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Alexander Arkadievich Galich (Russian: Алекса́ндр Арка́дьевич Га́лич, born Alexander Aronovich Ginzburg, 19 October 1918 – 15 December 1977) was a Soviet poet, screenwriter, playwright, singer-songwriter, and dissident.
Jul 24, 2017 · One of the most popular and subversive bards, Aleksandr Galich, used his songs to criticise “the fairy godmothers of censorship” and laud the role of underground media: Untruth roams from ...
(Pseudonym of Aleksandr Arkad’evich Ginzburg; 1918–1977), poet, songwriter, playwright, screenwriter, and prose writer. Born in Moscow and raised in Sebastopol, Galich was celebrated in the 1940s and 1950s for his dramatic works (including Vas vyzyvaet Taimyr [The Taimyr Is Calling You]) and screenplays ( Vernye druz’ia [Eternal Friends ...
Jul 8, 2014 · This paper argues that the works of dissident Soviet bard Aleksandr Galich are best understood as folklore rather than literature, texts, or recordings. Since his songs were censored, live, person-to-person dissemination was crucial to their circulation.
Overview. Aleksandr Galich. (1919—1977) Quick Reference. (1919–77) Soviet/Russian writer and bard. Galich trained as an actor, but emerged as a playwright after the war. In 1957 Oleg Efremov intended to open the Sovremennik Theatre in Moscow ... From: Galich, Aleksandr in The Oxford Encyclopedia of Theatre and Performance »
Dec 16, 1977 · PARIS, Dec. 15 (Reuters)—Alexander Galich, a dissident Soviet poet and balladeer who emigrated three years ago, died here today, friends of his family said. He was 59 years old.
Feb 12, 1972 · On Dec. 29, 1971, Aleksandr Galich, a Soviet playwright and film scenarist, was expelled from the Moscow branch of the Writers Union.
