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Eduard Limonov
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Russian writer (1943-2020)
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Eduard Limonov was a Russian male writer whose professional career spanned from 1958 until his death on March 17, 2020. Born in 1943, he also used the pseudonyms "Лимонов" and "Дед Лимон". His literary output includes works such as *Zeh ani Edits'ḳah*, *Takoĭ prezident nam ne nuzhen!*, *Pod nebom Parizha*, *Svezheotbyvshie na tot svet*, and *Партия мёртвых*.
Limonov’s bibliography comprises 38 works according to Open Library records, while Crossref data lists five works. He maintained an official website and had a social media following of 9,530. His name is referenced in 534 other encyclopedia articles.
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Key facts
- Native name
- Эдуард Вениаминович Лимонов
- Born
- Eduard Veniaminovich Savenko , ( 1943-02-22 ) 22 February 1943, Dzerzhinsk , Gorky Oblast, Soviet Union
- Died
- 17 March 2020 (2020-03-17) (aged 77), Moscow, Russia
- Occupation
- Writer, poet, essayist, publicist, leader of The Other Russia , former leader of the National Bolshevik Party , editor of newspaper Limonka
- Citizenship
- Soviet (1943–74), Stateless (1974–1987), French (1987–2011), Russian (1992–2020)
- Alma mater
- Kharkiv National Pedagogical University
- Period
- 1958–2020
- Genre
- Novel, poetry, short story, autobiography, political essay
- Literary movement
- Postmodernism ( Russian postmodernism )
- Notable works
- It's Me, Eddie , His Butler's Story , A Young Scoundrel , Memoir of a Russian Punk , The Book of Water
- Partner
- Anna Rubinshtein, Yelena Shchapova , Natalya Medvedeva (1983–1995), Yekaterina Volkova
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Eduard
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- statelessness
- Place of birth
- Dzerzhinsk
- Place of death
- Moscow
- Occupation
- short story writer
- Employer
- L'Humanité
- Political party
- National Bolshevik Party
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Native language
- Russian
- Award
- Andrei Biely Prize
- Notable work
- It's Me, Eddie
- Field of work
- politics
- Genre
- essay
- Movement
- Postmodernism
- Official website
- limonow.de
- Image
- Eduard Limonov.jpg
- Political ideology
- National Bolshevism
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- Commons category
- Eduard Limonov
- date of birth
- 1943-11-22
- name in native language
- Эдуард Вениаминович Лимонов
- pseudonym
- Дед Лимон
- birth name
- Эдуард Вениаминович Савенко
- start of work period
- 1958-00-00
- writing language
- French
- date of death
- 2020-03-17
- place of burial
- Troyekurovskoye cemetery
- social media followers
- 9530
- end of work period
- 2020-00-00
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Encyclopedic overview
Eduard Veniaminovich Limonov (né Savenko; 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. In the 2000s, he was one of the leaders of The Other Russia coalition of opposition forces.
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