'''Gennadiy Nikolaevich Aygi''' (Chuvash: ''Айхи Геннадий Николаевич''; Russian: ''Геннадий Николаевич Айги'', August_21, 1934 - February_21 2006, Moscow) was a Chuvashian poet and a translator. His poetry is written both in Chuvash and in Russian. He was born in the village of Shaimurzinoge, Chuvashia (USSR) and started writing poetry in the Chuvash language in 1958. Among the recognitions he has won are the Andrey Bely Prize (1987), the Pasternak_Prize (2000, the first to be awarded this), the Prize of French Academy (1972), and the Petrarch_Prize (1993). Sofia_Gubaidulina set several of his poems to music in her cycle ''Jetzt Immer Schnee'' ("Now always snow"). His son Aleksey_Aygi is a famous Composer. ==Reference== * Obituary, ''The_Guardian'', 25 February 2006 http://books.guardian.co.uk/news/articles/0,,1717470,00.html == External links == * Selected by Aygi in Russian with English translation Aygi, Gennady Aygi, Gennady Aygi, Gennady Aygi, Gennady Cv:Айхи_Геннадий_Николаевич De:Gennadi_Ajgi Nl:Gennadi_Ajgi Pl:Giennadij_Ajgi Ru:Айги,_Геннадий_Николаевич Sv:Gennadij_Ajgi Tt:Gennadi_Ayğí