Konstantin Kedrov
Konstantin Aleksandrovich Kedrov was a Russian poet, philosopher and literary critic. He was a member of the Union of Soviet Writers. Candidate of philological sciences, Doctor of philosophy, Professor of the Institute for Literature. Сhief editor of «Journal of Poets» literary magazine. Literary critic and literary historian. Author of the term metametaphor and of the philosophical theory of metacode.
From 1991, he worked for several years as a literary columnist for the Izvestia newspaper. After a split in the editorial board of Izvestia, he and editor Igor Golembiovsky moved to the newspaper Novye Izvestia.
According to the mass media and bookmakers’ offices, in the years of 2003—2005, he was nominated for Nobel prize for literature. Winner of the Korean Manhae Prize.
Kedrov died on 16 April 2025, at the age of 82.
Awards
- 1999 — International David Burlyuk the Father of Russian Futurism Otmetina.
- 2003 — GRAMMy.ru Prize, Annual Poetry Event nomination for his poem «Computer of Love».
- 2005 — Twice GRAMMY.ru Laureate, Annual Poetry Event nomination.
- 2005 — «Deti Ra» Magazine Prize, Drama nomination.
- 2007 — Literaturnaya Rossiya Weekly Annual Laureate for his poem Fialkiada.
- 2008 — Diploma of contributing to a Book Fair under the Agnon Biblic Project.
- 2009 — Aleksandr Griboedov Prize “For his Loyal Service to National Belles-Lettres”.
- 2009 — Medal of Internet Community under the Literary Club and Board of Directors of the Internet Poets’ Union.
- 2013 — Manhae Prize.
- 2014 — The Dominant Prize
- 2015 — «Deti Ra» Magazine Prize, Poetry nomination.
- 2016 — Gold Prize of LiFFt Eurasian and All-Russian Literary Fests.
- 2017 — Annual Leonardo Prize.
- 2018 — Pushkin Prize
- 2020 — Gran-prix, Poetry nomination, Moscow Literary Prize.
- 2023 — Medal “For his Input into Promoting the World Literature”.
- 2023 — International People’s Diplomacy Commonwealth Medal “For Contributing to Racial Harmony and Special Achievements in International Activity”.
Major works books
- Poetical Cosmos. — Moscow: Sovetsky Pisatel Publishing House, 1989. — 20 000 copies. ISBN 5-265-00956-6
- Computer of Love. — Moscow: Khudozhestvennaya Literatura Publishing House, 1990.
- Assertions of Denies. — Moscow: Center Publishing House, 1991
- Verfliem. — Moscow: DOOS Publishers, 1992
- Vrutselet. — Moscow: DOOS Publishers, 1993
- Gamma tel Gamleta. — Moscow: Yelena Pakhomova Publishers, 1994
- ILI On ili Ada ili Ilion ili Iliada.. — Moscow, 1995
- Ulysses and Nausicaa. — Moscow: Yelena Pakhomova Publishers, 1998
- Metametaphor. — Moscow: DOOS Publishers, 1999.
- Metametaphor Encyclopedia. — Moscow: DOOS Publishers, 2000.
- Parallel Worlds. — Moscow: AiF Print Publishers, 2001.
- Insideout. — Moscow: Mysl Publishing House, 2001.
- Angelic Poetics. — Moscow: Natalia Nesterova University Publishing House, 2001.
- Beyond Apokalypse. — Moscow: AiF Print Publishers, 2002.
- ILI . — Moscow: Mysl Publishing House, 2002.
- Sam-ist-dat. — Moscow: Ruslan Elinin LIA Publishing House, 2003
- Metacode. — Moscow: AiF Print Publishers, 2005.
- Philosophy of Literature. — Moscow: Khudozhestvennaya Literatura Publishing House, 2009. — 200 p. — ISBN 978-5-280-03454-9
- Conductor of Silence: Poems and long poems. — Moscow: Khudozhestvennaya Literatura Publishing House, 2009. — ISBN 978-5-280-03456-3
- Assertion of Deny. — Moscow: Ruslan Elinin LIA Publishing House, 2009.
- Nevesta Lokhmataya Svetom: Poems, Long Poems. — Moscow: Aleksandr Gritsenko Producer Center Publishers, 2014. — 5000 copies. ISBN 978-5-9906032-0-2
- Voices. Documentary Biographical Mysteria. Moscow: DOOS Publishers, 2016. — ISBN 978-5-906568-08-3
- Glass Robot: Poems and Long poems / Foreword by Andrey Voznesensky. — Moscow: LIFFT Publishers, 2018. — 500 copies. ISBN 978-5-604-01615-2
- Partant: Book of Poems. — Moscow: Yevgeny Stepanov’s Publishing House, 2018.