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Mikhail Vasilyevich Isakovsky (Russian: Михаи́л Васи́льевич Исако́вский; 19 January [O.S. 7 January] 1900 – 20 July 1973) was a Russian Soviet poet.

A communist from an early age, he wrote many poems and songs in praise of the Soviet Union, but his most famous song is doubtless the rather apolitical Katyusha.

Biography

Mikhail Isakovsky was born in the village of Glotovka, Yelninsky Uyezd, Smolensk Governorate, to a poor peasant family of ethnic Russians.[1] A local priest taught him to read and write. Later he studied at a gymnasium for two years. His first poem, Просьба солдата, was published in 1914 in Russian newspaper Nov (Новь). In 1918, he joined the Communist Party of the Soviet Union. From 1921 until 1931, he worked in Smolensk newspapers. In 1927, his first book of poems, Провода в соломе, was published. In 1931, he left for Moscow.

Many poems of Isakovsky are set to music. The most famous are "Katyusha (Катюша)" (music by Matvey Blanter), "The Enemy Burned My Native Hut (Враги сожгли родную хату)" (music by Matvey Blanter), "In the Frontier Forest (В лесу прифронтовом)", and "Migrant Birds Fly (Летят перелётные птицы)", and "Lonely Accordion (Одинокая гармонь)". His songs "What You Were Is What You Are (Каким ты был, таким ты и остался)" and "Oh, Arrowwood Is Blooming (Ой, цветет калина)", set to music by Isaak Dunayevsky, were used in the film Cossacks of the Kuban (Кубанские казаки) (1949).

The song "The Enemy Burned My Native Hut (Враги сожгли родную хату)" (1945) was officially criticized for "pessimism" and was not printed or sung until 1956.[2]

As a result of cooperation with Vladimir Zakharov, Isakovsky's poems set to music appear in the repertoire of the Pyatnitsky Choir. The most widely known of them are "Along the Village (Вдоль деревни)", "Seeing Off (Провожанье)" and "You Can Never Tell (И кто его знает)". According to Alexandra Permyakova, chief musician of the Pyatnitsky Choir, these songs made the Choir famous.^{[citation needed]}

He twice received the USSR State Prize for his songwriting (1943, 1949). In 1970, he was awarded the title of Hero of Socialist Labor. He was also awarded four Orders of Lenin, in addition to other orders and medals.

He also published a book on the subject of poetry, О поэтическом мастерстве ('On Poetic Mastery').

Mikhail Isakovsky died in Moscow on 20 July 1973, and he was buried in the Novodevichy Cemetery.[3]

References

External links

• Mikhail Isakovsky at Find a Grave

На других языках

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- [en] Mikhail Isakovsky

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[fr] Mikhaïl Issakovski

Mikhaïl Vassilievitch Issakovski (en russe : Михаил Васильевич Исаковский), né le 7 janvier 1900 (19 janvier 1900 dans le calendrier grégorien) à Glotovka, près de Smolensk, sous l'Empire russe, et mort le 20 juillet 1973 à Moscou en Union soviétique, est un poète et parolier russe et soviétique, membre de l'Union des écrivains soviétiques[1]. Il a aussi appris l'espéranto[2].

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[ru] Исаковский, Михаил Васильевич

Михаи́л Васи́льевич Исако́вский (7 (19) января 1900 год, дер. Глотовка, Ельнинский уезд, Смоленская губерния, Российская империя — 20 июля 1973 года, Москва, СССР) — русский советский поэт, поэт-песенник, прозаик, переводчик. Герой Социалистического Труда (1970). Лауреат двух Сталинских премий первой степени (1943, 1949).

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