YAN SHENKMAN

Yan Shenkman, writer, journalist, literary and music critic, was born in 1973. He graduated from the Moscow State University with a degree in Journalism.

He worked as a correspondent at Ogonyok company, deputy chief editor at Russia Beyond company and at Medved magazine, and chief editor at Rambler company. He was a columnist at Novaya Gazeta.

In March 2022, immediately after the launch of the Ukrainian war, he emigrated from Russia. Now he lives in Yerevan and works at Noyan Tapan Media Holding.

Yan Shenkman is an author of several books, among them WHOAMI, The Coming Pigeon, A Register of Life.