Nodar Djin
Nodar Djin | |
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| Born | Nodar Yakovlevich Dzindzichashvili January 8, 1947 |
| Died | April 4, 2002 (aged 55) |
| Nationality | Georgian |
| Other names | Nodar Djindjihashvili |
| Occupation(s) | writer, journalist, philosopher |
| Notable work | Last Journey Five Tales of Vanity The Story of My Suicide |
Nodar Djin (Russian: Нодар Джин; January 8, 1947 — April 4, 2002)[1] was a Georgian-born Russian writer, journalist and philosopher.
Biography
[edit]Born in Georgia, lived in Moscow. His grandfather was a rabbi, his father was a lawyer. In 1963, he graduated from the philological faculty of the Tbilisi University, in 1966 at the VGIK. In 1968 he defended his thesis on aesthetics, and in 1977 became the youngest Doctor of Philosophy in the history of the USSR. He worked at the Institute of Philosophy, Russian Academy of Sciences, at Moscow State University and Tbilisi State University.
From 1980 he lived in the USA,[2] where he worked in the field of radio and photojournalism, published books on the philosophy. Professor of Philosophy, in 1981, he won the Rockefeller Prize in Humanities. His documentary Last Journey, created by his own photographs, won a number of prizes at international film festivals in the United States. He was fluent in eight languages.[3]
Djin authored many studies on philosophy and cultural history, aesthetics and psychology, as well as novels. The American press called him a strikingly versatile and sophisticated intellectual, and The New Republic in connection with his sensational case against the Voice of America radio station, called him Citizen Djin by analogy with the hero of the classic film Citizen Kane.[4][5]
His older brother is known chess player Roman Dzindzichashvili.[6] His daughter is poet Yana Djin.[7]
References
[edit]- ^ Умер Нодар Джинджихашвили // jewish.ru
- ^ Пять повестей о суете
- ^ Памяти Нодара Джинджихашвили
- ^ Citizen Djin Archived 2016-08-29 at the Wayback Machine}, Citizen Djin: a Voice of America scandal. (Nodar Djindjihashvili) Article from: The New Republic | June 15, 1992 | Weisberg, Jacob
- ^ Voice of America Scandal Citizen Djin
- ^ Энциклопедия шахмат
- ^ Яна Джин. Это абсолютно точный голос.
External links
[edit]- 1947 births
- 2002 deaths
- Writers from Tbilisi
- Jews from Georgia (country)
- Soviet emigrants to the United States
- Death in Washington, D.C.
- Tbilisi State University alumni
- Soviet philosophers
- 21st-century American philosophers
- 20th-century American philosophers
- Gerasimov Institute of Cinematography alumni
- 20th-century Russian journalists
- Academic staff of Moscow State University
- Academic staff of Tbilisi State University
- 20th-century Jews from Georgia (country)