Etoev, Alexander Vasilievich

Born in Leningrad. He graduated from the Leningrad Mechanical Institute with a degree in mechanical engineering. For two years he worked at a design institute, then for twelve years he worked in the economic part of the Hermitage.

In 1991-2000 He was the editor of the publishing house Terra Fantastica. As such, he took part in the release of the first complete works of Robert Heinlein in Russia.

From July 2000 to February 2001 he worked at OZONE as a publishing editor. For a short time he worked at the Neva-Olma-press publishing house / Since 2001, he has been working as an editor-in-chief at the St. Petersburg Domino publishing house.

Author of more than ten books (including for children), collections of short stories, poems, etc. Published regularly in magazines, known as a prolific literary critic, author of numerous reviews and book reviews.

Since 1999, a member of the Writers Union of St. Petersburg.

Twice married. Three children - George, Mikhail, Ulyana.

Fiction

• Inhalation and Exhalation Expert - St. Petersburg: Helikon Plus, 1998.
• Flight to Egypt. Novels - St. Petersburg: Amphora, 2001.
• To a swan, to someone a bit - St. Petersburg: Helikon Plus, 2003.
• Man from the Web - M .: Foreigner, 2004.
• Planet bald brunette. Story. - St. Petersburg: Amphora, 2004.
• Striped checkered zebra. - St. Petersburg: Amphora, 2005.
• The rule of the left foot. A fantastic story. - St. Petersburg: Detgiz-Lyceum, 2007.
• Ulya Lyapina vs. Lyalya Khlyupina - St. Petersburg: Amphora, 2008.

Poetry

• Simple-minded verses - St. Petersburg: Red Sailor, 2007.

Other

• Murder and killing in children's literature. - St. Petersburg, " Red Sailor ", 2001.
• Book eating. Selected Places from the Book History of All Times, Planets and Peoples - Novosibirsk: Siberian University Press, 2007.
• Extreme book-eating. The target book - M .: Eksmo, 2009.

Prizes

• Marble Faun, 1998 // The Story "Flight to Egypt"
• Interprescon, 1999 // Debut book: "Flight to Egypt"
• Interpresscon, 1999 // Debut book: "Expert on Inhalations and Exhalations"
• Wanderer, 1999 // Golden Ostap: "Flight into Egypt"
• Literary prize named after N.V. Gogol, 2005 // "Viy": "A man from the web"
• RosCon, 2006 // Prize "Alice" (book 1-2): "Ulya Lyapina, a supergirl from our yard"
• Belyaev Prize, 2010 // Special Jury Prize: "Extreme book-eating. The target book"
• Interpresscon, 2012 // Criticism / journalism: "A book about Prashkevich, or From the Exquisite Giraffe to the White Mammoth"
• Interpresson, 2019 // Large form (novel): "I will always be with you" (2018)

• Journal of Alexander Etoev
• Etoev on FantLab