Venya D'rkin

Venya D'rkin (Russian: Веня Д’ркин; 11 June 1970 in Dolzhansky, Luhansk Oblast, Soviet Union, now Dovzhanske, Ukraine – 21 August 1999 in Korolyov, Moscow Oblast, Russia), real name – Alexander Litvinov, was a Russian language bard, poet, artist, painter and writer of fairy tales.[1][2] He wrote over three hundred songs.[3] As usual in the bard genre, the songs bear deep and imaginative lyrics, but, less commonly, are also very melodic. During the late 1990s, he performed some of his songs with accompaniment of other musicians, notably violinist Veronica Belyayeva.

Venya D'rkin
Литвинов Олександр Михайлович
Also known asVenya D'rkin, Drantya
Born(1970-06-11)11 June 1970
Dolzhansky, Luhansk Oblast, USSR
Died21 August 1999(1999-08-21) (aged 29)
Korolyov, Moscow Oblast, Russia
Genresfolk rock sung poetry
Occupation(s)Bard, poet, songwriter, singer, composer, painter
InstrumentsVocals, acoustic guitar, percussion, harmonica, bard
Years active1991—1999
LabelsRussian: Дрдом, Отделение Выход, Выргород
Associated actsRussian: Д'ркин-Бэнд
Websitehttp://drdom.ru/

In his 1998 interview (Russian Rock-n-Roller newspaper, 4 November 1998) the name was explained by his "agent" Natalia as follows. At one festival he jokingly registered himself as "Venya Dyrkin from Maksyutovka" (Веня Ды́ркин из Максютовки; funny sounding names from an old local joke). Surprisingly he became a prize winner of the festival, his fake name was shown on big screen, and in this way it became his stage name.[4][5]

Venya Drkin died of cancer (Hodgkin's lymphoma) on 21 August 1999.[2]

Even though Drkin wasn't widely known in his lifetime, he has since become a significant name in the genre.[6] This can be attributed to the fact that before Venya's death, just two of his albums were released, and even those were distributed in very small number of copies. He also never played in front of a large audience; most of his public performances were in music festivals and in house concerts.

Since his death, a story in song he had written before his death was released on CD.[7]

References
  1. CAG'99-04, Roman Korneyev (c). "Сон Разума, Веня Дркин, 'Пыль тысяч городов'". Retrieved 8 February 2017.
  2. Самойленко, Елена (2010). Веня Д’ркин (in Russian). 45 параллель. Retrieved 15 December 2013.
  3. Веня Дркин
  4. "Интервью Вени Дркина газете "Рок-н-Роллер" – ДрДом". Retrieved 8 February 2017.
  5. «ВЕНЯ, ЗАЧЕМ НАМ ПОЕЗД?»: ДИАЛОГ ТЕКСТОВ: ПЕСНЯ ВЕНИ Д’РКИНА «БУБУКА» И ПОЭМА ВЕН. ЕРОФЕЕВА «МОСКВА-ПЕТУШКИ», magazine Русская рок-поэзия: текст и контекст, No. 10, 2008
  6. "ВСЕ БУДЕТ ХОРОШО!". Retrieved 8 February 2017.
  7. "Вышло переиздание сказки Вени Д'ркина "Тае Зори"". 7 January 2015. Retrieved 8 February 2017.
  • DrDom project to handle Venya Dr'kin's creative heritage. "DrDom" is a pun with durdom, a colloquial Russian term for mental asylum, literally, "crazy house"/"house of crazies"
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