Vladimir Gubarev
Vladimir Stepanovich Gubarev (Russian: Владимир Степанович Гу́барев; 26 August 1938 – 25 January 2022) was a Belarusian writer, playwright, screenwriter and journalist.
Vladimir Gubarev | |
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Владимир Степанович Гу́барев | |
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| Born | Vladimir Stepanovič Gubarev 26 August 1938 |
| Died | 25 January 2022 (aged 83) Moscow, Russia |
| Other names | Vladimir Gubaryov, Wladimir Stepanowitsch Gubarew, Vladimir Stepanovich Gubarev |
| Occupation | Writer |
Life and career
Born in Mogilev, Gubarev started his career as a Pravda journalist, where he specialized in science-related themes, and particularly space flights.[1][2] He adapted several of his reports into plays and screenplays.[3] In 1978 he was awarded the USSR State Prize.[1] He got international prominence thanks to his drama play Sarcophagus, based on some Pravda articles he wrote about the 1986 Chernobyl disaster.[3][4] The drama was nominated at 1987 Laurence Olivier Awards for Best New Play.[5][6] Gubarev died in Moscow on 25 January 2022, at the age of 83.[1]
When Valery Legasov recorded the Chernobyl Tapes in his home in Moscow, They were labelled ‘For Gubarev’. When the KGB recovered the tapes after Legasov’s suicide, after they were confiscated, Gubarev was given the tapes and published them into the Pravda newspaper.
References
- Korobatov, Yaroslav (25 January 2022). "Ушел летописец эпохи великих научных открытий СССР Владимир Губарев". Komsomolskaya Pravda (in Russian). Retrieved 31 January 2022.
- Gutsche, George J. (1989). "Gubarev, Vladimir Stepanovich". The Modern Encyclopedia of Russian and Soviet Literatures: Including Non-Russian and Emigre Literatures. Academic International Press. p. 123. ISBN 978-0-87569-038-4.
- Senelick, Laurence (2015). "Gubarev, Vladimir Stepanovich". Historical Dictionary of Russian Theatre. Rowman & Littlefield. p. 179. ISBN 978-1-4422-4927-1.
- Sturrock, John (1997). The Oxford Guide to Contemporary World Literature. Oxford University Press. p. 334. ISBN 978-0-19-283318-1.
- "Awards By Year for 1987". BroadwayWorld. Retrieved 31 January 2022.
- Rich, Frank (2 July 1987). "British theater's changing of the guard". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. ProQuest 426559051. Retrieved 31 January 2022 – via ProQuest.