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Russian writer
Vasily Stepanov
Stepanov in Yeltsin Center, 2022
BornVasily Yevgenievich Stepanov
(1981-03-11) March 11, 1981 (age 43)
Leningrad, RSFSR, USSR
Occupation(s)film critic, editor
Known forSeans

Vasily Yevgenievich Stepanov (Russian: Васи́лий Евге́ньевич Степа́нов; born in 1981) is a Russian cinema critic, journalist, columnist; since 2020 — chief editor of Seans magazine.

Stepanov was born in Leningrad, he is a St Petersburg Classical Gymnasium graduate and a SPBU alumni. He started his career as an editor of the cinema review section at Kalendar magazine, in 2006 he became an editor at Seans. Stepanov started writing for this publication much earlier, at the age of 21. Stepanov wrote for Kommersant-Weekend, Russian Reporter, Empire, Afisha, and others.

In 2019, Stepanov released Bergman, a book of critical essays and analytics, dedicated to the famous director. He also writes poetry. In 2014, he was a member of jury at the St Petersburg Video Poetry Festival.

In 2020, Stepanov took over as Seans chief editor when its founder Lyubov Arkus resigned after a defamation scandal.

In 2021, Stepanov co-authored a book Screenlife. Searching for new language in cinema. In 2022, he released a book about a prominent Soviet and Russian director Rustam Khamdamov.

In March 2022, Stepanov signed a collective appeal of film critics, film historians and film journalists of Russia against Russian invasion of Ukraine.

References

  1. ""Мы делаем "Сеанс" для себя"" [We’re doing Seans for ourselves] (in Russian). Lenizdat. 2020-08-23. Retrieved 2022-12-02.
  2. "Василий Степанов" (in Russian). Seance. Retrieved 2022-12-01.
  3. "Любовь Аркус покинула пост главреда журнала «Сеанс». Ее место занял Василий Степанов" (in Russian). Afisha. 2020-06-05. Retrieved 2022-12-02.
  4. "Vasily Stepanov" (in Russian). Arzamas. Retrieved 2022-12-02.
  5. Бергман, Василий Степанов (in Russian). Respublica. 2019. ISBN 978-5-905669-43-9. Retrieved 2022-12-02.
  6. Martynov, A. (2019-04-14). "Попытка понять и рассказать Бергмана" (in Russian). Regmun. Retrieved 2022-12-02.
  7. "Межгород: Евгения Лавут — Василий Степанов" [InterCity: Eugenia Lavut and Vasily Stepanov] (in Russian). Word Order. 2011-03-18. Retrieved 2022-12-02.
  8. "Пятая нога" [Fifth leg] (in Russian). Okolo Art Magazine. 2014-11-28. Retrieved 2022-12-02.
  9. Sokhareva, T. (2014-11-27). "Поэзия: взгляд с экрана" (in Russian). Gazeta. Retrieved 2022-12-02.
  10. "Василий Степанов" (in Russian). Sobaka. Retrieved 2022-12-01.
  11. Anisimova, E., Pronchenko, Z. (2021-08-05). "«Без "Сеанса" не было бы любви» — кинокритик Зинаида Пронченко о лучшем черно-белом журнале о кино" (in Russian). Sobaka. Retrieved 2022-12-02.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  12. "Увидел свет сборник "Сеанса" о Хадамове" (in Russian). Orloff Magazine. 2022-01-30. Retrieved 2022-12-02.
  13. "В России вышла книга о Тонино Гуэрре" [Book about Tonino Guerra released in Russia] (in Russian). Rossiyskaya Gazeta. 2022-02-02. Retrieved 2022-12-02.
  14. "Против военной агрессии России в Украине". kinopressa.ru. 2 March 2022. Retrieved 2022-03-02.
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