Yelisavetgrad, Khersonskaya guberniya, Russian Empire | 1907-06-25 | 1989-05-27

Arseny Tarkovsky was one of the leading Russian poets to emerge from the Soviet era, though during most of his life- time he was known for translations of Asian poetries. His son Andrei Tarkovsky’s films gave his work a second life, appearing in Mirror and Stalker.