Dmitri Aleksandrovich Prigov | |
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| Native name | Дмитрий Александрович Пригов |
| Born | 5 November 1940 Moscow, Soviet Union |
| Died | 16 July 2007 (aged 66) Moscow, Russian Federation |
| Occupation | Writer, artist |
| Nationality | Russian |
| Citizenship |  Soviet Union (1940–1991) →  Russian Federation (1991–2007) |
| Period | Contemporary |
| Literary movement | Russian postmodernism Moscow Conceptualists |
Dmitri Aleksandrovich Prigov (Russian: Дми́трий Алекса́ндрович При́гов, 5 November 1940 in Moscow – 16 July 2007 in Moscow[1]) was a Russian writer and artist. Prigov was part of the unofficial Moscow Conceptualists during the era of the Soviet Union and was briefly sent to a psychiatric hospital in 1986.[2]
- ^ Dmitri Prigov, leader of conceptualist school, dies at age 66 news agency AP via International Herald Tribune, 16 July 2007
- ^ New York Times "Dmitri Prigov, 66, Poet Who Challenged Soviet Authority, Dies" 20 July 2007