Daniil Borisovich Dondurey (russian: Дании́л Бори́сович Дондурей; May 19, 1947
in
Ulyanovsk
Ulyanovsk, known until 1924 as Simbirsk, is a city and the administrative center of Ulyanovsk Oblast, Russia, located on the Volga River east of Moscow. Population:
The city, founded as Simbirsk (), was the birthplace of Vladimir Lenin (born ...
– May 10, 2017 in Israel) was a Soviet and Russian culturologist, film critic, sociologist of the media, editor in chief of the journal ''
Iskusstvo Kino
''Iskusstvo Kino'' (Russian: Искусство кино, ''Film Art'') is a film magazine published in Moscow, Russia. It has been published since 1931 and is one of the earliest magazines in Europe which specialize on film theory and review al ...
'', and
Candidate of Philosophy.
He was a member of
Presidential Council for Civil Society and Human Rights
The Presidential Council for the Development of Civil Society and Human Rights is a consultative body to the President of the Russian Federation, tasked with assisting him in guaranteeing and protecting human rights and freedoms in Russia. Since ...
, and a member of the Public Council of the
Russian Jewish Congress.
Biography
He was born into the family of engineer Boris Danilovich Dondurey and lawyer Faina Moiseevna Cher.
In 1975–1981, he worked at the Institute of the History of Art, in 1981–1986 in the Scientific Research Institute of Culture of the RSFSR.
He compiled a number of scientific collections on the sociology of culture, theory and history of the fine arts, theater and cinema. His works have been translated and published in Bulgaria, Hungary, Vietnam, Germany, Italy, Cuba, Poland, Romania, USA, France, and Czechoslovakia.
Памяти Даниила Дондурея. Антон Долин — о главном редакторе журнала «Искусство кино»
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1947 births
People from Ulyanovsk
2017 deaths
Russian sociologists
Cultural academics
Repin Institute of Arts alumni
Recipients of the Nika Award
Deaths from brain cancer in Israel
Russian magazine editors
Russian film critics
Burials in Troyekurovskoye Cemetery
Soviet Jews
Russian Jews
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