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Vladimir Voinovich

Born

in Dushanbe, Tajikistan

September 26, 1932

Died

July 27, 2018

Genre

Literature & Fiction

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Vladimir Voinovich (rus. Владимир Николаевич Войнович) was born in what is now Dushanbe, the capital of Tajikistan, but which at the time of his birth was Stalinabad, a city in the USSR.

Voinovich started writing and publishing poetry during the army service; he later switched to writing prose and ultimately became famous as a master of satirical depiction of the absurdity of Soviet life. However, he does not forgo real people in favor of the grand scheme of things.

Satiric fiction has never been popular under authoritarian or totalitarian regimes. Voinovich's writing and political activity (dissident) led to his expulsion from the Writer's Union (194), emigration to Germany (1980), and loss of USSR citizenship (1981; restored 10 years late ...more

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Vladimir Voinovich’s books

Average rating: 3.96 · 6,894 ratings · 602 reviews · 63 distinct works • Similar authors

	The Life and Extraordinary Adventures of Private Ivan Chonkin 4.02 avg rating — 2,661 ratings — published 1969 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Moscow 2042 3.95 avg rating — 1,979 ratings — published 1987 — 37 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Fur Hat by Vladimir Voinovich, Susan Brownsberger (Translator) 3.92 avg rating — 802 ratings — published 1988 — 15 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Monumental Propaganda 3.93 avg rating — 292 ratings — published 2000 — 19 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Pretender to the Throne: Further Adventures of Private Ivan Chonkin by Vladimir Voinovich, Richard Lourie (Translator) 4.02 avg rating — 258 ratings — published 1975 — 25 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Ivankiad: Or, The tale of the writer Voinovich's installation in his new apartment by Vladimir Voinovich, David Lapeza (Translator) 3.70 avg rating — 227 ratings — published 1976 — 15 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	شوروی ضد شوروی by Vladimir Voinovich, بیژن اشتری (Translator) 4.17 avg rating — 128 ratings — published 1985	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A Displaced Person: The Later Life and Extraordinary Adventures of Private Ivan Chonkin by Vladimir Voinovich, Andrew Bromfield (Translation) 3.75 avg rating — 129 ratings — published 1969 — 12 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Anti-Soviet Soviet Union 4.06 avg rating — 82 ratings — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Малиновый пеликан by Vladimir Voinovich, Владимир Войнович 3.83 avg rating — 69 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Series by Vladimir Voinovich

Private Chonkin (3 books)
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Vladimir Voinovich,

Andrew Bromfield (Translation)

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Quotes by Vladimir Voinovich (?)

“-Little girl whom do you love more, mama or papa?
-Stalin!”
― Vladimir Voinovich, The Life and Extraordinary Adventures of Private Ivan Chonkin

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“A meeting is that measure whereby a large number of people gather and some say things that they don't think and others think things that they don't say.”
― Vladimir Voinovich, The Life and Extraordinary Adventures of Private Ivan Chonkin

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“In fact, in Dolgov there were many people with names that had meanings. There was even a period when the town possessed simultaneously a head of police called Tiuryagin (an obvious hint at the word “tiuryaga,” or jail), a public prosecutor called Strogii (meaning “strict”) with a deputy who rejoiced in the name of Vorovaty (“ light-fingered”!), a judge called Shemyakin (reminiscent of the seventeenth-century hanging judge Shemyaka) and a head of the department of public education called Bogdan Filippovich Nechitailo (a surname which could be interpreted to mean “illiterate”).”
― Vladimir Voinovich, Monumental Propaganda

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