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M. Gessen

M. Gessen was a Soviet, Russian and American journalist, translator, political activist, academic and writer (born 1967). He was born at Moscow.

Also recorded as Maria Alexandrovna Gessen; Masha Gessen.

Overview

Recorded at birth as Мария Александровна Гессен.

Born at Moscow in 1967.

Identity and origins

M. Gessen was recorded at birth as Мария Александровна Гессен. The authorities additionally record the headings Maria Alexandrovna Gessen and Masha Gessen. His recorded languages were Russian and English.

He was the child of Alexander Gessen and Yelena Minkina.

Recognition and collections

M. Gessen received Kurt Tucholsky Prize, National Book Award for Nonfiction, Leipzig Book Award for European Understanding, Guggenheim Fellowship, Hannah Arendt Prize and Wallenberg Medal.

Catalogued works

3 works under this name are catalogued by Wikidata Query Service.

The Man Without a Face: The Unlikely Rise of Vladimir Putin. The Abortion Protests in Poland Are Starting to Feel Like a Revolution. Ester and Ruzya.

Literature

4 scholarly publications naming this subject were located in the registry of record.

Gessen, Benezit Dictionary of Artists, 2011. Unreality and Social Corrosion: Masha Gessen and Ethan Zuckerman in Conversation, Journal of Design and Science, 2019. Why we underestimate Putin, according to Masha Gessen, 2014. gessen, Johann Jakob Spreng, Allgemeines deutsches Glossarium. Historisch-etymologisches Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache online, 2025.

In detail

M. Gessen studied at Moscow State School 57. the recorded working language is Russian and English.

Residence is recorded at New York City. Employment is recorded with Amherst College and The New Yorker.

Distinctions recorded are Kurt Tucholsky Prize, National Book Award for Nonfiction, Leipzig Book Award for European Understanding and Guggenheim Fellowship.

Chronology

  1. 1967M. Gessen born at Moscow.

Sources

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  • reference work · Reputable secondary · Wikipedia

    “M. Gessen”, English Wikipedia, consulted as further reading

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  • reference work · Reputable secondary · Wikidata

    Wikidata, structured authority record Q441226: M. Gessen

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