Vladimir Voinovich died

In Moscow, at the age of 85, writer Vladimir Voinovich died of a heart attack. This was reported in social networks by his friends.

Voinovich actively participated in the dissident movement until forced emigration to Germany at the end of 1980. For human rights and the satirical image of Soviet reality in 1974, he was expelled from the Writers' Union, and in 1981 he was deprived of Soviet citizenship, which was returned to him by the President of the USSR Mikhail Gorbachev in 1990. In 1980-1992, Voinovich lived in Germany and the USA, collaborated with Radio Liberty.

The most famous work in Russia and the world of Voinovich is a multi -volume novel -ankdot "Life and extraordinary adventures of the soldier Ivan Chonkin." Voinovich is the author of the anti -utopia "Moscow 2042" (1986), satirical stories and plays, the book "Portrait in the background of the myth" About Alexander Solzhenitsyn and the autobiographical novel "Self -portrait" (2010).

In addition to literature, Voinovich was engaged in painting.

The writer defended political prisoners of Putin's Russia, participated in the work of the Congress of the intelligentsia and other civil initiatives.

Vladimir Nikolaevich Voinovich was the author of the "faces". The editors expresses deep condolences to his family.