), Moscow, publishers “Proceedings”, 1981 (79 pages).
- “Stones of Tallinn”, Moscow, publishers “Proceedings”, 1989
- “Annual rings”, Moscow, publishers “Author” (the production union), 1992
- “Poems”, Moscow, publishers “State Museum of V. Sidur”, 1995 (the collective book),
- “In autumn forests”, Moscow, 2006, without publishers, series “Russian verse libre” (276 pages).
Texts in anthologies
- “X-Time”, Moscow, 1989
- “The anthology of Russian verse libre”, Moscow, 1991
- «A Night in the Nabokov Hotel: 20 contemporary poets from Russia», Dedalus Press, Dublin, 2006.