Vladimir Sokolov was born in Likhoslavl, Russia, in 1928. He wrote numerous poetry collections, including Morning on the Road (1953), Grass Under Snow (1958), and On the Sunny Side (1961). His honors include the N. Vaptsarov International Prize, the International Lermontov Prize, and the A. Pushkin Russian State Prize. He died in 1997.
Audio Recordings with Vladimir Sokolov
- An Evening of Russian and American poetry: marking the publication of The Human Experience with readings by Stanley Kunitz, Sharon Olds, F.D. Reeve, Henry Taylor, C.K. Williams, Oleg Chukhontsev, Yuri Kuznetsov, Yunna Moritz, and Vladimir Sokolov in the Coolidge Auditorium, May 3, 1989