Felix Svetov

Felix Svetov
Svetov in 1981
Феликс Светов Edit this on Wikidata
Born28 November 1927 Edit this on Wikidata
Moscow (Soviet UnionEdit this on Wikidata
Died2 September 2002 Edit this on Wikidata (aged 74)
Moscow Edit this on Wikidata
Resting placeTroyekurovskoye cemetery Edit this on Wikidata
Other namesФ. Корсаков Edit this on Wikidata
Alma mater
  • Philological Faculty of Moscow State University Edit this on Wikidata
OccupationWriter, journalist, human rights defender, literary critic Edit this on Wikidata
Spouse(s)Zoya Krakhmalnikova Edit this on Wikidata
ChildrenZoya Svetova Edit this on Wikidata

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.

  1. ^ Svetov, Feliks (2002). Книга "Чижик-пыжик (сборник)" [The book "Chizhik-Pyzhik (collection)"] (in Russian). ISBN 978-5-04-009251-2.