Mikhail Zhvanetsky
| Mikhail Zhvanetsky | |
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 Mikhail Zhvanetsky, 22 January 2002 |
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| Birth name | Mikhail Mikhaylovich Zhvanetsky |
| Born | 6 March 1934 Odessa, Soviet Union |
| Genres | Satire |
| Website | jvanetsky.ru |
Mikhail Mikhaylovich Zhvanetsky (Russian: Михаи́л Миха́йлович Жване́цкий; Ukrainian: Михайло Михайлович Жванецький, transliterated: Mykhailo Mykhailovych Zhvanetsky) (born 6 March 1934, Odessa, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union) is a famous Soviet and Russian satiric writer and stand-up comedian. Born in Odessa, where he trained as an engineer, he is best known for his monologues (from Soviet time) performed on a stage by himself and by other actors in which he targeted different aspects of the Soviet and post-Soviet reality and everyday life.
Zhvanetsky's monologues and sketches were performed by Arkady Raikin, Roman Kartsev and Viktor Ilchenko. He joined the Union of Soviet Writers in 1978 and has authored several books of humor and satire.
[edit] Awards and honors
- This article incorporates information from the equivalent article on the Russian Wikipedia.
Zhvanetsky was granted the following honorary titles and decorated with the following orders:
- People's Artist of Ukraine (народний артист України), 1999.[1]
- Meritorious Artist of the Russian Federation (заслужений діяч мистецтв РФ), 2001
- Merited Artist of the Republic of Crimea, Ukraine (заслужений діяч мистецтв Автономної Республіки Крим), 2002
- Russian Order of Merit for the Fatherland, fourth class, by President Medvedev on Zhvanetsky's 75th birthday in 2009.[2]
- President of the International Club of Odessa
- Order of Friendship of Peoples (1994)
- Independent prize "Triumph" (1994)
- Member of the Writers' Union (1978–1991)
- Honorary Citizen of Odessa (1994)
- Member of the Presidium of the Russian Jewish Congress
- Breastplate of the Foreign Ministry of Russia "for contribution to international cooperation"
Boulevard of the Arts in Odessa was renamed Boulevard Zhvanetsky (5 April 2009)
Some sources say that Zhvanetsky was named "People's Artist of the USSR" in 1991, but in the "Bulletin of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR» № 52 for the year 1991 his name was not include among the recipients.
[edit] References
- ^ Order of the President of Ukraine on the granting of the honorary title of "Meritorious Artist of Ukraine" (in Ukrainian).
- ^ "Дмитрий Медведев наградил Михаила Жванецкого орденом". Lenta.Ru. 6 March 2009. Retrieved 6 August 2009. (Russian)
[edit] External links
- Official Website (Russian)
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