Alexey Alekhin is a modern Russian poet, journalist and critic. His works have been translated into many languages of the world and have been repeatedly awarded literary prizes. He is the founder and inspirer of the poetry magazine "Arion".
Biography: early years
Alexey Davidovich Alekhine was born on June 13, 1949 in Moscow. His family lived in a communal apartment at Nikitsky Gate. She was in the former mansion of his ancestors on the mother's side, who were famous industrialists. However, after 1917 the house was nationalized.
Alekhine's father was a Jew, a native of Voronezh. In Moscow, he first worked as a foreman at one of the factories, and later became a doctor of technical sciences.
Alexei had a love of the art world in blood. Lodges in the conservatory and a number of Moscow theaters have always been reserved for his ancestors. There were artists in his family. In an interview, Alekhine noted that painting and music accompanied him almost from the cradle. From the age of three, his father began to drive Alexei to various exhibitions.
He wrote his first poem at age six. And in seventh grade Alekhine became interested in jazz, enthusiastically listening to the Voice of America.
Career and creativity
After school, Alexei entered the journalism department of Moscow State University. Having successfully graduated from it, he worked for 21 years in the publication "Soviet Union". In these years, Alekhine traveled very densely around the country. In parallel, he published a collection of poems, "The Nature of Things." That was in 1983. The circulation amounted to only 40 copies, which were distributed mainly among friends. And four years later, his poems were first published in one of the "official" magazines of the country.
After leaving the “Soviet Union”, he moved to China, where he began to work in China Pictorial Magazine. In the Middle Kingdom, he lived only 1.5 years. In 1995, he released a book about his life in China.
In 1994, Alekhine established the poetry magazine Arion. He became the first "thick" edition of a similar orientation in modern Russia. From the same year, his works began to appear on the pages of many literary magazines.
His creations are based on a free verse, in which he likes to additionally include alliterations. Alekhine's poetry is characterized by a capacious metaphor. It is in it that all the salt of his works is enclosed.
In total, Aleksey Alekhin has published 10 books, including:
- "On Sunday Europe";
- "Psalm for a typewriter";
- "Flight of the bug";
- "Notes of a kite."
In 2015, Alekhine tried his hand at children's literature by publishing the book “I'll Tell About the Five-Lap”. It included short stories about the adventures of mysterious characters.
Alekhine is the owner of a number of literary awards, including the Petropol Prize and the New Life magazine.
