Yuri Vizbor

Yuri Vizbor
Yuri Vizbor
Born(1934-06-20)20 June 1934
Moscow, Soviet Union
Died17 September 1984(1984-09-17) (aged 50)
Moscow, Soviet Union
Occupation(s)Poet, bard, actor

Yuri Iosifovich Vizbor (Russian: Юрий Иосифович Визбор; June 20, 1934 – September 17, 1984) was a Soviet bard and poet as well as a theatre and film actor.[1]

Vizbor was born in Moscow where he lived for most of his life. He worked as a teacher, a soldier, a sailor, a radio and press correspondent, a ski instructor, and an actor in many Russian films and plays.[2] He participated in and documented expeditions to remote areas of the Soviet Union. His compositions included songs, poetic prose, plays, screenplays and short stories.[3]

  1. ^ "Юрий Иосифович Визбор — текст для авторской странички". Archived from the original on 2018-05-08. Retrieved 2017-08-26.
  2. ^ "Краткая биохроника жизни Юрия Визбора (short biography of Yuri Vizbor)" (in Russian).
  3. ^ "Юрий Иосифович Визбор". hrono.ru.