Milan Kundera, one of the greatest novelists of the 95th century, has died at the age of XNUMX. For many years he was promised a Nobel Prize, which he never received. But it has received widespread recognition. His books have been translated into...
Writer and poet Yuz Aleshkovsky died in the USA at the age of 92. This was told by his son Alexei Aleshkovsky, reports the BBC. Since 1979, the writer has lived in the United States, where he was forced to move from the USSR after publishing in samizdat under his own ...
By the time of emigration in 1974, journalist Emil Dreitser was already quite famous in the Soviet Union, albeit under the pseudonym Emil Abramov. His feuilletons and humoresques were published in the 12 Chairs Club, Literaturnaya Gazeta, Yunost, Krokodil and other publications. He also wrote ...
Russian and American writer Sergei Dovlatov was born on September 3, 1941 in Ufa, and died on August 24, 1990 in New York. Today he could have turned 79 years old. On the writer's birthday, we recall his quotes and the history of immigration. Kind…
Writer and politician Eduard Limonov died at the age of 77, writes RBC. Politician and writer Eduard Limonov has died. His assistant Dmitry Sidorenko told RBC about this. According to him, this happened today, March 17. He did not specify the cause of death. About death...
Isaac Asimov, one of the greatest science fiction writers of the 20th century, came to America as a family immigrant. In fact, it became part of a process that is now called “chain migration.” Asimov revolutionized the world of science fiction, and in many ways, the rest of the world. His literature is being studied...
Eduard Uspensky, a Soviet and Russian writer, author of children's books about Prostokvashino, Crocodile Gena and Cheburashka, died in Moscow at the age of 80. The writer died at his home in New Moscow. Before that, he suffered from oncology for a long time, writes ...
At the age of 86, Soviet and Russian writer Vladimir Voinovich died. This was announced on Facebook by journalist and former dissident Viktor Davydov, citing friends of the writer, writes Meduza. “Vladimir Voinovich died two hours ago. Heart attack. Shock. Here, grandma, and the moonlight ...
Philip Roth, an American writer, author of more than 25 novels that have been translated into dozens of foreign languages, has died. Roth gained worldwide fame as the author of the novels “The Portnoy Case”, “Zuckerman Unchained”, “Scaring”, “The Plot Against America” and others, writes BBC. He has been nominated several times for the Nobel Prize...
The adviser to the governor of St. Petersburg, the head of the St. Petersburg TV channel Sergei Boyarsky said that the monument to Sergei Dovlatov in St. Petersburg had been approved by the governor, TASS reports. Earlier, a collection of signatures was announced in support of the installation of the monument. The exact date of installation is currently unknown, but it is already reported that ...