The Life and Work of Sergei Esenin

[@pushkinhouselondon]

You can now read the poems as you listen, over on the Pushkin House website: pushkinhouse.org/the-life-and-work-of-sergei-esenin.

[@rogerpulvers3708]

Thank you for this wonderful event!

[@davidbrummell5393]

Roger - delighted you liked it. Your "Wholly Esenin" was an inspiration in preparing it. David Brummell

[@rogerpulvers3708]

@@davidbrummell5393 THANK YOU! Actually, I wrote an email to you about an hour ago c/o Companies House. I spent mid-2018 to mid-2019 living in London and wish we had made contact then!

[@rogerpulvers3708]

@@davidbrummell5393 The question of Esenin's literary background is an intriguing one. His formidable knowledge of Russian and world literature came not primarily from his upbringing but from his prodigious reading and his discussions over the years with friends and colleagues. His generation of Russian writers were avid students of literature, from the ancient world to the modern. Many of them (but not Esenin, who was monolingual) were famous translators of French, German, Armenian and Georgian literature, to name a few. He associated closely with brilliant authors and critics, spending endless hours in discourse with them on literary themes. Esenin himself was well versed in the classics. He draws much inspiration directly from Pushkin, among others. Though he made it a point to gallivant about in rustic dress as the self-styled 'last poet of the village', he was a sophisticated observer of the world scene. Far from being simple and undemanding, his prosody is intricate, mature and innovative.

[@davidbrummell5393]

@@rogerpulvers3708 Thank you for these further comments. I'd love to continue this conversation. Could you possibly send an email to me c/o Pushkin House? Their address is [e-mail]

[@paulonascimento3079]

Amazing work, thak you so much for sharing!

[@raskolnikov1461]

Wow! An amazing find. Thank you for this lecture!

[@КинокомпанияПоэзия]

Thank you a lot!

[@susanacuratolo1200]

превосходно!!!

[@жизненный_опыт]

Where can I purchase a book of his poems in English for my friends?

[@davidbrummell5393]

I can thoroughly recommend "Wholly Esenin" by Roger Pulvers (published by Balestier Press, 2020) for the freshness and vitality of the translations and for the informative and perceptive notes.

[@жизненный_опыт]

@@davidbrummell5393 Much appreciated