The collection 'Promise' brings together poems from 1988 to 2024. 'All of them,' as the author says in the preface, 'with the exception of perhaps two or three, intended to break a certain thematic monotony, are most directly related to the title of the collection.'

Dmitry Vedenyapin was born in Moscow. Poet, essayist, translator of poetry and prose. Author of twelve books of poetry: Pokrov, 1993, Grass and Smoke, 2002, Between the Closet and the Sky, 2009, What Does the Ray Mean, 2010, The Glass Laughs, the Cigarette Cries, 2015, Home Performances, 2015, The Faith of a Mushroom, 2017, The Birdie, 2018, Dad Talks on the Phone, 2020, What Paris - Take It Higher, 2020, For Nothing, 2022, There Is Intrigue, 2023. Laureate of several literary awards, including the Moscow Account Grand Prize (2009), the Joseph Brodsky Foundation Scholarship Prize (2011), and the Poetry Prize (2019). He hosts a series of online meetings, 'The Human in Other People,' at the Boris Pasternak House Museum in Peredelkino. He has lived in Paris for the past five years.

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The poem 'La Promesse' was presented in chronological order from the year 1988 until 2024 by Dmitry Vedenyapin. Tous les textes, comme le dit l'auteur dans l'avant-propos, 'à l'exception, peut-être, de deux ou trois, destinés à rompre une certaine monotonie thématique, ont le lien le plus direct avec le titre du recueil.'

Dmitry Vedenyapin est né à Moscou. Poète, essayiste, traducteur de poésie et de prose. en 2019. Actuellement, il organise une série de rencontres en ligne “L’homme chez les autres” à la maison-musée de Boris Pasternak à Peredelkino. Depuis cinq ans, Dmitry vit à Paris.