Имя Арсения Тарковского (1907-1989) не нуждается в оценочных эпитетах. О его поэзии лестно отзывалась скупая на похвалы Ахматова. К нему обращено последнее стихотворение Цветаевой. Издание, представляющее более чем полувековой творческий путь поэта, который, по свидетельствам, "в жизни был - как Моцарт, в поэзии - как Бах", адресовано широкому кругу читателей.
Arseny Alexandrovich Tarkovsky (Russian: Арсений Александрович Тарковский, June 25 [O.S. June 12] 1907, Elisavetgrad – May 27, 1989, Moscow) was a prominent Russian poet and translator. His poems appeared in the films The Mirror and Stalker, directed by Andrei Tarkovsky, his son.
He was a friend of Marina Tsvetaeva, and is sometimes referred to as the "Last Love of Marina Tsvetaeva". Being younger than Anna Akhmatova and Marina Tsvetayeva he imbibed the poetic traditions of the Silver Age generation and interpreted them through the prism of his personality in his creativity.
He composed his own poetry throughout his life, but did not publish it until his fifties.