Dmitri Prigov

Dmitri Aleksandrovich Prigov
Dmitri Aleksandrovich Prigov
Native name	Дмитрий Александрович Пригов
Born	5 November 1940; Moscow, Soviet Union
Died	16 July 2007 (aged 66); Moscow, Russian Federation
Occupation	Writer, artist
Nationality	Russian
Citizenship	Soviet Union (1940–1991) → Russian Federation (1991–2007)
Period	Contemporary
Literary movement	Russian postmodernism; Moscow Conceptualists

Dmitri Aleksandrovich Prigov (Russian: Дми́трий Алекса́ндрович При́гов, 5 November 1940 in Moscow – 16 July 2007 in Moscow^[1]) was a Russian writer and artist. Prigov was part of the unofficial Moscow Conceptualists during the era of the Soviet Union and was briefly sent to a psychiatric hospital in 1986.^[2]

^ Dmitri Prigov, leader of conceptualist school, dies at age 66 news agency AP via International Herald Tribune, 16 July 2007
^ New York Times "Dmitri Prigov, 66, Poet Who Challenged Soviet Authority, Dies" 20 July 2007

[obit-1] Dmitri Prigov, leader of conceptualist school, dies at age 66 news agency AP via International Herald Tribune, 16 July 2007

[20prigov-2] New York Times "Dmitri Prigov, 66, Poet Who Challenged Soviet Authority, Dies" 20 July 2007

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