Igor Ilyich Dudinsky (Russian: Игорь Ильич Дудинский; 31 March 1947 – 11 June 2022)[1] was a Soviet and Russian journalist, writer, art critic, and visual artist.

Dudinsky in 2000

Biography

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Dudinsky was born in Moscow in the family of the international economist Ilya Vladimirovich Dudinsky.[2]

He was an active participant in the Moscow bohemian life.[3][4] In 1965 he entered the MSU Faculty of Economics. He began to participate in the dissident movement and on 5 December 1965, he went to a demonstration in defense of Andrei Sinyavsky and Yuli Daniel, after which he was expelled from the university.[5]

He worked as a special correspondent for Ogoniok Magazine.

From 1995 to 2005 he worked at the Megapolis Express Publishing House [ru].[5]

He was a Moscow correspondent for the literary and artistic almanac Muleta and the newspaper Evening Bell, which were published by the artist and art critic Vladimir Kotlyarov (Tolstoy)  [ru] who had emigrated to Paris. He was the deputy editor-in-chief of newspaper Literary News. He founded and published the newspaper The Last Pole and the magazine Continent Russia.

In 2007 he became the first deputy editor-in-chief of the Moscow Correspondent newspaper. In 2021, Dudinsky's fifth book Four Sisters was published

Family

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Married for the thirteenth time.[6] Daughter — film director Valeriya Gai Germanika.[3][7]

References

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  1. ^ Журналист Игорь Дудинский скончался на 76-м году жизни в Москве (in Russian)
  2. ^ Игорь Дудинский // peremeny.ru
  3. ^ a b «Школа» на Первом: папа Леры в восторге, директор – в истерике
  4. ^ Игорь Дудинский. Последний тусовщик оттепели
  5. ^ a b "Биография Игоря Дудинского". Archived from the original on 29 November 2014. Retrieved 19 November 2014.
  6. ^ Отец Германики женился в 13-й раз!
  7. ^ Московский корреспондент: История Гай Германики
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