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Bulat Okudzhava
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Soviet and Russian writer and singer (1924-1997)
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Bulat Okudzhava (1924–1997) was a Russian poet, singer, actor, and screenwriter. Born in Moscow, he worked from 1946 until his death, writing primarily in Russian. His creative output included bard songs, poetry, prose, and sketch stories, often performed with guitar and voice. He served on the Eastern Front during World War II and was a member of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union.
Okudzhava received several state honors, including the USSR State Prize, the Order of the Patriotic War, 1st class, the Order of Friendship of Peoples, and the Medal "For the Defence of the Caucasus." His notable works include *Wiersze i ballady*, *Przejezdny muzyk*, *Bednyĭ Avrosimov*, *Nad Terekom*, and *Ostrova*. He died in Clamart and was buried at Vagankovo Cemetery.
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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
via Open Library + Wikidata
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 — Self1983
- The Story of the Wooden Man1982
- The Key That Should Not Be Handed On — poem reader1977
via TMDB
Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Country
- Russia
- Active from
- 1924
- Active to
- 1997
Discography
via MusicBrainz · CC0
Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 24,212
- Total plays
- 509,267
Tags
Bulat Shalvovich Okudzhava (Russian: Була́т Ша́лвович Окуджа́ва, Georgian: ბულატ ოკუჯავა) (May 9, 1924 - June 12, 1997) was one of the founders of the Russian genre called "author's song" (авторская песня, avtorskaya pesnya). He was born in Moscow and died in Paris. He was the creator of about 200 songs, set to his own poetry. His songs are a mixture of Russian poetic and folksong tradition <a href="https://www.last.fm/music/%D0%91%D1%83%D0%BB%D0%B0%D1%82+%D0%9E%D0%BA%D1%83%D0%B4%D0%B6%D0%B0%D0%
Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
- Global, regional, and national prevalence of overweight and obesity in children and adults during 1980–2013: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2013
· 2014 · cited 9,234x
- Global, regional, and national age-sex-specific mortality for 282 causes of death in 195 countries and territories, 1980–2017: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2017
· 2018 · cited 6,183x
- Global prevalence and burden of depressive and anxiety disorders in 204 countries and territories in 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic
· 2021 · cited 4,527x
- Global, regional, and national comparative risk assessment of 79 behavioural, environmental and occupational, and metabolic risks or clusters of risks, 1990–2015: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2015
· 2016 · cited 3,508x
- Alcohol use and burden for 195 countries and territories, 1990–2016: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2016
· 2018 · cited 2,649x
via Crossref · CC0
Key facts
- Born
- Bulat Shalvovich Okudzhava , ( 1924-05-09 ) May 9, 1924, Moscow, Soviet Union
- Origin
- Soviet Union
- Died
- June 12, 1997 (1997-06-12) (aged 73), Clamart , France
- Genres
- Author song
- Occupations
- Musician, poet, editor, novelist, short story writer
- Instruments
- Vocals, guitar
- Years active
- 1946–1997
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Russia
- Place of birth
- Moscow
- Place of death
- Clamart
- Occupation
- short story writer
- Political party
- Communist Party of the Soviet Union
- Languages spoken
- Russian
- Native language
- Mingrelian
- Religion
- Islam
- Award
- Golden Wreath
- Genre
- sketch story
- Instrument
- voice
- Conflict
- Eastern Front
- Image
- Булат Окуджава.jpg
Show 9 more facts
- Commons category
- Bulat Okudzhava
- date of death
- 1997-06-12
- date of birth
- 1924-05-09
- place of burial
- Vagankovo Cemetery
- start of work period
- 1946-00-00
- end of work period
- 1997-00-00
- writing language
- Russian
- social media followers
- 13500
- subject has role
- eponym
Sources (7)
via Wikidata · CC0
~8 min read
Encyclopedic overview
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.
Life
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