Mikhail Zhvanetsky

Mikhail Zhvanetsky
Mikhail Zhvanetsky, 22 January 2002
Birth name	Mikhail Mikhaylovich Zhvanetsky
Born	6 March 1934 (1934-03-06) (age 77) Odessa, Soviet Union
Genres	Satire
Website	jvanetsky.ru

Mikhail Mikhaylovich Zhvanetsky (Ukrainian: Михайло Михайлович Жванецький,Russian: Михаи́л Миха́йлович Жване́цкий, transliterated: Mykhailo Mykhailovych Zhvanetsky) (born 6 March 1934, Odessa, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union) is a famous Russian-language, Soviet, Russian and Ukrainian satiric writer and a stand-up comedian. Born in Odessa, where he trained as an engineer, he is best known for his monologues (from Soviet time) performed on a stage by himself and by other actors in which he targeted different aspects of the Soviet and post-Soviet reality and everyday life.

Zhvanetsky's monologues and sketches were performed by Arkady Raikin, Roman Kartsev and Viktor Ilchenko. He joined the Union of Soviet Writers in 1978 and has authored several books of humor and satire.

Awards and honors

Zhvanetsky was granted the following honorary titles and decorated with the following orders:

• People's Artist of Ukraine (народний артист України), 1999.^[1]
• Meritorious Artist of the Russian Federation (заслужений діяч мистецтв РФ), 2001
• Merited Artist of the Republic of Crimea, Ukraine (заслужений діяч мистецтв Автономної Республіки Крим), 2002
• Russian Order of Merit for the Fatherland, fourth class, by President Medvedev on his 75th birthday in 2009.^[2]

References

1. ^ Order of the President of Ukraine on the granting of the honorary title of "Meritorious Artist of Ukraine" (in Ukrainian).
2. ^ "Дмитрий Медведев наградил Михаила Жванецкого орденом". Lenta.Ru. 6 March 2009. Retrieved 6 August 2009. (Russian)

External links

• Official Website (Russian)

Persondata
Name	Zhvanetsky, Mikhail
Alternative names
Short description	Russian writer
Date of birth	6 March 1934
Place of birth	Odessa, Soviet Union
Date of death
Place of death