Biography of Swjatoslaw Igorewitsch Belsa

Swjatoslaw Igorewitsch Belsa (* 26. April 1942 in Chelyabinsk; † 3. June 2014 in Munich) was a soviet/Russian literary and musical scholar, critic and essayist, and prominent TV personality. He was 72 years old. He studied at Philological Faculty of Moscow State University. He worked at Gorky Institute of World Literature, Literaturnaya gazeta and Russia-K. He received 10 awards, including Honored art worker of the Russian Federation, People's Artist of the Russian Federation. His cause of death was pancreatic cancer. He was buried at Vagankovo Cemetery.