Azary Emmanuilovich Messerer ( Eng. Azary Messerer ; May 18, 1939 , Moscow - January 21, 2017 , Florida [1] ) - Soviet and American journalist, translator, lecturer, pianist, doctor of philological sciences .
| Azariy Emmanuilovich Messerer | |
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| Date of Birth | May 18, 1939 |
| Place of Birth | Moscow , USSR |
| Date of death | January 21, 2017 (77 years old) |
| Place of death | Florida , USA |
| Citizenship |  USSR →  USA |
| Occupation | journalist , translator , pianist , teacher |
| Father | Emanuel Mikhailovich Messerer (1911-1941) |
| Mother | Raisa Glezer |
| Children | Alice, Philip |
Biography
The son of musicologist Raisa Vladimirovna Glezer (1914-1985) and mining engineer Emanuel Mikhailovich Messerer (1911-1941), who died during the war while extinguishing an incendiary bomb on the roof of a house on Sadovo-Kudrinskaya in Moscow.
Comes from a famous ballet and creative family. His cousin prima ballerina Maya Plisetskaya and cousins Azarius Plisetskiy , Mikhail Messerer and artist Boris Messerer . His aunts are Sulamith Messerer and Rachel Messerer , his uncle is Asaf Messerer .
In 1945 he gained fame as a young actor, playing the role of Jackie in the movie " Fifteen Years Captain ."
He graduated from the Institute of Foreign Languages. M. Toreza , worked on the Moscow radio , in the newspaper “ Abroad ” and the magazine “ Peer ”.
In 1981 he emigrated to the United States, where he continued journalistic activities. Being a close friend of the writer Leonid Tsypkin , he took out the manuscript of his novel “ Summer in Baden ” and handed it over for publication in New York's Novaya Gazeta. He defended his thesis at New York University [2] , where Neil Postman was his mentor. He taught English and Russian in the USA, and English literature. He has published a number of memoirs, including about Joseph Brodsky . Published in the magazines "The Seagull ", " Seven Arts ", " Notes on Jewish History ", " Workshop ".
He performed in the USA with recitals on the piano. His repertoire includes works by Chopin , Schumann and Scriabin . On October 6, 2006, M.E. Messerer held a concert in the Scriabin House-Museum , dedicated to the memory of Raisa Glezer .
Son Philip became a film director [3] , the eldest daughter Alice is an Australian writer.
Notes
- ↑ Yesterday, January 21, Azaric Messerer died in Florida - my first love
- ↑ A Lecture by Azary Messerer . Date of treatment April 10, 2011. Archived March 19, 2012.
- ↑ Filipp (Fill) Messerer . Date of treatment March 12, 2011. Archived March 19, 2012.