Batshev Vladimir Semenovich

Genus. in 1947 in Moscow; poet. Lived in Moscow, 9 Parkovaya st., 25, apt. 13. In 1963 dropped out of school, worked as a grinder's apprentice at a factory, as a sports ground worker, and as a freelance correspondent for the newspaper Moskovsky Komsomolets, from where he was fired for reading poetry with "tendentious content." In 1965-1966 - one of the organizers and leaders of the informal literary society SMOG. Participated in a poetry reading on Mayakovsky Square.
Convicted by the people's court of the Pervomaisky district of Moscow on April 25, 1966. for "parasitism" to deportation for 5 years with mandatory involvement in physical labor.
He served his exile in the Krasnoyarsk Territory, Bolshe-Uluisky District, village. Big Ului. Under pressure from international public opinion, in particular from the Posev publishing house, he was released in 1968. under amnesty. In 1968-1975. participated in the dissident movement. In 1969 Together with V. Kononenko, he published the samizdat almanac “The Turning Point”.
Graduated from the screenwriting department of VGIK. He worked as a screenwriter in cinema, as a literary consultant in the magazine "Student Meridian", in the publishing houses "Children's Literature" and "Young Guard". In 1989-1991. - representative of the publishing house "Posev" in the USSR.
1991-1993 - First Deputy Editor-in-Chief of the Literary News weekly magazine. 1993-1995 - head of the publishing house "Bridges" organized by him, which in two years managed to publish 25 books by Russian and Russian foreign authors. Since January 1989 to March 1995 - Freelance columnist for Radio Liberty.
In February 1995 He emigrated to Germany with his wife. Member of the German Writers' Union and the international PEN Club. Since April 1998 - editor of the monthly magazine Literary European and chairman of the Union of Russian Writers in Germany, since January 2004. - editor of Bridges magazine.