Alexander Genis

Alexander A Genis
Born (1953-02-11) February 11, 1953 (age 71)
Ryazan', Russia
Occupation(s)Author, broadcaster, cultural critic
ChildrenDaniel

Alexander Genis (born February 11, 1953) is a Russian–American writer, broadcaster, and cultural critic. He has written more than a dozen non-fiction books.

Genis, an American citizen, resides in the New York City area. He is the father of Daniel Genis, writer and journalist.[1]

Life and career

Genis was born in Ryazan, Russian SFSR, in 1953.[2] After graduating from the Latvian State University in Riga, he immigrated to the USA in 1977 at the age of 24.[3]

Genis is an anchorman of the weekly radio-show American Hour with Alexander Genis, broadcast in Russian by Radio Liberty since the 1990s.[3][4] Genis is a columnist and a contributing writer for the main liberal Russian newspaper Novaya Gazeta, and used to be the host of the TV show Alexander Genis. Letters from America, shown on Russian TV channel "Culture".[3]

In September 2024, Genis was listed in Russia as a foreign agent.[5]

Bibliography

  • Red bread (collection of essays).
  • USA from A to Y (cultural travelogue from the outside in).
  • Knit (autobiographical essays).
  • Darkness and Stillness (meditations).
  • 6 Fingers (intellectual autobiography).
  • Candy Wrappers( analysis of classical Russian paintings).
  • Ginger-man (culinary essays).
  • The Tower of Babel (cultural criticism).
  • Dovlatov and his Environs (non-fiction novel, as of 2016 it had 6 publications in Russian[6]).
  • Ivan Petrovich is dead (essays on modern Russian literature).
  • Ticket to China (cultural criticism).
  • A Particular Case (essays on writers).
  • Portrait of the Poet: 1978–1996 : Joseph Brodsky (Essay in English and Russian).

References

  1. ^ "Released From Prison, 'Apologetic Bandit' Writes About Life Inside". Fresh Air. NPR. March 18, 2015.
  2. ^ Ziolokowski, Margaret (Spring 2001). "Red Bread". World Literature Today. 75 (2): 389.
  3. ^ a b c Genis, Alexander (2018). "The illusion of freedom: propaganda and the informational swamp". Russian Journal of Communication. 10(2-3): 290-295. doi:10.1080/19409419.2018.1533423
  4. ^ DeBlasio, Alyssa (Fall 2019). "Russkoe zarubezh΄e: Antologiia sovremennoi filosofskoi mysli by Mikhail Sergeev". Slavic Review. 78 (3). Cambridge University Press: 877–879.
  5. ^ "Минюст признал «иноагентами» Александра Гениса и центр «Досье»". Voice of America. September 27, 2024.
  6. ^ Без Довлатова, А. Генис, 02.09.2016