Poets

Laureate - 1966

Robert Rozhdestvensky

Russia

Biography

Robert Rozhdestvensky (Kosikha, 10 February 1932 – Moscow , 3 November 1994) – a Russian poet, a professional writer. With his poetry lines concisely and precisely written he caused spontaneous delight at wide audiences. His rhetorical verses contain a certain journalistic character, abundant in rhythm and enthsiasm, inspired by the literature tradition, especially Mayakovsky. His book Requiem (1961) has left a great impression with lines dedicated to the homaland war against fascism. His book Man is Born, is published in Macedonian by “Misla”, Skopje in 1970.