The poet and author of many famous songs Victor Pelenyagre is known for his outrageousness and special attitude to the creative process and literature in general. Colleagues do not like him and Russian pop stars adore him. Controversy and protest do not seem to leave this person in any situation. His whole life is a mixture of creative, wild and something intriguing.
Current image
Photos of Viktor Pelenyagre periodically appear in the press along with bright headlines reminiscent of the works of the yellow press: “Pelenyagre robbed a dead poet” or “Laima Vaikule was looking for me through the KGB” and others. Moreover, the poet himself has nothing against such a presentation of his personality, since in terms of outrageousness he is not inferior to many domestic show business stars.
The general public knows him as the author of a dozen musical hits, including “How delightful evenings are in Russia” by the White Eagle group, “Call me softly by name” by the Lube group or “I went out to Piccadilly” inperformed by Laima Vaikule. However, Viktor Ivanovich Pelenyagre himself is skeptical about his authorship, sometimes not even recognizing it. Journalists have long been accustomed to this manner of communication and presentation of information, so they try to play along with the maestro. For example, in one of the interviews, Pelenyagre was asked: does he have a real surname or a pseudonym? He replied that his surname and the surname of Schwarzenegger come from the same root "niger", but an American will never be able to write poetry in the same way as a Moldovan.
Viktor Pelenyagre's personal life has been arranged for a long time - he is married to secular journalist Anastasia Lyaturinskaya. The poet himself said that all his life he dreamed of becoming a dirty journalist, and therefore married a yellow press writer. Those who at least once met the author in person noted his frenzied charisma and charm as a man, since he knows how to charm and lure an interlocutor.
Biography
According to his own statements, the poet descends from Roman legionnaires and Pushkin himself, who, during his exile in Bessarabia, left offspring there. Little is known about the real biography of Victor Pelenyagre. He himself called himself "either a Moldavian, or an Estonian." According to some allegations, his father was a we althy winemaker. After graduation, the young man moved to Kaluga. There, in one of the schools, he received the speci alty of a bricklayer, but physical labor did not attract Victor, therefore he added philological education to his technical education. In one of his memoirs, the poet claimed that in his youth he wrote erotic and scandalous articles for cheap publications, on whichearned.
Viktor worked as a village teacher for quite a bit, but his active nature quickly got bored in the wilderness, and a few months after graduating from the Kaluga Pedagogical Institute, he entered the Literary Institute. The student years for Pelenyagre were distinguished by unbridled fun, drinking parties and sexual adventures. Despite this less than academic behavior, he graduated with honors and made many influential acquaintances.
Creativity
The adult life of the poet Viktor Pelenyagre began stormily. For two years he worked as an editor at the Voice publishing house, but along the way he also played in a casino and earned good money. In "Voice" he participated in the compilation of the popular in the early 90s cycle of books "Foreign Detective" in 16 volumes. Even then, he was famous for his extraordinary behavior, which largely influenced his participation in the launch of magazines of an unusual format: Night Rendezvous, Moskvarium, Ostrovityanin.
Even in his student years, Victor Pelenyagre wrote many poems, poems, essays and other works of different genres. Suddenly, his poems became very popular, they began to be performed by the first Russian pop stars: Laima Vaikule, Sergey Krylov, etc. Fame imposed a certain amount of responsibility, and Viktor Ivanovich temporarily became a respectable and respectable citizen. He was even nominated for a competition to write a new anthem for democratic Russia.
Order of Courtly Mannerists
Viktor Pelenyagre is called a follower of the latterliterary trend of the 20th century - courtly mannerism. The direction is characterized by refined literature, combined with humor and cynicism. In 1988, the followers of the current organized a poetic group - the Order of Courtly Mannerists. In addition to Archcardinal Victor Pelenyagre, the society included:
- Grand Master - Vadim Stepantsov.
- Commander - Dmitry Bykov.
- Black Grand Constable - Alexander Bardodym.
- Commander-Ordaliymester and Magic Fluid - Konstantin Grigoriev.
- Grand Prior - Andrey Dobrynin.
The cheerful and extraordinary team has released several collections of poems, the last of which was published in 2003. The Order of Courtly Mannerists even has its own website, which, however, has not been updated since 2011. In social networks, you can find links to the works of Mannerist authors; in total, about 47 musical performances of poems have been posted. Pelenyagre Viktor Ivanovich played the role of leader, creator and inspirer in society. He also formed the principles of the teaching and released a number of poems demonstrating a new direction: "The Woman at the Mirror", "The Governess from Kursk".
Style features
Poems by Viktor Ivanovich Pelenyagre and his image have no analogues in Russian culture. The man has an extraordinary poetic talent, in his works he reincarnates in a completely unimaginable way. The lyrical hero appears now in the form of the ancient Greek poet Lucan, then the medieval Japanese Ruboko Sho or the poet Francis Lee Stuart. Pelenyagre sethis goal is to embrace all world literature, to explain it according to his own canons of creative understanding. Many images included in the cycle "Analogues of World Illusions" have not yet been understood and deciphered by critics.
Along with the genius of ideas about the interpretation of the works of the great creators of mankind, Victor Pelenyagre sometimes behaved in the literary environment not just strangely, but defiantly and deliberately scandalous. What is his trick with the appropriation of the poems of the songwriter E. Krylov! In his work "And in an open field …" he added a very ambiguous line: "the Grad system, Putin and Stalingrad are behind us …". A song was written, which was performed by the White Eagle group. This composition quickly gained popularity among the common people, it was constantly used in TV reports, sung at rallies. The author was accused of plagiarism, and he stubbornly asserted his doctrine of courtly mannerism, saying that parody, patriotism and irony were mixed in the song.
Songs based on his poems
Hundreds of poems by Victor Pelenyagre were set to music and became real hits. Such success of compositions with his authorship is explained by the simplicity of themes and images. He and his associates began to write in the difficult 90s, when the whole society was shrouded in crisis and political strife. Aspiring poets chose a different direction for themselves - to sing the image of a lady, love and everything connected with it.
For more than 20 years, dozens of Russian stars have performed Viktor Pelenyagre's songs. The author collaborated especially closely with an extraordinary for Russiagroup "White Eagle". It was he who wrote the famous even today song "How delightful evenings are in Russia." She has long gone to the people, and not many suspect who the real author of the famous lines is. According to Pelenyagre himself, he created this verse for almost 20 years. No less famous are his songs “Fog descends from the high mountains” and “And in the open field, the Grad system is behind us, Putin and Stalingrad…”.
The poet gave the stars of show business a lot of amazing songs that have long become popular. It is worth remembering the composition “I went to Piccadilly” by Laima Vaikule, which brought her all-Russian fame. Prior to this hit, Lyme had been in creative idle time for several years, and the bright song brought her back to pop Olympus.
“The hurdy-gurdy is still crying” by Nikolai Baskov has become the calling card of the “natural blond” of our stage. Pelenyagre also collaborated with the president's favorite group, Lyube. For them, he wrote "Call me softly by name." Subsequently, the song became the soundtrack to television films and series. Some of his songs were born impromptu. For example, in 1987, he wrote the composition for "Brigade C" and Garik Sukachev "Goodbye, girl …" in 9 minutes in an argument with one of the supporters of the doctrine of courtly mannerism and was extremely surprised when he heard it on the radio.
Songs in movies
Compositions with his words are heard in many domestic films or serials. Back in 1990, Central Television made a film about the last literary trend of the 20th century - courtly mannerism. Here the poems of the leader of the society and his followers were recited. ThroughFor three years now, the RTR channel has filmed another report about the extraordinary poets of our time with the telling title “Behind the Splash of Diamond Jets.”
Subsequently, songs to the words of Pelenyagre were often used in Russian TV series. One of the most famous examples is "Slaughter Force". The soundtrack "Call me quietly by my name …" was recorded by the Lyube group, led by Rastorguev. Also, his compositions sounded in the film by Sergei Bodrov "Sisters", in the series "Kill the Carp" in 2005, "Ward No. 6" in 2009 and many others. The poet takes part in various literary and song competitions with pleasure. So, he became the winner of the 50/50 show, the Golden Gramophone, Song of the Year and Chanson awards.
Scandals
Shocking readers and the public for Victor Pelenyagre is a favorite hobby. No one can characterize this ambiguous personality more or less specifically. It seems that it is all woven from contradictions. Some sincerely admire his talent and call him a genius, while others question his work and his attitude to literature in general. Some of his colleagues claim that he deliberately spoils his poetry because he hates everything beautiful.
Even from the Order of Courtly Mannerists he created himself, he was expelled for plagiarism and looting. The poet accused the former adherents of elementary envy, to which they, in turn, launched an unpleasant action in the media, where they claimed that the patronage of his we althy elderly mistresses brought great earnings to the extraordinary poet. Such skirmishes continueda few years, from disputes about literary categories, they quickly turned into personalities.
Pelenyagre has developed a very unsuccessful relationship with colleagues in the shop. Recognized songwriters of the country, such as Tanich or Reznik, treated the outrageous author with contempt. Viktor Ivanovich in one interview recalled his unspoken conflict with Tanich, when at the concert of Laima Vaikule the songs of the young poet made a greater impression on the audience. And this despite the fact that Tanich wrote for Laima for many years. Subsequently, the Honored Poet of Russia recognized Pelenyagre's talent and named him one of the country's outstanding authors.
Hoaxes
In addition to simple and understandable songs, Viktor Ivanovich Pelenyagre practices in a completely different field - he creates daring literary hoaxes, invents images of poets, writers and is published under their names. Among them: "Erotic Tanks" under the name of Ruboko Sho, "Night Babylon" and other poems by Francis Lee Stewart, as well as "Roman Orgy" Lube "by Mark Salustius Lucan.
Why were all these encryptions needed? The creation of works under a false name is a well-known technique in domestic and world literature. You can recall the stories of Kozma Prutkov, Pushkin's Belkin's Tales and much more. Usually, this is how the author tries to speak on behalf of another person those thoughts and ideas that he cannot voice on his own. However, in the case of Pelenyagre, his teachings and his attitude towards creativity in general played a big role. According to the poet himself, he cannot stand the beautiful, and therefore writes withpleasure cheap lyrics for crooners. That is why the author needed hoaxes to write about beauty, sensuality and man in general, not on their own behalf, but on their behalf.
Preaching Mannerism
Many people are interested in this man and his biography. Photos of Viktor Pelenyagre have always attracted ordinary people. This charismatic personality does not fit into any framework of the usual human characters. Logic, sequence of statements and actions - this is not about him. Only in the sphere of interpreting his teaching is he more or less understandable to society. For Pelenyagre, courtly mannerism is not just a literary trend, but a call to action, a new meaning of life. He preached his teaching as the next stage in the development of mankind, the path to a he althy physical and spiritual life.
The poet even predicted courtly mannerism recognition at the state level. The poet's plans match the ironic categories of his own teaching: mannerism will conquer Russia and the whole world. The ideal state, according to Viktor Ivanovich, is built on the principle of absolutism, whose faith is precisely courtly mannerism. Such statements, not supported by anything but the unrestrained imagination of the author, remained in the same niche as the aspirations of the poets of "pure art" of the 19th century. Today, art for art's sake is no longer relevant.
