Alexander Alexandrovich Ivanov (Russian: Алекса́ндр Алекса́ндрович Ивано́в; December 9, 1936 — June 12, 1996) was a Soviet and Russian teacher, poet-parodist, permanent host of the cult[1][2] TV show Around Laughter [ru] in the Soviet Union (1978-1991).[3]
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Born | (1936-12-09)9 December 1936 Moscow, RSFSR, Soviet Union |
Died | 12 June 1996(1996-06-12) (aged 59) Moscow, Russia |
Occupation | poet, parodist, TV presenter |
Years active | 1961—1996 |
Spouse | Olga Zabotkina [ru] |
Ivanov was born in Moscow into an artist's family.
In 1960 he graduated from the Faculty of Drawing of the Sholokhov Moscow State University for Humanities. He worked as a teacher of drawing and descriptive geometry.
In 1962, his creative career began. Ivanov owns a number of articles, pamphlets, notes. In 1970 he was admitted to the Union of Soviet Writers.[4]
In 1993 he signed the Letter of Forty-Two.[5]