Arseny Tarkovsky

Crew•Born June 25, 1907•Died May 27, 1989 (age 81)•Yelisavetgrad, Khersonskaya guberniya, Russian Empire

Biography

Arseny Tarkovsky was one of the leading Russian poets to emerge from the Soviet era, though during most of his life- time he was known for translations of Asian poetries. His son Andrei Tarkovsky’s films gave his work a second life, appearing in Mirror and Stalker.