Peter Demant
Peter Demant | |
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| Born | Peter Demant 22 August 1918 Innsbruck, County of Tyrol, Austria-Hungary |
| Died | 11 December 2006 (aged 88) Moscow, Russia |
| Pen name | Vernon Kress |
| Occupation | Novelist, short story writer, essayist |
| Language | Russian |
| Nationality | Austrian, Soviet, Russian |
| Period | 1991–2006 |
| Notable works | "Zekameron of the 20th Century" ("Зекамерон XX века"), a memoir “My First Life” ("Моя первая жизнь"), a memoir |
| Spouse | Irina Veсhnaya |
Peter Demant (in Russian – Петр Зигмундович Демант) (literary pseudonym – Vernon Kress (in Russian – Вернон Кресс) (22 August 1918, Innsbruck, Austria – 11 December 2006, Moscow, Russia) was a Russian writer and public figure.