Leonid Gubanov

Leonid Georgyevich Gubanov (; 20 July 1946 – 8 September 1983 ) was a Soviet poet, creator of the unofficial literary circle SMOG.

Biography He began writing poetry in childhood. In 1962 he entered the literary studio at the district library. Several of his poems were published in the newspaper Pionerskaya Pravda. Then he became interested in futurism and created a neo-futuristic samizdat magazine.

Then he entered the literary studio of the Moscow Palace of Pioneers. Famous poets paid attention to him. In 1964, Yevgeny Yevtushenko helped to print an excerpt from a poem by Leonid Gubanov in the magazine Yunost. This publication was the last publication of Leonid Gubanov in the Soviet press.

He died on 8 September 1983 at the age of thirty-seven, and was buried in Moscow at the Khovanskoye Cemetery.

In 1994, the first compilation of Leonid Gubanov, The Angel in the Snow, was published by the publishing house IMA-PRESS.

Personal life He was married to the poet (1943–2018).

Books The Angel in the Snow (1994) I am Exiled to the Muse on Galleys... (2001) Gray Horse (2006) And Invited Words to Feast... (2012)