The paper considers a poetic collection «The sun of heart» by Vivian Itin. It emphasizes the
reminiscence spectrum of poet’s lyrics and shows the references to the texts of Gumilev, Blok,
and Pushkin. It is noted that Itin regards the revolution as the event that demands the poet
to demonstrate the power and courage to get involved in the new exotic world. The author indicates
two «lines» in poet’s creation: his love to the past of Saint Petersburg and desire to accept
the soviet existence. Special attention is paid to the Itin’s orientation towards Gumilev’s personality,
fate, and creation – it is this shade that Itin brings into the Siberian creative environment.
Leonid Martynov and Lidiya Seifullina called him their teacher probably because he continued
the Petersburg poetic traditions among the literary men of Novosibirsk.
The focus is on the avant-garde trends revealed in Itin’s poetic collection. These trends make
the poet a representative of Siberian avant-garde.
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