Yuri Levitansky
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Yuri Levitansky | |
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 1995 | |
| Born | 22 January 1922 |
| Died | 25 January 1996 (aged 74) |
| Resting place | Vagankovo Cemetery |
| Alma mater | Maxim Gorky Literature Institute |
| Occupations | Poet, translator |
| Awards | State Prize of the Russian Federation Order of the Patriotic War Order of the Red Star Medal "For Battle Merit" Medal "For the Defence of Moscow" Medal "For the Capture of Budapest" Medal "For the Victory over Germany in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945" Medal "For the Victory over Japan" |
Yury Davidovich Levitansky (Russian: Ю́рий Дави́дович Левита́нский; January 22, 1922, Kozelets, Chernigov Oblast, Ukrainian SSR — January 25, 1996, Moscow, Russia) was a Russian- language poet and translator from the USSR, a master of lyrical parody of genres, and Laureate of the State Prize of the Russian Federation in the field of literature and art in 1994.[1]
