Vladimir Pozner Biography

Fast Facts

• Was awarded the Dmitry Kholodov prize from the Foreign Correspondents Association for Best Report on Russia and is a nine-time winner of the Taffy TV contest
• Graduated from Moscow State University with a degree in Human Physiology in 1958
• Began his broadcasting career as a commentator for the Committee for Television and Radio on the U․S․ editorial board in 1970
• Started out as a Russian-English translator of scientific texts and was also fond of translating English poetry from the Elizabethan period
• Worked as a literary secretary for Samuil Marshak for two years while also publishing some of his translations
• Best known as a journalist who appeared on American television during the Cold War to explain the Soviet Union's views
• Co-hosted a series of discussions with American talk show host Phil Donahue called the "U․S․-Soviet Space Bridge․"
• Wrote the books "Parting with Illusions" and "Eyewitness: A Personal Account of the Unraveling of the Soviet Union" in 1990 and 1991
• Opened the TV School of Excellence for young regional journalists in Moscow with his wife in 1997
• Was elected president of the Russian Television Academy in 1994 and retained the position until 2008, when he withdrew his candidacy