Marietta Chudakova

Marietta Omarovna Chudakova (Russian: Мариэтта Омаровна Чудакова; 2 January 1937 – 21 November 2021) was a Soviet and Russian literary critic, historian, and doctor of philological sciences, writer, memoirist, public figure.[2] She was the chairman of the All-Russian Bulgakov Foundation. She was a known critic of Vladimir Putin.

Marietta Chudakova
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Native name
Мариэтта Чудакова
Born(1937-01-02)2 January 1937
Moscow, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
Died21 November 2021(2021-11-21) (aged 84)
Moscow, Russia
NationalityRussian
CitizenshipMoscow
Alma materMSU
GenreLiterary criticism
Notable awardsMoscow Komsomol Prize (1969)
Years active1965–2021
SpouseAlexander Chudakov[1]
Children1

Chudakova worked at Moscow State University. Her first works were published in 1958. From 1959 to 1961, she taught Russian language and literature in a Moscow school.

She was the chairman of the All-Russian Bulgakov Foundation.

Chudakova was diagnosed with COVID-19 in early November 2021. She died on 21 November 2021 at a hospital in Moscow from the infection, aged 84.[3]

References

  1. "Русский Букер десятилетия присуждён посмертно" (in русский). Archived from the original on 2011-12-02. Retrieved 2011-12-02.
  2. "Чудакова, Мариэтта Литературовед, публицист, общественный деятель". lenta.ru.
  3. "Умерла историк литературы Мариэтта Чудакова". Meduza.