Venedikt Erofeev: outsider. Lexmanov O.A.

The character of a broom is close to the reader - both Russian and foreign - which cannot be said about the creator of the poem “Moscow - Petushki”. Oleg Lekmanov, Mikhail Sverdlov and Ilya Simanovsky - authors of the first biography of Venedikt Erofeev (1938–1990), relying on many evidence of contemporaries, documents and memories, try to separate the truth from myths, draw a portrait of a person who sought to absolute freedom and prose, And in life. In parallel, Venedikt’s life history in the book unfolds the “biography” of Venichka - a detailed analysis of his journey from Moscow to a cockerel, captured in the poem. The book presents previously not published photos and materials from the personal archives of the family and friends of Venedikt Erofeev.