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Published: 2024-04-19
No. 2 (186) (2024)

MORE THAN A SATIRIST. VIKTOR SHENDEROVICH

Katarzyna Mariola Jastrzębska Logo ORCID
Section: Artykuły
https://doi.org/10.31261/pr.17087

Abstract

The article is presenting the profile of Viktor Shenderovich (born in 1958), a modern day writer, referred to as the leading Russian satirist, esseist, screenwriter of the iconic TV show „Puppets” („Куклы”), aphorist, dissident, autspoken Kremlin critic, currently living in emmigration. The author of the article is referring Shenderovich artistic biography, which describes his most important literary achievements – Shenderovich is a dramaturgist, an author of a number of plays in a convention of political satire, in which he often refers to the most current events in Russian history. The article, also presents Shenderovich dissident activity. In 2010 he has become a laureate of the Helsinki Foundation of Human Rights award in the category „Human Rights Protection by the Means of Culture and Art”. He’s also been actively protesting against Kremlin’s policy by signing multiple appeals and protests directed to the president of the Russian Federation. Since the beggining of the Russia’s aggression on Ukraine, Shenderovich has been condemning the war publicly, he was also a part of a group of artists and activists calling for deescalating the conflict and ceasing hostilities. In December of 2021 Shenderovich’s name has been put on the “foreign agent” list, which was a direct cause of him leaving the country.

The author of the article also discusses the writer’s connection with polish culture, especially the making of his original project called „Lec. The 20th century”

Keywords:

Viktor Shenderovich, the most recent political satire, dissident, Russia’s attack on Ukraine, „Lec. The 20th century” – an album.

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Jastrzębska, K. M. (2024). MORE THAN A SATIRIST. VIKTOR SHENDEROVICH. Przegląd Rusycystyczny [Russian Studies Review], (2 (186), 62–80. https://doi.org/10.31261/pr.17087

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No. 2 (186) (2024)
Published: 2024-04-22

ISSN: 0137-298X
Ikona DOI 10.31261/pr
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Polskie Towarzystwo Rusycystyczne oraz Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Śląskiego
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