The Platonov Award ceremony was held today at the Government of the Voronezh Region. The famous director received an honorary award for ‘preserving the image of the «hidden man» in modern Russian theatre and promoting the work of Andrey Platonov.’ The diploma was presented to the winner by Alexander Gusev, Chairman of the Platonov Award Council for Literature and Art and Governor of the Voronezh Region.
Sergey Zhenovach is a Soviet and Russian theatre director, teacher, and professor. He graduated from the directing department of the Krasnodar Institute of Culture and later from the directing department of GITIS University. He headed the Krasnodar Youth Amateur Theatre, directed the ‘Chelovek’ Studio Theatre, the Moscow Drama Theatre on Malaya Bronnaya, and held the post of artistic director of the Studio of Drama Theatre. From 2019 to 2021, he was the director of the Moscow Chekhov Art Theatre.
Sergey Zhenovach is an Honored Artist of the Russian Federation and a recipient of numerous theatre awards, including the Golden Mask, the Nail of the Season, the Crystal Turandot, and many others. His work focuses on the creative legacy of Andrei Platonov. In 2009, he directed the legendary play The River Potudan, which continues to be a resounding success at the Studio of Drama Theatre. The 2022–2023 academic year at Sergey Zhenovach’s workshop was dedicated to Andrei Platonov.
The Platonov Award was established in 2011 by the Government of the Voronezh Region and is granted annually to literary and artistic figures for their significant contribution to the cultural heritage of the Russian Federation, for creating outstanding works in literature, theatre, music, and visual arts, and for their innovative development of humanistic cultural traditions.
