Yevgeny Kharitonov (Poet)

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Yevgeny Vladimirovich Kharitonov (Russian: ¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿ ¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿ ¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿; 11 July 1941 - 29 July 1981) was a Russian writer, poet, playwright, and theater director. Born in Novosibirsk, he graduated from the acting department of the Gerasimov Institute of Cinematography. After a brief career as an actor, he returned to university to study filmmaking as a graduate student, defending his graduate thesis on pantomime. He wrote and directed a play, The Enchanted Island, for the Moscow Theater of Mimicry and Gesture. He led the pantomime studio of the Moskvorechye Workers' Club, and choreographed the rock band Last Chance. He died of a heart attack on Pushkin Street in Moscow, one day after completing the manuscript of his play Under House Arrest, which would not be published until seven years after his death. He was buried in Novosibirsk and posthumously awarded the Andrei Bely Prize.