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Vladimir Voinovich

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Vladimir Voinovich · Arts & Literature

What

Russian writer and satirist known for his dissident novels.

When

1932, Dushanbe, Tajik SSR, USSR (now Tajikistan) — 2018, Moscow, Russia

Where

Soviet Union · Germany · Russia

Biography

Vladimir Voinovich is recognized among Jewish contributors to Arts & Literature — Russian writer and satirist known for his dissident novels.

How & why

Vladimir Voinovich was a Russian writer and satirist, best known for the anti-Soviet comic novel 'The Life and Extraordinary Adventures of Private Ivan Chonkin', whose dissident work led to his expulsion from the USSR in 1980. His mother, Rozalia Goykhman, was Jewish (his father was of Serbian descent). He became one of the most celebrated voices of Russian literary dissent.

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Russian writer and satirist known for his dissident novels.

1932

Source: IMDb (Jewish Actors list)