Mark Rozovsky is a Russian writer, theatre director and playwright. For many years he wrote works for the Gorky Theatre, Leningrad; the Theatre of Russian Drama, Riga, Latvia; and the Theatre-Studio U Nikitskikh Vorot, Moscow.
Background
Mark was born on April 3 1937, in Petropavlovsk, Kazakh Republic, USSR (now Petropavlovsk, Kazakhstan).
Six months after his birth, his father was arrested and spent 18 years in the camp.
“Rozovsky is not my last name. I was adopted by my stepfather. His name was Grigory Zakharovich Rozovsky, he was an engineer. It was a marriage of convenience. My mother all her life madly loved my father, whose name was Semyon Shlindman.“
Education
Mark graduated from Moscow State University (Faculty of Journalism).
Since 1958, Mark Rozovsky led the MSU student theater "Our Home", which became widely known.
After the closure of the theater "Our Home" in 1969, he staged performances at the Moscow Art Theater, at the Bolshoi Drama Theater in Leningrad, in the Theater of Russian Drama, at the Opera and Ballet Theater named after Kirov and others.
In the 1960s, he collaborated with the Literary Gazette. He worked in the magazine "Youth", where he led the popular columns of satire and humor.
In 1975 he staged the first rock opera in the USSR “Orpheus and Eurydice”. In 1983, Rozovsky organized the Theater “At the Nikitsky Gate” and became its artistic director. He staged performances: “Poor Liza”, “Doctor Chekhov” (1983), “History of a Horse”, “Romances with Oblomov” (1992), “Uncle Vanya” of Chekhov (1993), etc.
Later, he wrote a libretto for an opera about the Russian poet Vladimir Vladimirovich Mayakovsky.
In 1996 and 2003, Mark Rozovsky was among cultural and scientific workers who called on the Russian authorities to stop the war in Chechnya and move on to the negotiation process.
In March 2014, after the annexation of Crimea to Russia, together with a number of other prominent figures of science and culture of Russia, he expressed his disagreement with the policy of the Russian authorities in Crimea.
Membership
Mark Rozovsky is a member of the USSR Writers' Union, member of the Public Council of the Russian Jewish Congress.
Interests
Sport & Clubs
Spartak (football club, Moscow)
Connections
Rozovsky is married (his fourth marriage) to Tatyana Revzina, director and musical director of the Theater “At Nikitsky Gates”. Together they have a son.
From previous marriages he has two daughters - Maria and Alexandra. Maria Rozovskaya graduated from the Moscow State University (Faculty of Journalism), she works as the head of the literary part of the Theater “At the Nikitsky Gates”. Her husband, Vladislav Flyarkovsky, is the host of Culture News on Kultura TV.
Alexandra Rozovskaya - actress of the Russian Youth Theater.
Mark Rozovsky received Order “For Services to the Fatherland” IV degree (March 30, 2012) - for a great contribution to the development of national culture and many years of creative activity.
Mark Rozovsky received Order “For Services to the Fatherland” IV degree (March 30, 2012) - for a great contribution to the development of national culture and many years of creative activity.
Mark Rozovsky received Honoured Artist of the Russian Federation (February 7, 2004) - for his great achievements in the field of art.
Mark Rozovsky received Honoured Artist of the Russian Federation (February 7, 2004) - for his great achievements in the field of art.
Laureate of the Crystal Turandot award
Mark Rozovsky was the Laureate of the Crystal Turandot award in the 1992/1993 season for the production of ''Uncle Vanya'' by A. Chekhov at the Nikitsky Gate Theater.
Mark Rozovsky was the Laureate of the Crystal Turandot award in the 1992/1993 season for the production of ''Uncle Vanya'' by A. Chekhov at the Nikitsky Gate Theater.
Winner of the Edinburgh Festival
Mark Rozovsky was the winner of the Edinburgh Festival for the play "Poor Lisa" (1989).
Mark Rozovsky was the winner of the Edinburgh Festival for the play "Poor Lisa" (1989).