Bulat Okudzhava
Soviet and Russian writer and singer (1924-1997)
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Bulat Okudzhava was a Soviet and Russian writer and singer who lived from 1924 to 1997, known for creating music and literature that often expressed personal and political reflection during the Soviet era. His work matters because he became an influential cultural figure whose songs and writings resonated with audiences seeking authentic artistic voices during a restrictive political period.
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Person · Open Library
- Born
- 9 May 1924
- Died
- 12 June 1997
- Works
- 82
Top works
- Wiersze i ballady
- Przejezdny muzyk
- Bednyĭ Avrosimov
- Nad Terekom
- Ostrova
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Film & TV
Acting · Moscow, RSFSR, USSR
Known for
- Legends of Cinema — Self (archive footage)2016
- The End of a Beautiful Epoch — Self (archive footage) (uncredited)2015
- Bulat Okudžava - Věčná píseň2004
- Remembering Boris Pasternak1990
- Children of the 20th Congress — Narrator1988
- Guard Me, My Talisman — Himself1986
- A Legal Marriage — passenger1985
- The Golden Record — Self
Article
Bulat Shalvovich Okudzhava (Russian: Була́т Ша́лвович Окуджа́ва; Georgian: ბულატ ოკუჯავა; Armenian: Բուլատ Օկուջավա; May 9, 1924 – June 12, 1997) was a Soviet and Russian poet, writer, musician, novelist, and singer-songwriter of Georgian-Armenian ancestry. He was one of the founders of the Soviet genre called "author song" (авторская песня, avtorskaya pesnya), or "guitar song", and the author of about 200 songs, set to his own poetry. His songs are a mixture of Russian poetic and folk song traditions and the French chansonnier style represented by such contemporaries of Okudzhava as Georges Brassens. Though his songs were never overtly political, the freshness and independence of Okudzhava's artistic voice presented a subtle challenge to Soviet cultural authorities, who were thus hesitant for many years to give him official recognition.
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1924 births1997 deaths20th-century Russian guitarists20th-century Russian male singers20th-century Russian male writers20th-century Russian short story writersBurials at Vagankovo CemeteryRecipients of the Medal of ZhukovRecipients of the Order of Friendship of PeoplesRecipients of the USSR State PrizeResigned Communist Party of the Soviet Union members