Biography of Alexander Minkin

His long way into the profession of a journalist, an acute style of writing and numerous revealing publications in the press made this person a recognizable figure in Russian journalism.

This person is a brilliant literary critic, he has a brilliant political and sharply sharpened satirical journalism - his talents of the writer are appreciated. Minkin is twice the holder of the Golden Pen of Russia Award, Artyom Borovik awards. Alexander was born in Moscow in the year in a Jewish family. The boy was not cloudless, he studied, by his own admission, from his hands is bad.

But the post -war situation in the capital itself contributed to the education of stamina, perseverance in it, and formed a solid character and endurance. Alexander freely speaks two languages ​​- French and German. After school, Minkin went to work as an apparatchian at the Research Institute - at the All -Union Institute of Buildz of protein substances, he worked for ten years. The young worker served the installation for the production of food protein from carbon raw materials.

He then tried his education in the profession of a concrete worker, participating in the construction of the Ostankino Tower and in the role of a courier. Once, accidentally passing by the editorial office of the Moscow Komsomolets newspaper, Alexander dared to offer to write a note on any topic from the lack of money: it was written and appreciated very high, and it was accepted to the state of the All -Union Popular Publication.

Minkin received his education quite late: after a dozen years of hard work in different professions, working as amended by the print publication - Alexander Viktorovich graduated in the year GITIS in the specialty “Theater Science” and finally went into creativity and journalism. Minkin published his sharp writer’s sharp writer on the pages of many Soviet and Russian publications: a full -time observer of the Moscow News weekly, leading the Poster Straps in the period for a year; Theater observer of the magazine "Spark" in years; For a year, he works as a columnist for the Moscow Komsomolets.

Working in the magazine "Spark", he became famous for his resonance note about the "cotton" - children in Uzbekistan, who were forced to collect cotton in the fields after its harvesting by combine. Just as a publicist Minkin presented the original interpretation of Chekhov's Cherry Garden, where he described the images of the heroes of the play in an unusual format of perception.

From until the beginning of the X, the journalist went to work in the New Gazeta. Working in this publication, Minkin became the only one of the journalistic fraternity who was allowed to negotiate Alexander Lebed with Maskhadov militants during the Chechen war. The formation of journalist Alexander Viktorovich is a man of extremely extraordinary views on the present and taking place, he illuminates the topics that cause a different reaction among others - from complete unity with his thoughts to complete rejection and hostility.

At one time, the journalist published “wiretaps of the stronger world”, it is not clear which way he received according to the same information - from the special services. So, negotiations of prominent political and business offices of Russia-Berezovsky, Korzhakov, Nemtsov, Chubais and others were published. In the year, Minkin became the editor of the magazine "Persons" of the Publishing House "Top Secret", simultaneously combining this work with the post of observer of Novaya Gazeta.

Since a year for 20 years, he worked in the Moscow Komsomolets newspaper with a observer, published many acute revelations, several hundred open letters to the president of the country's population. Since the year, Alexander Viktorovich has become widely known for his “open letters to the president” published in the MK with criticism of the Russian authorities. In the year he left the Moscow Komsomolets, where he worked for more than 20 years to the editorial office of Novaya Gazeta, also became the observer of the independent newspaper.

Minkin explained his decision with a significant discrepancy in journalism with the current leadership of the publication. Opposition views of their opposition views on the events taking place in the country and the world, on changes and laws - not always positive and ambiguous for entire groups of the population or people, Minkin never hid. In the year he took part in the State Duma elections from the Yabloko party, but lost them.

Among the friends of Minkin, the current State Duma deputy Khinshtein Minkin was called his mentor, a friend of the oligarch Vladimir Gusinsky. Colleagues in the workshop relate to Minkin ambiguously-someone condemns him because Minkin made a name for his own cooperation with Russian special services and the publication of their auditions. Minkin’s materials for many readers are an autopsy of social ulcers, abscesses of the problems of the political, moral component of society, flaws and mistakes of political power in the country.

Among the famous books of Minkin:.