About Yuri Druzhnikov
Lived 1933 – 2008 (aged 75). Yuri Druzhnikov was a Russian and American journalist, children's writer, writer, university teacher, literary historian and slavist.
Yuri Ilyich Druzhnikov (in Russian: Юрий Ильич Дружников) was born Yuri Izrailevich Alperovich on the 17 April 1933 in Moscow, USSR. He died on the 14 May 2008 in Davis, California.
In his lifetime, he worked as an actor, a photographer, an editor, a journalist and travel correspondent, as an author and as a professor of Russian. He was also the vice-president of the American branch of the International PEN club.
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Who was Yuri Druzhnikov?
Russian writer (1933–2008)
When was Yuri Druzhnikov born?
Yuri Druzhnikov was born on 17 April 1933 in Moscow.
When did Yuri Druzhnikov die?
Yuri Druzhnikov died on 14 May 2008 in Davis.
What was Yuri Druzhnikov's occupation?
Yuri Druzhnikov was a journalist, children's writer, writer, university teacher, literary historian and slavist.
What nationality was Yuri Druzhnikov?
Yuri Druzhnikov was Russian and American.
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