Andrei Germanovich Volos (born August 4, 1955 , Stalinabad ) is a Russian writer.
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| Date of Birth | August 4, 1955 ( 64) |
| Place of Birth | Stalinabad , USSR |
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| Occupation | prose writer |
| Language of Works | Russian |
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Biography
Born in the family of the candidate of geological and mineralogical sciences German Stepanovich Volos. He graduated from the Gubkin Moscow Institute of Petrochemical and Gas Industry with a degree in geophysics ( 1977 ). He returned to Dushanbe, where he was engaged in translations of Tajik poetry. In 1979 he made his debut with his own poems in the magazine "Pamir". The first book, the poetry collection “Old Highway”, was published in 1988 . Since the late 1980s, he began to write prose. Member of the Union of Writers of Moscow . Lives in Moscow.
His first novel Khurramabad (2000) received the State Prize of Russia , Antibooker , the Russian-Italian award Moscow-Penne, as well as prizes from the magazines Znamya and Novy Mir . [one]
Books
Novels
- Khurramabad , 2000
- "Real Estate", 2001
- Maskavian Mecca , 2003
- The Animator, 2005 [1]
- The Winner, 2008
- “Return to Panjrud”, 2013
Storybooks
- Team 22/19, 1989
- Mymoon 2005
- Tajik Games, 2005 [1]
Out of genres
- Alphabet. Match Book 2007
Prizes
- Prizes of the magazines "Peasant Woman" , "Banner" (1996), "New World" (2001)
- Laureate of the Moscow-Penne International Literary Prize (1998)
- Laureate of the State Prize of the Russian Federation (2000) for the novel Khurramabad
- Finalist of the Big Book Prize for 2006 (novel Animator) [1] and 2013 (novel Return to Panjrud)
- Russian Booker 2013 and Student Booker 2013 (novel "Return to Panjrud")
Sources
- ↑ 1 2 3 4 Ogryzko V.V. Who makes literature in Russia today. Issue 1. Modern Russian writers. - Moscow: Literary Russia , 2006. - S. 87-89. - ISBN 5-7809-0049-9 .
Links
- Andrey Volos on the website of the literary agency ELKOST
- Andrey Volos in the " Journal Hall "
- Interview with Literary Russia (2009)