Boris Asafovich Messerer (; born March 15, 1933, in

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) is a Soviet and Russian theater artist, set designer and teacher. President of the association of artists of theater, cinema and television in Moscow. Academician of the

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(1997, Corresponding Member of 1990).

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(1993). Winner of two State Prizes of the Russian Federation (1995, 2002). Member of the

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in 1960,

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and

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. In 2016 he became a member of the Board of Trustees Fazil Iskander International Literary Award

Family

He was born to ballet dancer and teacher

Asaf Messerer Asaf Mikhailovich Messerer (; 19 November 1903 – 7 March 1992) was a Soviet ballet dancer, teacher and choreographer. He was born in Vilnius, Lithuania. In 1919 he studied privately with Mikhail Mordkin, until Alexander Gorsky placed him in a cl ...

and silent film actress

Anel Sudakevich Anel Sudakevich (born Anna Alekseyevna Sudakevich; Russian: Анель Судакевич; December 27, 1906 – September 22, 2002) was a Soviet silent film actress. Anna was born in a Belarusians, Belarusian-Polish people, Polish family. She wa ...

. The ballerina

Sulamith Messerer Sulamith Mikhailovna Messerer, OBE (, 27 August 1908, Moscow3 June 2004, London) was a Russian ballerina and choreographer who laid the foundations for the classical ballet in Japan. Biography Sulamith Messerer was born into the Lithuanian Jewis ...

and the actress

Rachel Messerer Rachel Mikhailovna Messerer-Plisetskaya (; 4 March 1902 – 20 March 1993), also known by her stage name Ra Messerer, was a Russian silent film and theatre actress. Family Rachel Messerer was born in Vilnius into the Lithuanian Jewish fa ...

were his paternal aunts. Through his aunt Rachel he was cousin to

Maya Plisetskaya Maya Mikhailovna Plisetskaya (; 20 November 1925 – 2 May 2015) was a Soviet and Russian ballet dancer, choreographer, ballet director, and actress. In post-Soviet times, she held both Lithuanian and Spanish citizenship.

, Alexander Plisetski and Azari Plisetski. He was married twice. From his first wife, Nina Chistova, he had his only child, Alexander Messerer. His son is a painter and he has seven children. His second wife was poet and translator

Bella Akhmadulina Izabella Akhatovna Akhmadulina (, ; 10 April 1937 – 29 November 2010) was a Soviet Union, Soviet and Russian poet, short story writer, and translator, known for her apolitical writing stance. She was part of the Russian New Wave literary movem ...

. They were married from 1974 to her death in 2010. Boris was her fourth husband.

Awards

* 1995 — State Prize of the Russian Federation in the field of fine art * 2001 — Gold Medal of the Russian Academy of Arts *2002 — State Prize of the Russian Federation in the field of design * 2003 — Order of Honour * 2008 — Crystal Turandot * 2008 —

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4th class Художник Борис Мессерер награждён орденом , Газета. Ru: Новости
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Messerer, Boris 1933 births Living people Theatre people from Moscow Russian Jews Plisetski–Messerer family Russian scenic designers Recipients of the Order of Honour (Russia) State Prize of the Russian Federation laureates Academicians of the Russian Academy of Cinema Arts and Sciences "Nika" Full Members of the Russian Academy of Arts Recipients of the Golden Mask