Bulat Okudzhava

The name of Bulat Okudzhava (1924-1997) for several generations of readers and listeners became a synonym for the concepts of "intelligence", "nobility", "dignity". The apparent simplicity of his poems and songs made it possible for everyone to apply them to themselves, to soak in personal biographical circumstances, while the Russian XX century was fully reflected in the biography of Okudzhava - the arrest of parents, the war, the violence of the time of the thaw, official semi -recognition and tragic disappointments recent years. Interest in the life and work of Okudzhava remains huge, but his first full biography is released for the first time. Its author, the famous writer and publicist Dmitry Bykov, considers the personality of his hero against a wide background of Russian literature and public life, seeing in him the embodiment of the phenomenon of the Russian intelligentsia with all its strengths and weaknesses, achievements and mistakes. The book is based on the oral and written memoirs of Bulat Shalvovich himself, his loved ones and friends, includes a thorough analysis of many of his works, supplemented by rare photographs.
4th edition