Vladimir Stepanovich Gubarev

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Vladimir Gubarev (2011)

Vladimir Stepanovich Gubarev ( Russian: Владимир Степанович Губарев , scientific transliteration Vladimir Stepanovič Gubarev ; born  August 26, 1938 in Mahilyow , Belarusian SSR ; † before or on January 25, 2022 ) was a Soviet journalist and Belarusian playwright , screenwriter and

Life

After training as an engineer at the Moscow National Research University for Civil Engineering , he initially worked as a journalist. From 1976 he headed the scientific section of Pravda . In this role, he has published numerous scientific articles on space and the use of nuclear energy.

In response to the Chernobyl nuclear disaster , he wrote the play The Sarcophagus in 1986 . In it he denounced the opportunism, sloppiness and work ethic of those responsible, and thereby achieved great international resonance. In 1987 the work was performed in Vienna , London and Freiburg, but was soon canceled after its premiere in Moscow . The foreign press evaluated the piece as a document of the new openness to discussion in the context of glasnost and perestroika .

Other pieces by Gubarev that have appeared include: The Black Ball Let 's Go! , Special Flight (all without year), Stalin's Dacha (1988), Billiards (1990) and The Chernobyl Brides (1992).

literature

  • C. Bernd Sucher (ed.): Theater Lexicon . Authors, directors, actors, dramaturges, stage designers, critics. By Christine Dössel and Marietta Piekenbrock with the participation of Jean-Claude Kuner and C. Bernd Sucher. 2nd Edition. Deutscher Taschenbuch-Verlag, Munich 1999, ISBN 3-423-03322-3 , p. 254 f.

web links

itemizations

  1. Death notice. In: ria.ru. 25 January 2022, retrieved 25 January 2022 (Russian).