Bulat Okudzhava Death
Bulat passed away on June 12, 1997 at the age of 73.
When did Bulat Okudzhava die?
June 12, 1997How old was Bulat Okudzhava when died?
73
Bulat Okudzhava Birthday and Date of Death
Bulat Okudzhava was born on May 9, 1924 and died on June 12, 1997. Bulat was 73 years old at the time of death.
Birthday: May 9, 1924
Date of Death: June 12, 1997
Age at Death: 73
Bulat Okudzhava - Biography
Bulat Shalvovich Okudzhava (Russian: Була́т Ша́лвович Окуджа́ва; Georgian: ბულატ ოკუჯავა) (May 9, 1924 – June 12, 1997) was a Soviet poet, writer, musician, novelist, and singer-songwriter of Georgian-Armenian ancestry. He was one of the founders of the Soviet genre called "author song" (авторская песня, avtorskaya pesnya), or "guitar song", and the author of about 200 songs, set to his own poetry. His songs are a mixture of Russian poetic and folksong traditions and the French chansonnier style represented by such contemporaries of Okudzhava as Georges Brassens. Though his songs were never overtly political (in contrast to those of some of his fellow Soviet bards), the freshness and independence of Okudzhava's artistic voice presented a subtle challenge to Soviet cultural authorities, who were thus hesitant for many years to give official recognition to Okudzhava.
