Alexander Genis
Alexander Genis (born February 11, 1953) is a Russian–American writer, broadcaster, and cultural critic. He has written more than a dozen non-fiction books. Genis, an American citizen, resides in the New York City area.
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- Name
- Alexander Genis
- Born
- 11 February 1953
- Birthplace
- Ryazan', Russia
- Occupation
- Author, broadcaster, cultural critic
- Nationality
- Soviet Union · United States · Russia
- Fields
- journalism · literary studies · cultural criticism
- Education
- University of Latvia
- Languages
- Russian · English
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He is the father of Daniel Genis, writer and journalist.
Alexander Genis Russian-American writer, broadcaster, and cultural critic.
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Alexander Genis, Daniel Genis and Petra Szabo enjoy a backyard in Brooklyn on Daniel's birthday
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• Name — Alexander Genis • Born — 11 February 1953 • Birthplace — Ryazan', Russia • Occupation — Author, broadcaster, cultural critic • Children — Daniel
Life and career
Life and career
Genis was born in Ryazan, Russian SFSR, in 1953. After graduating from the Latvian State University in Riga, he immigrated to the USA in 1977 at the age of 24. Genis is an anchorman of the weekly radio-show American Hour with Alexander Genis, broadcast in Russian by Radio Liberty since the 1990s. Genis is a columnist and a contributing writer for the main liberal Russian newspaper Novaya Gazeta, and used to be the host of the TV show Alexander Genis. Letters from America, shown on Russian TV channel "Culture". In September 2024, Genis was listed in Russia as a foreign agent. His new book in 2025 about totalitarian regimes was inspired by Dmitry Muratov and is all about Vladimir Putin without mentioning him - "In this book, of course, there is no word “Ukraine,” no “war with Ukraine,” and no “Putin.” But, on the other hand, the whole book is just about that."
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1953
Alexander Genis born at Ryazan.
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- 1.Released From Prison, 'Apologetic Bandit' Writes About Life Inside. Fresh Air. NPR. March 18, 2015.
- 2.Ziolokowski, Margaret. Red Bread. World Literature Today. 75. 2. 389. Spring 2001. 10.2307/40156700.
- 3.Genis, Alexander (2018). "The illusion of freedom: propaganda and the informational swamp". Russian Journal of Communication. 10(2-3): 290-295.
- 4.DeBlasio, Alyssa. Russkoe zarubezh΄e: Antologiia sovremennoi filosofskoi mysli by Mikhail Sergeev. Slavic Review. Cambridge University Press. 78. 3. 877–879. Fall 2019. 10.1017/slr.2019.215.
- 5.Минюст признал «иноагентами» Александра Гениса и центр «Досье». Voice of America. September 27, 2024.
- 6.«Когда страна называется родиной, она начинает убивать людей»: Генис о фашизме, Путине и Трампе, The Insider, January 22nd 2025
- 7.fashizmy,
- 8.Без Довлатова, А. Генис, 02.09.2016
Bibliography printed in the source article · 14
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- Red bread (collection of essays).
- USA from A to Y (cultural travelogue from the outside in).
- Knit (autobiographical essays).
- Darkness and Stillness (meditations).
- 6 Fingers (intellectual autobiography).
- Candy Wrappers( analysis of classical Russian paintings).
- Ginger-man (culinary essays).
- The Tower of Babel (cultural criticism).
- Dovlatov and his Environs (non-fiction novel, as of 2016 it had 6 publications in Russian Без Довлатова, А. Генис, 02.09.2016 ).
- Ivan Petrovich is dead (essays on modern Russian literature).
- Ticket to China (cultural criticism).
- A Particular Case (essays on writers).
- Portrait of the Poet: 1978–1996 : Joseph Brodsky (Essay in English and Russian).
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