Serge Segay

SERGE SEGAY, born in 1947 in Murmansk, completed his studies at the Leningrad Institute of Theater, Music, and Cinematography. From 1974 he lived in Yeysk (on the Azov sea), moving to St. Petersburg in 1997, and in 1998 to Kiel, Germany. He and his wife, the poet Rea Nikonova, have been credited with reviving the Zaum poetry of the Russian Silver Age avant-garde, editing and publishing Transponance (1979-1987), a renowned Russian underground hand-made journal, covers of which can be viewed at The Sackner Archives. In 1998, they were awarded the Andrei Bely Prize for "special services to literature" for their preservation of the history and poetry of Russian Futurism.