Fazil Iskander. The poet (№ 324820)

One of the elusive and at the same time an accurate indication of genius is the feeling: is it really live? The closest example - Osip Mandelstam. Was it really? For this reason, genius is rarely recognized during the life of a genius. Prevents that he is alive. Even if we ignore the ignorance and envy, it remains a deep, albeit unconsciously argument: alive and singing heavenly songs. What, he was there, or what? How he knows them? So, the songs just seem like Paradise. After death it is easier to recognize: as a part of there is singing.