Background
Dmitri Lipskerov was born in 1964 in Moscow, into the family of a well-known dramatist and animator Mikhail Lipskerov (with whom he is not to be confused).
Dmitri Lipskerov was born in 1964 in Moscow, into the family of a well-known dramatist and animator Mikhail Lipskerov (with whom he is not to be confused).
Upon graduating from the prestigious Schukin Theater Academy in 1985, he started writing plays and joined the Soviet Writers Union in 1989. In the early 1990s his plays were staged by some of the foremost Russian directors (Mark Zakharov, Oleg Tabakov). The Forty Years of Chanchzhoeh appeared in Novyi Mir in 1996 and the following year was published by Vagrius.
Five more novels and two collections of shorter works were published as of 2005.
In 1998 he became one of the founders of the "Debut" prize for works of fiction by young Russian writers. A little know fact about Dmitri is that his book Vsyakiy Capitan Primadonna (Any Captain is a Primadonna) was published after Dmitri himself sailed across the Atlantic ocean, from the Caribbean to Europe, having never before had any experience sailing.
The book includes comical snippets that are excerpts from his real life experience of crossing the Atlantic with only two other people on board. Lipskerov lives in Moscow, and in addition to his literary work, is known as a successful restaurant owner.
Dmitri"s most prominent restaurant, cleverly named, "Ris i Riba" ("Rice and Fish") is one of the largest and oldest and widely regarded as one of the best sushi establishments in Moscow and all of Russia.
On June 3, 2005, Lipskerov (together with radio personality AGordon) has circulated an "Open letter to journalists of radio station Echo of Moscow" expressing support for state-run campaign against Mikhail Khodorkovsky directed on takeover of his oil company Yukos which culminated in Khodorkovski"s conviction and imprisonment. In subsequent discussions there followed allegations of revival of Soviet tradition of Komitet Gosudarstvennoy Bezopasnosti (Committee for State Security)-orchestrated participation of intelligentsia in "public campaign of protest" along with staged show trials.