Dmitry Borisovich Volchek (born June 18, 1964 , Leningrad , RSFSR ) is a Russian poet , novelist and translator , publisher. Editor-in-Chief of Radio Liberty . [one]
| Dmitriy Borisovich Volchek | |
|---|---|
| Date of Birth | June 18, 1964 (55 years old) |
| Place of Birth | Leningrad , RSFSR , USSR |
| Citizenship |  USSR →  Russia |
| Occupation | writer, poet, translator, publisher, editor in chief, radio host |
| Awards and prizes | Andrei Bely Prize (1999) |
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Biography
Participated in the unofficial literary life of Leningrad since 1982 . It was published in typewritten journals and editions of the Russian diaspora, worked in the editorial office of the journal "Glasnost".
In 1982 , together with several other young authors, Dmitry Volchek founded the samizdat magazine “Silence” (9 issues were published by November 1983 ).
In the 1980s, Dmitry Volchek translated from English and published a number of works by Aldous Huxley , Flannery O'Connor and other mid- 20th century writers in samizdat. In 1985 , Mitin Magazine replaced the “Silence”.
In 1999, Dmitry Volchek was awarded the Andrei Bely Prize ( 1999 ) in the nomination “For services to literature” for publishing the “Mitty journal”.
Since 1988 , an employee of Radio Liberty .
From 1993 he lived in Munich, from 1995 he lives in Prague .
In the late 1990s, Volchek's translation activities resumed with new activity in connection with his new publishing project — Kolonna Publications .
In 2000 , after the transfer of the publication of the “Mitin magazine” to the Tver publishing house “ Kolonna publications ”, Volchek actually became the ideologue of this publishing house, determining its policy. At the initiative of Volchek, the basis of the publishing program “Columns” begins to be radical in aesthetic and ethical terms literature revising “the boundaries of good and evil and the limits of human will”: publication by Antonin Arto , Pierre Guyotta , Ilya Masodov , Gabriel Vittkop , Marusya Klimova , Yaroslav Mogutin , Julia Kissina ).
Bibliography
Books
- The speaking tulip: Poems 1985-1991. - SPb .: “Omphala”, 1992.
- The midday demon: Poems 1991-1995. - SPb .: "Omphala", 1995.
- Codex death: Roman. - T-ough Press , 1999.
- Ninety-three! Novel. - Kolonna Publications , 2001.
Interview
- Bavilsky Dmitry . Dmitry Volchek: “There is no future, there is no truth, everything is permitted!” // Private Correspondent . - January 27, 2014.
- "The monster has neither taste nor conscience." Interview with Stanislav Lvovsky.
- "Text must be dictated by higher entities." Interview magazine "Io Pan"
- "We need a son of Lucifer and Darya Zhukova" (Dmitry Volchek’s interview to Polit.ru)
- "I carry a blue spot with me." Interview D. Volcheka magazine "Sho".
- " Do not forget to seize the condominium!" Interview to "Private Correspondent" , 2010
- Nikolay Nikiforov. Conversation with Dmitry Volchek, 2010
- "I want to publish books for dogs." Interview D. Volcheka Magreb site
- "Poetry collected her belongings and moved." Interview of D. Volchek to Evgeny Stasinevich (inaccessible link)
- "I always want to get into the house of the writer I translate from the back door." Interview D. Volchek "Russian Journal"
- "I am convinced: the future of literature is in the past." Interview D. Volcheka magazine "Foreign Literature"
Notes
- ↑ Dmitry Volchek // Radio Liberty