Biography
Eduard Limonov (Russian: Эдуард Лимонов, real name Eduard Veniaminovich Savenko, Russian: Эдуард Вениаминович Савенко; 22 February 1943 – 17 March 2020) was a Russian writer, poet, publicist, and political dissident.
He emigrated from the USSR in 1974 and earned the fame of a scandalous writer abroad, in particular, due to obscene language and pornographic scenes in his first novel It's Me, Eddie.
In 1991, he returned to Russia and soon founded the controversial National Bolshevik Party that was banned in the country in 2007 (it was superseded by The Other Russia party). A fierce opponent of neoliberal policies in Russia, he was arrested in 2001 and convicted for illegal possession of weapons. In the 2000s, he was one of the leaders of The Other Russia coalition of opposition forces. However, he ed Putin's foreign policy following the 2014 pro-Russian unrest in Ukraine. (Wiki)
Filmography
all 10
Movies 9
self 6
TV Shows 1
Writer 1
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Known For
Writing
Gender
Male
Birthday
1943-02-22
Deathday
2020-03-17 (77 years old)
Birth Name
Эдуард Вениаминович Савенко
Birth Place
Dzerzhinsk, Russia, Russia
Citizenships
statelessness, Soviet Union, Russia,
Also Known As
Эдуард Лимонов
Awards
Andrei Biely Prize
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