Alexander Ivanov (TV presenter)

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| name = Alexander Ivanov

| image = Alexander Ivanov 1936.jpg

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| birth_date = {{birth date|1936|12|9|df=yes}}

| birth_place =Moscow, RSFSR, Soviet Union

| death_date = {{death date and age|1996|6|12|1936|12|9|df=yes}}

| death_place = Moscow, Russia

| occupation = poet, parodist, TV presenter

| yearsactive = 1961—1996

| spouse = {{Interlanguage link|Olga Zabotkina|ru|3=Заботкина, Ольга Леонидовна}}

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Alexander Alexandrovich Ivanov ({{langx|ru|Алекса́ндр Алекса́ндрович Ивано́в}}; December 9, 1936 — June 12, 1996) was a Soviet and Russian teacher, poet-parodist, permanent host of the cult{{cite web|url=http://www.ucnews.ru/detail/2882687355645775|title=Зачем Константин Эрнст ворошит прошлое|publisher=Новости дня|date=2017-03-21|accessdate=2017-11-29|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20171201044037/http://www.ucnews.ru/detail/2882687355645775|archivedate=2017-12-01}}{{cite web|url=http://www.aif.by/timefree/culture-news/satiru_v_massy_nad_chem_smeyalis_v_sovetskom_soyuze|title=Сатиру — в массы! Над чем смеялись в Советском Союзе?|author=Vasily Pervunin|publisher=Аргументы и факты|date=2017-04-05}} TV show {{Interlanguage link|Around Laughter |ru|3=Вокруг смеха}} in the Soviet Union (1978-1991).{{cite web|url=http://polit.ru/news/2016/12/09/ivanov/|title=Мемория. Александр Иванов|publisher=Polit.ru|date=2016-12-09}}

Biography

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.[http://www.aif.ru/culture/person/ne_pisal_stihov_i_ne_pishi_slava_i_padenie_parodista_aleksandra_ivanova «Не писал стихов — и не пиши». Слава и падение пародиста Александра Иванова.]

In 1993 he signed the Letter of Forty-Two.[http://vivovoco.ibmh.msk.su/VV/PAPERS/HONOUR/LETT42.HTM Текст и факсимильная копия «Письма сорока двух»]