Alexander Dulov

Alexander Andreevich Dulov
Born	15 May 1931 Moscow
Died	15 November 2007(2007-11-15) (aged 76)
Occupation	Poet, Songwriter, Bard & Chemist
Nationality	Russian

Alexander Andreevich Dulov (Russian: Алекса́ндр Андре́евич Ду́лов, IPA: [ɐlʲɪˈksandr ɐnˈdrʲejɪvʲɪtɕ ˈduləf] ^ⓘ; May 15, 1931, Moscow — November 15, 2007) was a Soviet and Russian poet, songwriter, bard, and chemist.

Biography

Alexander Dulov graduated from Moscow State University with a specialization in Chemistry and worked at the Russian Academy of Science Institute of Organic Chemistry. Dulov started to write songs in the early 1950s. He has written more than 200 songs over his career. A few of his songs were written based on his own poetry, but the majority used the poetry of other authors such as Sasha Cherny, Vladislav Khodasevich, Konstantin Bal'mont, Vasily Kurochkin, Nikolay Gumilev, Nikolay Rubtsov, Anna Kipner, Varlam Shalamov, Daniil Andreev, Yevgeny Yevtushenko, Igor Irtenyev, Alexander Kushner, and others. Alexander Dulov died on November 15, 2007.

Publications

• Александр Дулов. А музыке нас птицы научили. М., Вагант, 2001.

Discography

• Ариозо неглупца (2000)
• Дорога в дождь (1999)
• Три сосны (2000)
• Наш разговор