Alexander Ivanov (TV presenter)

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]

Alexander Ivanov
Born	(1936-12-09)9 December 1936 Moscow, RSFSR, Soviet Union
Died	12 June 1996(1996-06-12) (aged 59) Moscow, Russia
Occupation(s)	poet, parodist, TV presenter
Years active	1961—1996
Spouse	Olga Zabotkina [ru]

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.^[4]

In 1993 he signed the Letter of Forty-Two.^[5]

Filmography

• The Secret of the Iron Door (1970) as traffic policeman
• A Rogue's Saga (1984) as cameo
• Two Arrows. Stone Age Detective (1989) as Gaunt