As an 18-year-old young man, he first came to the Soviet Union, and before that he spent most of his youthful life in the United States. He was lucky to work as a literary secretary with S. Ya. Marshak and to conduct new ones for the Soviet audience on the technical possibilities of the transfer - telebridges. He is fluent in 3 languages and has as many citizenships. At 82, this man continues to delight in his appearance. All of the above are facts that include the biography of Vladimir Pozner.
Paris, childhood, parents
Frenchwoman Geraldine (Lutten) from a family belonging to the baronial title, and a Russian guy from an intelligent family, Vladimir met Jewish roots in the thirties of the last century. A couple related a common profession related to filmmaking. As a result of existing relations in 1934, the future fighter for “freedom of speech” Vladimir Pozner was born in Paris. The biography of the famous journalist and TV presenter began her opus from the date of April 1 - the birthday of Geraldine, the mother of Vladimir.
They christened the child in the Catholic faith by Vladimir Gerald Dmitry Pozner. All names were given in honor of the near and dear ones - father, mother and father’s basketball friend.
When the baby was three months old, mom moved with her baby to the USA, leaving her father to enjoy trouble-free youth. At that time, grandmother and aunt Vladimir lived in America. So, in the USA, the biography of V. Posner continued.
Family Reunion and Relocation
Having moved to live in America, Vladimir’s mother got a job in a well-known film studio as a filmmaker. For five years she raised her son alone, trying to feed not only their two, but also her sick mother. In 1939, the boy's father came to the United States, and he and Geraldine officially signed.
A full-fledged family in the spring of 1939 moved to live in France, and in the fall the government of this country declared war on Germany. Posner Sr. volunteered for the French army, and when the northern part of the country was occupied by the Germans, his father's biography became interested in the Gestapo. The family moved to the Free Zone of France, from where it returned to America.
Study
Vladimir Pozner, whose biography has been noted by several countries since childhood, received his primary education in the United States. From 1941 to 1946 he studied at a private school, where the children of wealthy parents stayed. City and Country - that was the name of the school. Vladimir Vladimirovich described in his book the years spent in this school as the happiest, and the method of transmitting knowledge to children was harmonious. A guy who was ahead of his classmates in development was not averse to resolving disputes with his fists. This question was diplomatically settled by the school principal, K. Pratt. She transferred Vladimir from the eighth grade to the tenth, where the guys studied physically larger. After that, the boy’s aggressiveness decreased.
Styvesant High School became the next institution where Vladimir Pozner studied. Biography, personal life in these years, the young man was filled with events. In 1945, Brother Paul was born. Father, working in film corporations, received 25 thousand dollars a year, which allowed his family to live in a luxurious house. Vladimir had his own bedroom, a games room and even a private bathroom. And when the guy turned fourteen, he overtook the first feeling of love.
New York: first love and first job
Pozner's biography at the time of his stay in New York reflects those great feelings that a person remembers for his whole life. Vladimir’s first love happened to a woman much older than himself: he was fourteen, she was well over thirty. Her name was Mary, and she was an American of Irish descent. Their relationship developed at a fully adult level: they visited cinema, restaurants together, met at her home. These meetings remained tender feelings and memories in Vladimir's memory.
A newspaperboy is the first job Vladimir Pozner received pocket money for. Biography, the personal life of a young man in a city of contrasts was independent. In general, in America, parents do not just give money for their own needs to their children. They must be earned. Vladimir received from his father every week 5 cents for cleaning the shoes of the whole family on Saturdays and for laying the table, followed by cleaning after the meal. But the appetite is growing during meals, so the young man got a job as a peddler of newspapers to replenish his personal budget.
Departure from the USA
When the policy of McCarthyism (aggravation of anti-communist sentiments) began in America, Posner Sr. called in his boss and invited him to renounce Soviet citizenship, and as a reward he promised to issue an annual salary once. But Vladimir Alexandrovich with a communist worldview refused this deal. He began to earn less, and then completely lost his job. In 1948, the family left America, having left to live in Germany occupied by Soviet troops.
There Vladimir recovered to a German-Russian school. In 1951 he moved to an evening Soviet school for sergeants and officers in order to obtain a certificate of maturity. He was a ticket to the USSR, a country that Pozner Sr. raved about.
Country of Soviets
Vladimir Pozner, whose biography is marked by constant moving, at the end of 1952 first came to the Soviet Union. Due to the foreign past and Jewish roots, the family at first had a hard time: their parents did not work, they lived in a hotel for their father’s savings, which quickly melted away. After the death of Stalin, Vladimir Alexandrovich managed to get a job at Mosfilm, and later the family was given an apartment.
Throughout the spring and summer of 1952, the biography of Posner Jr. was marked by constant cramming. Vladimir was preparing at Moscow State University for the Faculty of Biology and Soil. Most of all, the guy was worried about the lack of perfect knowledge in Russian. During the entrance exams, after scoring 24 points out of 25, he was initially denied admission to the ranks of students. Confidentially explaining that the Jewish surname "Posner", biography, the family of the young man do not meet the hidden requirements for applicants to Moscow State University. But his father, learning about such an injustice, directly followed the CPSU Central Committee. As a result, Vladimir was enrolled in the university.
After graduating from Moscow State University, the young man began to earn a living by scientific and literary translations. Talented work was noticed by S. Ya. Marshak and invited the young man to work as a literary secretary.
TV reporter and presenter
Work on television was preceded by editorial work in a magazine distributed in the United States. In 1970, Vladimir served as commentator on the USSR Broadcasting Committee. For fifteen years his programs have been broadcast in England and America. At the same time, he flew to the shooting of an American talk show with Phil Donahue, where he justified the actions of the Soviet government.
Vladimir Vladimirovich received popularity among the spectators of the USSR after entering the blue screens of the television bridges that he hosted. These were online meetings with American leaders, where political issues were discussed. A successful debut in the group form of telecommunications led V.V. Pozner to Central Television as a political observer. Then again, America and television work abroad. In 1997 - return to Moscow and the post of TV presenter in the talk show "Times". Since 2008, Vladimir Vladimirovich has been conducting an author program on Channel One. To date, he makes tourist-educational films. The last of these works is Jewish Happiness.
Posner: biography, wife
The first wife of Vladimir Vladimirovich was the Russian philologist Valentin Chamberberry. The marriage lasted 10 years, and in the course of family relations a daughter Catherine was born. She now lives in Berlin. On this line, V.V. Pozner has two grandchildren: Maria and Nikolai.
The second wife (from 1969 to 2005) was the director of the School of Television Mastery, which was founded by the master of television Pozner, Ekaterina Orlova. In life together, the couple raised the son of Catherine Peter. On this line, Vladimir Vladimirovich has a bloodless grandson, George.
Since 2008, Posner has been in official relations with Nadezhda Solovieva, who is the founder of the famous company Sav Entertainment.
V.V. Pozner (biography, photos are presented in our article) is the author of the book “Farewell to Illusions”, which includes interesting life stories of a creative person. It was originally written in English (in 1990), and in 2012, Vladimir Vladimirovich introduced it to the Russian reader.