Eduard Limonov | |
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Born | Eduard Veniaminovich Savenko 22 February 1943 Dzerzhinsk, Gorky Oblast, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union |
Died | 17 March 2020 Moscow, Russia | (aged 77)
Occupation | Writer, poet, essayist, publicist, leader of The Other Russia, former leader of the National Bolshevik Party, editor of newspaper Limonka |
Citizenship | Soviet (1943–74) Stateless (1974–1987) French (1987–2011) Russian (1992–2020) |
Alma mater | Kharkiv National Pedagogical University |
Period | 1958–2020 |
Genre | Novel, poetry, short story, autobiography, political essay |
Literary movement | Postmodernism (Russian postmodernism) |
Notable works | It's Me, Eddie His Butler's Story A Young Scoundrel Memoir of a Russian Punk The Book of Water |
Partner | Anna Rubinshtein Yelena Shchapova Natalya Medvedeva (1983–1995) Yekaterina Volkova |
Children | Bogdan Alexandra |
Website | |
limonov-eduard |
Eduard Veniaminovich Limonov (né Savenko; Russian: Эдуард Вениаминович Лимонов, IPA: [ɪdʊˈart vʲɪnʲɪɐˈmʲinəvʲɪtɕ lʲɪˈmonəf]; 22 February 1943 – 17 March 2020) was a Russian writer, poet, publicist, political dissident and politician.
He emigrated from the Soviet Union in 1974, but returned to Russia in 1991, where he founded the National Bolshevik Party. The party was banned in the country in 2007 and superseded by The Other Russia. In the 2000s, he was one of the leaders of The Other Russia coalition of opposition forces.[1]