Eduard Limonov

Eduard Limonov
Limonov in 2018
Limonov in 2018
BornEduard Veniaminovich Savenko
(1943-02-22)22 February 1943
Dzerzhinsk, Gorky Oblast, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
Died17 March 2020(2020-03-17) (aged 77)
Moscow, Russia
OccupationWriter, poet, essayist, publicist, leader of The Other Russia, former leader of the National Bolshevik Party, editor of newspaper Limonka
CitizenshipSoviet (1943–74)
Stateless (1974–1987)
French (1987–2011)
Russian (1992–2020)
Alma materKharkiv National Pedagogical University
Period1958–2020
GenreNovel, poetry, short story, autobiography, political essay
Literary movementPostmodernism (Russian postmodernism)
Notable worksIt's Me, Eddie
His Butler's Story
A Young Scoundrel
Memoir of a Russian Punk
The Book of Water
PartnerAnna Rubinshtein
Yelena Shchapova
Natalya Medvedeva (1983–1995)
Yekaterina Volkova
ChildrenBogdan
Alexandra
Website
limonov-eduard.livejournal.com

Eduard Veniaminovich Limonov ( Savenko; Russian: Эдуард Вениаминович Лимонов, IPA: [ɨdʊˈart vʲɪnʲɪɐˈmʲinəvʲɪtɕ lʲɪˈmonəf]; 22 February 1943 – 17 March 2020) was a Russian writer, poet, publicist, political dissident and politician.

He emigrated from the Soviet Union in 1974, but returned to Russia in 1991, where he founded the National Bolshevik Party. The party was banned in the country in 2007 and superseded by The Other Russia of E. V. Limonov. In the 2000s, he was one of the leaders of The Other Russia coalition of opposition forces.[1]

  1. ^ Kasparov, Garry (31 May 2007). "Kasparov on Voronezh: "If this is a democracy, let us march"". The Other ussia. Retrieved 8 January 2023.

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