Yevgeny Surkov
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Yevgeny Danilovich Surkov (Russian: Евгений Данилович Сурков; October 18 [31] 1915, Nizhny Novgorod — June 28, 1988, Moscow)[1] was a Soviet and Russian literary, theater and film critic, editor and pedagogue.[2] Candidate of Philological Sciences (1955).
In December 1949, Surkov entered the main editorial office of the Great Soviet Encyclopedia, where he worked until April 1951 as a senior scientific and control editor.
In the years 1953–1958, Surkov taught at the Maxim Gorky Literature Institute, and in 1964–1988 at VGIK, where he conducted a cinema studies workshop. Among his students are Sergey Kudryavtsev, Pyotr Shepotinnik, Ayaz Salayev.
From 1969 to 1982 he was the chief editor of Iskusstvo Kino.[3]
In February 1979, Surkov led a delegation of Soviet cinematographers at the Berlin International Film Festival and, seeing the insult of the Vietnamese people in the film The Deer Hunter, initiated a boycott of the festival by delegations from socialist countries.[4][5]
Surkov was one of the brightest and most controversial figures in Russian film studies who put their talents in the service of official ideology.[6]
On June 28, 1988, Surkov died after attempting suicide.[7] Under the will is buried in Nizhny Novgorod, in the grave of his stepfather.[1]
References
- ^ a b Нижегородский некрополь
- ^ Роман с гласностью
- ^ "Армен Медведев: "Только о кино. Послесловие"". Искусство кино (in Russian). Retrieved 23 July 2023.
- ^ Охота на медведей // Rossiyskaya Gazeta
- ^ Als die Berlinale vor dem Abbruch stand // Der Tagesspiegel
- ^ Russian media teachers: An encyclopedic reference book
- ^ 70-е. Хитроумные годы
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