Семён Резник

Semyon Reznik (in Russian — Семён Резник) is an award-winning Russian-Jewish emigré writer, journalist, historian, and author of over twenty fiction and nonfiction books, mostly about Russian scientists and Russian/Soviet anti-Semitism. According to Wikipedia, “He is noted in particular for his study of the blood libel and the resurgence of Neo-Nazism in Russia.”

Before his emigration from the Soviet Union in 1982, Semyon Reznik was a longtime editor of the prestigious Russian biographical book series, called “The Lives of Remarkable People,” to which he also contributed as an author. In the United States, he became a radio personality and a writer for the Russian desk of the Voice of America. He is a member of the International PEN Club and a member of the Union of Writers of Moscow.