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{{Infobox person
| name = Yuri Rasovsky
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| birth_date = July 29, 1944
| birth_place = [[Chicago, Illinois]], U.S. {{flagicon|USA}}
| death_date = January{{Death 18,date and age|2012|1|18|1944|7|29}}
| death_place = California
| occupation = [[Radio drama]],<br>[[writer]]/[[radio producer|producer]]writer
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| website = [http://www.irasov.com/ Official webpage]
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'''Yuri Rasovsky''' (July 29, 1944–January1944 – January 18, 2012<ref>http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/yuri-rasovsky-renowned-audio-dramatist-283651</ref>) born in [[Chicago, Illinois]], was an award-winningAmerican writer and producer working in the field of [[radio drama]] in the [[United States]].
 
He founded and operated [[The National Radio Theater of Chicago]] from 1973 to 1986 and later formed the [[Hollywood Theater of the Ear]] (since 1993). In the 1990s, he forsook radio for [[audiobooksaudiobook]]s. Many of his radio plays have been published as commercial recordings or as Internet downloads. His new plays are being released by [[Blackstone Audiobooks|Blackstone Audio]]. He died in 2012 of [[esophageal cancer]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.latimes.com/local/obituaries/la-me-yuri-rasovsky-20120206-story.html|title=Yuri Rasovsky dies at 67; big name in radio dramas, audio books|first=By Valerie J. Nelson, Los Angeles|last=Times|website=latimes.com}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/yuri-rasovsky-renowned-audio-dramatist-283651|title=Yuri Rasovsky, Renowned Audio Dramatist, Dies at 67}}</ref>
 
==Major works==
Rasovsky wrote, directed, or produced more than 150 audio plays. Notable examples include:
* ''The Chicago Language Tape''. WFMT. 1972.
* ''The Odyssey of Homer''. National Radio TheaterTheatre of Chicago. 1980. Winner of a George Foster [[Peabody Award]].
* ''By His Bootstraps''. [[Pacifica Foundation]]. 1984. [[The_Firesign_Theatre#Mark_Time_awards|Mark Time]]'s Science Fiction Audio Hall of Fame.
* ''Craven Street''. American Dialogues Radio. 1993.
* ''The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari''. Based on the silent film. Hollywood Theater of the Ear. Revised 1998.
* ''2000X: Tales of the Next Millennium'' (series of 26 one-hr programs). NPR, Hollywood Theater of the Ear. 1999&ndash;20001999–2000. Winner of a [[Bradbury Award]].
* ''[[Sweeney Todd]] and the[[The String of Pearls]]''. Blackstone Audio, Hollywood Theater of the Ear. 2007. Winner of three 2008 [[Audie Awards]]: Best Audio Drama, Best Audiobook Original and Distinguished Achievement in Production.
* ''[[The Maltese Falcon (novel)|The Maltese Falcon]]'', with [[Michael Madsen]], [[Sandra Oh]], [[Edward Herrmann]]. Blackstone Audio, Hollywood Theater of the Ear. 2008. [[Grammy]] nominated. Winner Audie Award: Best Adaptation.
* ''[[Saint Joan (play)|Saint Joan]]'', with [[Amy Irving]], Edward Herrmann, [[Kristoffer Tabori]], [[Gregory Itzin]], [[Armin Shimerman]], [[Granville Van Dusen]], ''et al.''. Blackstone Audio, Hollywood Theater of the Ear. 2010. Winner Audie Award: Best Audio Drama of 2010.
* ''[[The Mark of Zorro]]'', with [[Val Kilmer]], Blackstone Audio, Hollywood Theater of the Ear. 2011. Grammy nominated.
 
==Books==
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:* the Independent Publishers' Audio Award,
:* the [[Gabriel Award]],
:* the [[National Federation of Community Broadcasters|NFCB]] Golden Reel,
:* Mark Time Lifetime Achievement Award,
:* [[Booklist]] Editor's Pick
:* the [[Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America]] [[Ray Bradbury|Bradbury]] Award.<ref>abid.</ref>
 
==Notable relatives==
* [[Barney Ross]]
* [[Solomon Rosowsky]]
* [[Baruch Leib Rosowsky]]
 
==See also==
* [[Thomas Lopez]]
* [[National Audio Theatre Festival]]
* [[Norman Corwin]]
* [[Arch Oboler]]
* [[Giles Cooper (playwright)|Giles Cooper]]
 
==References==
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==External links==
* [http://irasov.com Yuri Rasovsky Homepage], last revised Nov. 19, 2010
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20060828050326/http://www.natf.org/wad/index.htm The Well-Tempered Audio Dramatist], A Guide to the Production of Audio Plays in Twenty-first Century America, by Yuri Rasovsky, last modified July, 2006
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v={{YouTube|-U4ctUHWFOk |The Chicago Language Tape]}}, 1972
* [http://www.suttonelms.org.uk/yuri-rasovsky.html Yuri Rasovsky's Radio Plays]
 
{{Nebula Award for Best Script/Bradbury Award 2001–2020}}
 
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| NAME = Rasovsky, Yuri
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES = Burt Ross, Ira Burton
| SHORT DESCRIPTION = audio dramatist since 1972
| DATE OF BIRTH = July 29, 1944
| PLACE OF BIRTH = [[Chicago, Illinois]], U.S.
| DATE OF DEATH = January 18, 2012
| PLACE OF DEATH =
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[[Category:20th-century American dramatists and playwrights]]
[[Category:American radio writers]]
[[Category:American radio producers]]
[[Category:WritersNebula fromAward Chicago, Illinoiswinners]]
[[Category:Writers from Chicago]]
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