Paradise

by Henri Volohonsky

Translated by Richard Pevear

Henri Volohonsky

Henri Volokhonsky (1936–2017) was a Russian poet, philosopher, and translator. Between 1985 and 1995, he lived in Munich and headed the news service of Radio Liberty. He authored many books of poetry and prose and translated various liturgical texts as well as the Book of Psalms. Together with Alexei Khvostenko, he wrote a number of songs under the joint pseudonym “A.X.B.”

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