Vladimir Uflyand

Who was Vladimir Uflyand?

Vladimir Uflyand was a Russian poet, famous for such poems as It has For Ages Been Observed; Now, At Last, Even Nikifor's A Suitor; The Peasant; and The Working Week Comes To An End.

Vladimir Uflyand was born in Leningrad. He studied history at Leningrad State University, and later worked as a labourer and as a stoker. His poems circulated in Samizdat, and he also published his poems for children in Soviet periodicals. His poetry for adults was first published in a book form in the USA in 1978, titled Texts 56-77. In 1993, his collection, Stikhotvornye texty, was published in Saint Petersburg. Two more poetry books followed in 1995 and in 1997. In 2000, a book of his essays appeared in St. Petersburg.