Nina Sadur
Soviet and Russian novelist and playwright (1950—2023)
About Nina Sadur
Lived 1950 – 2023 (aged 73). Nina Sadur was a Russian novelist, playwright, writer, screenwriter and prose writer.
Nina Nikolayevna Sadur (, (born Nina Nikolayevna Kolesnikova; 15 October 1950 – 12 November 2023), also known as Nína Mikháilovna Sadúr, was a Russian prose writer and playwright. She was known for being "one of the leading proponents of the 'new drama' of the 1980s, whose avant-garde vision is dark, mystic, and absurdist." graduating in 1983.
Sadur described her style as being the "realm of the illusory" or "magical realism."
In 2014, Sadur published The Witching Hour and Other Plays. Middlebury professor Thomas R. Beyer characterized the work as "[leading] us into the darkness of the human spirit as the Russian literature of Gogol and Dostoevsky has so often done." who is also known as Katia.
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Who was Nina Sadur?
Soviet and Russian novelist and playwright (1950—2023)
When was Nina Sadur born?
Nina Sadur was born on 15 October 1950 in Novosibirsk.
When did Nina Sadur die?
Nina Sadur died on 12 November 2023 in Moscow.
What was Nina Sadur's occupation?
Nina Sadur was a novelist, playwright, writer, screenwriter and prose writer.
What nationality was Nina Sadur?
Nina Sadur was Russian.
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