Yevgeni Valeryevich Grishkovetz (russian: Евге́ний Вале́рьевич Гришкове́ц; born February 17, 1967 in

Kemerovo Kemerovo ( rus, Ке́мерово, p=ˈkʲemʲɪrəvə) is an industrial city and the administrative center of Kemerovo Oblast, Russia, located at the confluence of the Iskitimka and Tom Rivers, in the major coal mining region of the Kuznetsk Ba ...

) is a popular

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and

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. He is widely known as the author of witty solo performances. Grishkovets has staged authorial plays ''Odnovremenno'', ''Planeta'', ''Drednouty'', ''Osada'', ''Titanic'', ''po Po'' and ''+1'' and published a number of his books: collected plays ''Gorod'' (2001), ''Kak ya syel sobaku'' (2003), the novel ''Rubashka'' (2004), the story ''Reki'' (2005) and collected stories ''Planka'' (2006). He has played supporting roles in remarkable

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including '' Progulka'', '' Ne khlebom edinym'' and '' V kruge pervom''. Grishkovetz lives in

Kaliningrad Kaliningrad ( ; rus, Калининград, p=kəlʲɪnʲɪnˈɡrat, links=y), until 1946 known as Königsberg (; rus, Кёнигсберг, Kyonigsberg, ˈkʲɵnʲɪɡzbɛrk; rus, Короле́вец, Korolevets), is the largest city and ...

and tours with his theatre productions both in Russia and in

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where he has become a welcome guest at many prestigious festivals. Yevgeni is married and has three children: daughter Natalie (born in 1995), son Alexander (born in 2004) and daughter Maria (born in 2010).Евгений Гришковец: «У меня было двое детей, а теперь — много»
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A Fellow Who Has Eaten a Dog: Yevgeni Grishkovetz
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