Felix Svetov | |
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Феликс Светов | |
Born | 28 November 1927 Moscow (Soviet Union) |
Died | 2 September 2002 (aged 74) Moscow |
Resting place | Troyekurovskoye cemetery |
Other names | Ф. Корсаков |
Alma mater | |
Occupation | Writer, journalist, human rights defender, literary critic |
Spouse(s) | Zoya Krakhmalnikova |
Children | Zoya Svetova |
Felix Grigoryevich Svetov (Russian: Феликс Григорьевич Светов; 28 November 1927 – 2 September 2002) was a Russian writer, journalist, human rights activist and dissident. He received wide recognition for his novels and short stories, published exclusively in samizdat and tamizdat. He was also included in the Literary Collection of Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn.[1] Svetov was persecuted for his human rights activities in the USSR.