Yunna Moritz is the author of poetry books such as “The Face” (2000), “Thus” (2000), and also the poetic children's books “Bouquet of Cats” (1997), “The Big Secret for a Small Company” ( 1987). Many songs have been created on Moritz’s poems.
A short biography of Yunna Moritz proves that she is a good artist. In her books there are many sheets of author's graphics, which are defined as poetry.
Yunna Petrovna Moritz. Biography
Yunna Moritz was born on 2.06.37 in Kiev. Then her father was arrested, and after a while they released her, but after that he sharply went blind. The poetess said that this particular feature of her father had a great influence on the development of her worldview.
In 1954, Yunna graduated from Kiev school and enrolled in the faculty of Kyiv University. At this time, she appeared early periodic publications.
In 1955, the poetess entered the Literary Institute in Moscow to the poetry department. She graduated in the 61st year, despite the fact that in the 57th she was expelled from there for "wrong mood" in the literature.
In 1961, the first book of Yunna's “Cape of Desire” (in honor of the cape on Novaya Zemlya) was released, which was based on the mood after a trip to the Arctic in the summer of 56.
Her books were refused to be published because of the verses “In Memory of Titian Tabidze” and “Fist Fight”. From 1961-70 ("black lists" for publishing houses and censorship were in effect at that time), as well as from 1990-2000. they did not go out. But even with the ban, Fistfight was published by Vladimir Tsybin, the head of the department of the Young Guard publication. After that he was fired.
Lyrics in poems by Y. Moritz
The lyrics of resistance are present in the book “By Law - Greetings to the Postman,” which Yunna Moritz herself openly declares. Her biography also mentions the poem Star of Serbiness (about the bombs in Belgrade), which is dedicated to human dignity and life. It is published in the book "Face." Prose is dedicated to the same topics. cycle "Tales of the miraculous." These works were published in the Literary Newspaper and abroad. Then they merged into one book.
The poetess wrote lyric poems in the best classical traditions, but at the same time they are completely modern, like Yunna Moritz herself. The biography calls the poetry literary predilections Pushkin, Pasternak, Akhmatova, Tsvetaeva, and teachers - Andrei Platonov and Thomas Mann. The writer relates Khlebnikov, Homer, Blok to the environment of her poetry.
The language of the poems of Yunna Moritz
The language of the poetess is simple and natural, without unnecessary pathos. She uses accurate rhymes along with assonances - all this distinguishes her poetry from other authors. Her verses often include repetitions and metaphors that Yunna Moritz specifically introduces into her works. The biography says that in her works the writer tries to get into the essence of being.
Yu. Moritz wrote the scripts for the animated films “The boy walked, the owl flew” and “The big secret for a small company”.
Her poems were translated by Thomas Whitney, Eline Feinstein, Lydia Pasternak and others. The author's works have been translated into all languages in Europe, as well as Chinese and Japanese.
Yunna Petrovna Moritz received the Russian Triumph Prize, the Italian Golden Rose, and the national Book of the Year.
Creation
The writer dynamically and multidimensionally compares and juxtaposes life and creativity. Art for her is an indispensable part of life, which has equal rights in relation to man and nature and does not need to be justified by artistic goals, as Junna Moritz herself defines. The biography of the poetess describes her lyrical heroine.
The character of the lyric hero of the poetess is distinguished by an outstanding temperament, categorical judgments, uncompromising. All this leads to isolation.
The poetess used the "silver age" style. In his literary practice, Moritz continues the Akhmatovo and Tsvetaevo traditions. Her poetry also resonates with the block world (combines high and low). The works of J. Moritz are an example of the harmony of the impulses of poetry, which are derived from the symbolist, futuristic and acmeistic art systems.
The poetess got her personal style in the beginning of the 60s, and her further literary path is the realization of certain opportunities. Here Moritz refers to poets without history, as Tsvetaeva said. Her poems are devoted to the eternal themes of life and death, creativity and love. She also was engaged in translations of foreign poets - Moses Teyf, Miguel Hernandez and others.
Yunna Moritz, biography for children
Yu. Moritz represents childhood as the secret of the world order and the secret of poetry. Her poems for children are distinguished by humor, paradox, kindness. The birth of a son and a more loyal attitude in publishing houses for children's literature prompted the writing of poems for children. In children's books, Yunna Petrovna shows a paradise in which miracles and fairy tales are performed. A dream turns the real world into a fantasy.
An important place belongs to epithets ("raspberry" cat, "rubber" hedgehog). They are precisely perceived by readers.
The poems of Yunna Moritz are musical. Due to this, many poems became songs - “Rubber Hedgehog”, “A Dog Can Be a Bitten”, etc.
In children's poems, Moritz shows joy, it is either sonorous and festive, then muffled and lyrical (The Bouquet of Cats). Her poems are also heard in theatrical productions.