Igor Irtenyev Explained

Igor Moiseyevich Irtenyev (Russian: Игорь Моисеевич Иртеньев; born 25 May 1947, Moscow) is a Russian poet.^{[1] [2]}

Biography

He is a member of PEN Russia.^[3] In 2011, he emigrated to Israel because, as he said "I just can't bear the idea of watching [Vladimir] Putin on television every day for the next 12 years".^[1] However, he returned to Russia after spending two years in Israel.^[4]

External links

• • Игорь Иртеньев на сайте «Грани-ТВ»
• Кристина Витц. Ирония как основной прием Игоря Иртеньева

Notes and References

1. Sergei Loiko, Russians are leaving the country in droves, The Los Angeles Times, November 14, 2011
2. http://kudryats.journalisti.ru/?p=18936 Интервью Игоря Иртеньева газете «Русская Германия»
3. http://www.penrussia.org/litstr-en.htm PEN Russia
4. https://sobesednik.ru/dmitriy-bykov/20150326-igor-irtenev-ya-porvu-za-alku-i-za-putina Interview with Dmitry Bykov