Igor Moiseyevich Irtenyev (russian: Игорь Моисеевич Иртеньев; born 25 May 1947,
Moscow) is a Russian poet.
[Sergei Loiko]
Russians are leaving the country in droves
'' The Los Angeles Times'', November 14, 2011
Biography
He is a member of
PEN Russia. In 2011, he emigrated to
Israel because, as he said "I just can't bear the idea of watching
ladimirPutin on television every day for the next 12 years".
However, he returned to Russia after spending two years in Israel.
Interview with Dmitry Bykov
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References
External links
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Игорь Иртеньев на сайте «Грани-ТВ»
* Кристина Витц
Ирония как основной прием Игоря Иртеньева
Russian male poets
Living people
1947 births
Writers from Moscow
20th-century Russian poets
20th-century pseudonymous writers
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