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An intensely philosophical and religious poet, Olga Sedakova writes of nature, music, and the inner, spiritual life. As one of the preservers of traditional Russian culture, she stands in stark contrast to the rampant commercialization in contemporary Russian life, instead tracing her poetic roots back to the early avant-garde movements of pre-revolutionary Russia. For that stance, she endured years of censorship and silencing during the Soviet regime her poems distributed by hand in mimeographed copies or by word of mouth. This volume introduces to an English-speaking audience an extensive selection of poems by one of Russia's most distinguished lyric poets writing today.

Freedom to Believe is a powerful collection of philosophical and religious essays by a modern poet of distinction. It introduces a highly original and controversial thinker to the Western reader. Olga Sedakova's central philosophical thought lies in the notion of existential freedom in its association with the liberating power of the arts, especially poetry. These convictions place her firmly in the Russian and European classical cultural traditions, which, in turn, have deep roots in Christianity. Devoutly Orthodox yet fiercely independent in her thinking, Sedakova's ecumenical humanism places her in opposition to both the "new left" and modern fundamentalism. Indeed, Sedakova's "conservatism" is more genuinely new than the so-called radicalism of the postmodernists, as she castigates "old totalitarianism" and new commercialism alike, in the name of a new cultural poetics and politics.

"Olga Sedakova is a writer of global significance. . .the publishing of this collection is a welcome stage in the reception of her exceptional genius in the West." So writes Rowan Williams in his foreword to this translation of Old Songs. Born in Moscow in 1949, Olga Sedakova emerged as a leading writer of the late Soviet period. Since 2014, she has been an outspoken critic of Russia's war on Ukraine. Her writing bears witness to the values of generosity, attention, and non-violence. The poems in Old Songs construct a world shaped by these values, forming a lyric sequence infused with folk wisdom and anchored in moral courage. It is a world brought into being by song, the kind passed down over cradles and on walks through the garden. These poems find their way into your memory and accompany you on your way. Sedakova is not only one of Russia's most revered contemporary poets but also a scholar and essayist. Often compared to figures such as Czeslaw Milosz, she has, with this volume (according to Rowan Williams), succeeded in "conveying the sense of a forgotten directness of perception and relation-not a lost simplicity, exactly, but a larger and more human world. . . ."

"Olga Sedakova is a writer of global significance. . .the publishing of this collection is a welcome stage in the reception of her exceptional genius in the West." So writes Rowan Williams in his foreword to this translation of Old Songs. Born in Moscow in 1949, Olga Sedakova emerged as a leading writer of the late Soviet period. Since 2014, she has been an outspoken critic of Russia's war on Ukraine. Her writing bears witness to the values of generosity, attention, and non-violence. The poems in Old Songs construct a world shaped by these values, forming a lyric sequence infused with folk wisdom and anchored in moral courage. It is a world brought into being by song, the kind passed down over cradles and on walks through the garden. These poems find their way into your memory and accompany you on your way. Sedakova is not only one of Russia's most revered contemporary poets but also a scholar and essayist. Often compared to figures such as Czeslaw Milosz, she has, with this volume (according to Rowan Williams), succeeded in "conveying the sense of a forgotten directness of perception and relation-not a lost simplicity, exactly, but a larger and more human world. . . ."

Protivostojanie khaosu - tak v odnom iz intervju Olga Sedakova oboznachila sut poeticheskoj raboty. No smysl etogo protivostojanija suschestvenno shire: eto obschij koren vsego, o chem by ni zakhodila rech v etoj knige, gde sobrany intervju poeta pochti za tri desjatiletija (1990-2018): o poezii, iskusstve i filosofii, o kulture i tsivilizatsii, o vremeni, vechnosti i o cheloveke v nikh, o vere, religii i tserkvi, o jazykakh i perevode, o pamjati i smysle, o svobode i dostoinstve, ob otvetstvennosti i nadezhde, ob istorii, traditsii i sovremennosti... Olga Sedakova (r. 1949) - sovremennyj russkij poet, avtor 64 knig stikhov, prozy, perevodov, filologicheskikh i filosofskikh issledovanij, vyshedshikh na raznykh jazykakh. Ofitser Ordena iskusstv i slovesnosti Frantsuzskoj Respubliki. Doktor bogoslovija honoris causa. Akademik Amvrosianskoj akademii. Rekomenduem!

Protivostojanie khaosu - tak v odnom iz intervju Olga Sedakova oboznachila sut poeticheskoj raboty. No smysl etogo protivostojanija suschestvenno shire: eto obschij koren vsego, o chem by ni zakhodila rech v etoj knige, gde sobrany intervju poeta pochti za tri desjatiletija (1990-2018): o poezii, iskusstve i filosofii, o kulture i tsivilizatsii, o vremeni, vechnosti i o cheloveke v nikh, o vere, religii i tserkvi, o jazykakh i perevode, o pamjati i smysle, o svobode i dostoinstve, ob otvetstvennosti i nadezhde, ob istorii, traditsii i sovremennosti... Olga Sedakova (r. 1949) - sovremennyj russkij poet, avtor 64 knig stikhov, prozy, perevodov, filologicheskikh i filosofskikh issledovanij, vyshedshikh na raznykh jazykakh. Ofitser Ordena iskusstv i slovesnosti Frantsuzskoj Respubliki. Doktor bogoslovija honoris causa. Akademik Amvrosianskoj akademii.Sostavitel: Ju. Podlubnova.2-e izdanie.Redaktor: Krimmel M. A.

Kniga Olgi Sedakovoj "Mudrost Nadezhdy i drugie razgovory o Dante" prodolzhaet ee zhe knigu "Perevesti Dante" (2020), odnako eto uzhe ne voprosy perevoda Dante na russkij, a razgovor o ego "vrozhdennoj i neutolimoj zhazhde ponimat", o Dante-myslitele i poete-teologe.Kniga razdelena na tri chasti. V pervom razdele sobrany raboty, neposredstvenno svjazannye s "Bozhestvennoj Komediej". Sredi nikh osobo otmetim vpervye publikuemoe esse "Krug, krest, chelovek", posvjaschennoe ravennskomu Dante i ego antropologii, neozhidanno sozvuchnoj rannekhristianskoj mysli. Vo vtoroj razdel vkhodjat raboty ob italjanskom kontekste Dante i o prisutstvii Dante v russkoj poezii. Tretij nebolshoj razdel vkljuchaet v sebja perevody fragmentov iz "Novoj Zhizni" i vozvraschaet nas k nachalu dantovskogo puti. Vse perevody s italjanskogo i drugikh jazykov vypolneny avtorom. Pochti vse esse, voshedshie v knigu, publikujutsja ili vpervye po-russki, ili voobsche vpervye.Vkljuchaja v svoju mysl opyt mnogikh chitatelej i issledovatelej - dantologov, poetov, filosofov, teologov - kniga Sedakovoj predstavljaet soboj gluboko lichnoe i vo mnogom neozhidannoe prochtenie "Bozhestvennoj Komedii". V dialoge s takim grandioznym i provokatsionnym sobesednikom, kak Dante, avtor vydvigaet na pervyj plan temy, vazhnye dlja nee kak dlja poeta, filologa i myslitelja: nadezhda i volja, mudrost i prichina, geometrija i plot, sotvorennost i svoboda."Krasota - ne tolko poslednee, finalnoe slovo dantovskogo obraza mira. Eto ego initsialnoe slovo. Krasota predshestvuet samomu pervomu poeticheskomu slovu Dante. Krasota zastavljaet ego nachat govorit ("delat snoski" k knige svoej zhizni) i dat velikoe obeschanie: sozdat v ee chest nechto takoe, chego esche nikto ne sozdaval. Epifaniej krasoty v ego zhizni vsjo nachinaetsja: "novym chudom" junoj Beatriche, ee javleniem, rano i navsegda vnesshim v zhizn Dante krasnyj tsvet muchenichestva, tsvet novoj zhizni.A dalshe - edinstvennoe v mire plavanie-povestvovanie pod vetrom Minervy". Olga Sedakova2-e izdanie.

Kniga vydajuschegosja poeta, filologa i esseista Olgi Aleksandrovny Sedakovoj sostavlena iz rjada kommentariev k pravoslavnym liturgicheskim pesnopenijam. Kazhdyj iz etikh kommentariev - svoego roda priglashenie otkryt smyslovoe prostranstvo molitvennoj traditsii: tselnost ee simvoliki, ee "umnuju" obraznost, ee mozaichnuju prirodu, ee rabotu s vremenem i pamjatju, s porjadkom i zvuchaniem slov v stikhe. V svoej summe kommentarii okazyvajutsja zamechatelnym vvedeniem v obschuju poetiku gimnografii, khranjaschuju "jasnuju pamjat o nekotoroj bolshej tselnosti, o povyshennoj svjaznosti vsego so vsem". Vpervye kommentarii publikovalis po mere napisanija v zhurnale "Neskuchnyj sad" v 2013 godu; v nastojaschem izdanii oni rasshireny i peresmotreny. V knigu vkljucheny takzhe razmyshlenija A. V. Agapova o zvukovom stroe dvukh prazdnichnykh stikhir. Vtoruju chast knigi sostavljajut poeticheskie perevody liturgicheskikh tekstov, sdelannye Olgoj Sedakovoj.3-e izdanie.

"I zhizni novizna. Ob iskusstve, vere i obschestve" - kniga Olgi Sedakovoj, v kotoroj znamenityj poet, myslitel i perevodchik razmyshljaet o smysle i naznachenii kultury i iskusstva, neizmenno napominajuschikh o vysokom dostoinstve cheloveka, i o nebyvaloj novizne khristianskoj vesti, nesuschej "zhizn, i zhizn s izbytkom".Na stranitsakh knigi my vstrechaemsja s vdokhnovljajuschim vzgljadom poeta na khristianstvo - i s ljubjaschim vzgljadom khristianina na svobodnoe chelovecheskoe tvorchestvo.Vslushivajas v golosa kak tserkovnoj, tak i svetskoj kultury - ot Pasternaka do mitropolita Antonija Surozhskogo, ot Bonkheffera do Averintseva, - Olge Aleksandrovne neizmenno udajotsja rasslyshat i donesti vest o vysokom dostoinstve cheloveka i o edinstvennoj vlasti, k kotoroj on vsegda po-nastojaschemu stremitsja, - vlasti schastja.V knigu voshli esse o bogoslovii tvorchestva, neprostykh otnoshenijakh Tserkvi i sovremennogo postsovetskogo sekuljarnogo obschestva, a takzhe o velikikh khristianskikh svideteljakh KHKh veka. Zavershaet knigu esse "Svet zhizni. Zametki o pravoslavnom mirovosprijatii".V kachestve predislovija - ocherk Maksima Kalinina ob udivitelnoj vstreche bogoslovija tvorchestva Olgi Sedakovoj i "estestvennogo sozertsanija" v vostochnosirijskoj khristianskoj misticheskoj traditsii.Anna Ilinichna Shmaina-Velikanova, rossijskij bibleist, perevodchik i pedagog, doktor kulturologii, professor Tsentra izuchenija religij RGGU:"Eto sovsem novoe bogoslovie. Ono pokazyvaet, chto mozhno radovatsja Tserkvi kak daru zhizni, a ne uchit Pravoslaviju kak iskusstvu umirat. K etomu trudno privyknut. Nam vsem pridetsja esche dolgo gotovitsja k "neverojatnomu schastju" khristianstva..."V knige vy najdete:-udivitelno glubokie razmyshlenija o bogoslovii tvorchestva;-osmyslenie roli cheloveka v sovremennoj sekuljarnoj kulture;-rassuzhdenija na trudnye temy: o prirode dobra i zla, o liturgicheskom bogoslovii smerti i mnogie drugie;-razmyshlenija o filosofskom nasledii vydajuschikhsja myslitelej proshlogo stoletija: mitropolita Antonija Surozhskogo, Lva Tolstogo, Ditrikha Bonkheffera i Sergeja Averintseva;-avtorskie zametki o pravoslavnom mirovosprijatii.Komu budet interesna eta kniga?-vsem, kto interesuetsja voprosami literatury, filosofii, poezii, iskusstva i bogoslovija;-tem, komu blizko tvorchestvo Olgi Sedakovoj, ee rassuzhdenija i pozitsija;-vsem, kto khochet vmeste s avtorom porazmyshljat na slozhnye temy dnja segodnjashnego.5 prichin kupit knigu:-kniga vydajuschejsja otechestvennoj poetessy, myslitelja i dejatelja kultury;-glubokij bogoslovskij vzgljad poeta i khristianina na smysl i naznachenie svobodnogo iskusstva i tvorchestva, na evangelskie motivy v literature i poezii KHKh veka;-ostryj i aktualnyj analiz sovremennoj postsovetskoj dejstvitelnosti, kultury i obschestva posle epokhi "bezverija";-vdokhnovennye svidetelstva o velikikh khristianskikh podvizhnikakh i mysliteljakh KHKh veka;-kniga vkljuchaet ranee ne izdavavshiesja teksty, a takzhe esse vydajuschegosja issledovatelja vostochnosirijskogo khristianstva Maksima Kalinina o glubokoj svjazi bogoslovija tvorchestva Olgi Sedakovoj i drevnej khristianskoj traditsii.

Olga Sedakova omnämns ofta som den mest europeiska poeten i Ryssland idag. Hon skriver såväl fri som bunden vers, och i sin poesi införlivar hon antikens tankevärld men också den västliga andligheten och filosofin. Djupt kristen, är hon samtidigt både vetenskapligt skolad och konstnärligt fritänkande. Hennes dikter kan läsas som tilltalande, lättillgängliga, narrativa och mjukt romantiska – på samma gång som de kan vara djuplodande, rika på associationer och därmed, om man så vill, intellektuellt krävande.Sedakova är en formmedveten poet. Men formen i hennes diktning är inte så mycket en motsats till innehåll som en motsats till kaos. I sitt hyllande av förnuftet kan hon sägas utöva ett motstånd mot kaos. Tematiken i hennes diktning kretsar kring människans relation till det gudomliga, det eviga. Dikterna, meditationerna över de synliga tingen, bär på en djupt upplevd erfarenhet av mötet med tingens metafysiska kärna. Här finns en samhörighet och en känsla för naturen. En sorts häpenhet inför tingen – och ett samtal med dem. Sedakovas tidiga dikter är inspirerade av folkliga rytmer, ramsor och ordlekar. Hennes senare diktning är mer formmässigt komplicerad.Olga Sedakovas produktion är omfattande och hon anses av tongivande ryska kritiker vara den mest betydelsefulla poeten i sin samtid, den viktigaste i generationen efter Joseph Brodsky.Urvalet i Portar. Fönster. Valv. är gjort av samlingens översättare, Mikael Nydahl, som också är verksam som kritiker och förläggare.

Kniga Olgi Sedakovoj "Mudrost Nadezhdy i drugie razgovory o Dante" prodolzhaet ee zhe knigu "Perevesti Dante" (2020), odnako eto uzhe ne voprosy perevoda Dante na russkij, a razgovor o ego "vrozhdennoj i neutolimoj zhazhde ponimat", o Dante-myslitele i poete-teologe. Kniga razdelena na tri chasti. V pervom razdele sobrany raboty, neposredstvenno svjazannye s "Bozhestvennoj Komediej". Sredi nikh osobo otmetim vpervye publikuemoe esse "Krug, krest, chelovek", posvjaschennoe ravennskomu Dante i ego antropologii, neozhidanno sozvuchnoj rannekhristianskoj mysli. Vo vtoroj razdel vkhodjat raboty ob italjanskom kontekste Dante i o prisutstvii Dante v russkoj poezii. Tretij nebolshoj razdel vkljuchaet v sebja perevody fragmentov iz "Novoj Zhizni" i vozvraschaet nas k nachalu dantovskogo puti. Vse perevody s italjanskogo i drugikh jazykov vypolneny avtorom. Pochti vse esse, voshedshie v knigu, publikujutsja ili vpervye po-russki, ili voobsche vpervye. Vkljuchaja v svoju mysl opyt mnogikh chitatelej i issledovatelej - dantologov, poetov, filosofov, teologov - kniga Sedakovoj predstavljaet soboj gluboko lichnoe i vo mnogom neozhidannoe prochtenie "Bozhestvennoj Komedii". V dialoge s takim grandioznym i provokatsionnym sobesednikom, kak Dante, avtor vydvigaet na pervyj plan temy, vazhnye dlja nee kak dlja poeta, filologa i myslitelja: nadezhda i volja, mudrost i prichina, geometrija i plot, sotvorennost i svoboda. "Krasota - ne tolko poslednee, finalnoe slovo dantovskogo obraza mira. Eto ego initsialnoe slovo. Krasota predshestvuet samomu pervomu poeticheskomu slovu Dante. Krasota zastavljaet ego nachat govorit ("delat snoski" k knige svoej zhizni) i dat velikoe obeschanie: sozdat v ee chest nechto takoe, chego esche nikto ne sozdaval. Epifaniej krasoty v ego zhizni vsjo nachinaetsja: "novym chudom" junoj Beatriche, ee javleniem, rano i navsegda vnesshim v zhizn Dante krasnyj tsvet muchenichestva, tsvet novoj zhizni. A dalshe - edinstvennoe v mire plavanie-povestvovanie pod vetrom Minervy". Olga Sedakova Dante Aligeri, "Bozhestvennaja Komedija", Italija, istorija