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Mihail Idov
Михаил Идов
Birth at
9 July 1976
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Writer and journalist, regular columnist for New York Magazine Mikhail Idov was born in Riga and lives in New York. He wrote the English-language novel Ground Up, which will be released in the summer of 2009. In addition, he collaborates with the liberal political magazine The New Republic and regularly publishes essays in Russian. He came to the USA at the age of 16, studied film theory and drama at the University of Michigan and managed to become the author of two successful plays. He is in love
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Writer and journalist, regular columnist for New York Magazine Mikhail Idov was born in Riga and lives in New York. He wrote the English-language novel Ground Up, which will be released in the summer of 2009. In addition, he collaborates with the liberal political magazine The New Republic and regularly publishes essays in Russian. He came to the USA at the age of 16, studied film theory and drama at the University of Michigan and managed to become the author of two successful plays. He is in love with New York and often quotes Updike’s phrase: “People living anywhere else must be joking to some extent.” Winner of the National Magazine Award, the magazine equivalent of the Oscar, for 2007. Member of the Snob club since December 2008.