Alexander Genis (born February 11, 1953) is a Russian–American writer, broadcaster, and cultural critic. He has written more than a dozen non-fiction books.
Genis, an American citizen, resides in the New York City area. He is the father of Daniel Genis, writer and journalist.[1]
Genis is an anchorman of the weekly radio-show American Hour with Alexander Genis, broadcast in Russian by Radio Liberty since the 1990s.[3][4] Genis is a columnist and a contributing writer for the main liberal Russian newspaper Novaya Gazeta, and used to be the host of the TV show Alexander Genis. Letters from America, shown on Russian TV channel "Culture".[3]
In September 2024, Genis was listed in Russia as a foreign agent.[5] His new book in 2025 about totalitarian regimes was inspired by Dmitry Muratov and is all about Wladimir Putin without mentioning him - "In this book, of course, there is no word “Ukraine,” no “war with Ukraine,” and no “Putin.” But, on the other hand, the whole book is just about that."[6]
^Ziolokowski, Margaret (Spring 2001). "Red Bread". World Literature Today. 75 (2): 389.
^ abcGenis, Alexander (2018). "The illusion of freedom: propaganda and the informational swamp". Russian Journal of Communication. 10(2-3): 290-295. doi:10.1080/19409419.2018.1533423
