Bakhyt Kenjeev

Bakhyt Shkurullaevich Kenjeev (Kenzheyev, Russian: Бахыт Шкуруллаевич Кенже́ев; 2 August 1950, Shymkent, Kazakhstan) is a Russian poet of Kazakh descent.

Life

In 1953 his parents moved to Moscow. He graduated from Lomonosov Moscow State University with an equivalent of an M.S. degree in chemistry. In 1975 he was a founding member of the "Moscow Time" group of poets, with Alexei Tsvetkov, Alexander Soprovsky, and Sergey Gandlevsky.

He is a regular guest at numerous poetry festivals, including Moskow Bienale, Kievskie Lavry, Leningradskie Mosty, Blue Metropolis Montreal festival, and the international poetry festival in Rotterdam, the Netherlands. He lives in [New York City], and Moscow.

Awards

• 2003 Moscow-Transit Poetry Prize

Works

English Translations

• "Rain Pours Down in Rome, Repeating", West Branch, J. Kayes, Bucknell University

Poetry

• Избранная лирика 1970—1981 (1984 г.)
• Осень в Америке (1988 г.)
• Стихотворения (1995 г.)
• Сочинитель звезд: Книга новых стихотворений, М. 1997 (ISBN 5-85767-091-8)
• Снящаяся под утро: Книга стихотворений, М. 2000 (ISBN 5-900241-09-2)
• Из семи книг: Стихотворения, Независимая газета, М. 2000 (ISBN 5-86712-027-9)
• Невидимые: Стихи, М. 2004 (ISBN 5-94282-229-8)
• Вдали мерцает город Галич: Стихи мальчика Теодора, 2006 (ISBN 5-94128-126-9)
• Крепостной остывающих мест (2008)

Novels

• Плато (1992 г.)
• Иван Безуглов. Мещанский роман (1993 г.)
• Золото гоблинов: Романы («Младший брат», «Золото гоблинов»), Независимая газета, М 2000, (ISBN 5-86712-101-1)