Batshev, Vladimir Semenovich

In 1965-1966 he was one of the organizers and leaders of the SMOG informal literary society, editor of the Sphinxes magazine (No. 1-4), the almanacs Chu, Ricochet, and Vanguard.

Arrested on April 21, 1966 and April 25, 1966 sentenced to five years "for parasitism." He was serving a link in the village of Bolshoi Uluy, Krasnoyarsk Territory . Under pressure from international public opinion, in particular, the Posev publishing house, was released in 1968 under an amnesty. In 1968-1975 participated in the dissident movement. In 1969, together with V. Kononenko, he published the samizdat almanac Fracture.

He graduated from the scriptwriting department of VGIK . He worked as a screenwriter in films, as a literary consultant in the journal Student Meridian, in the publishing houses Children's Literature and Young Guard . In 1989 - 1991 - representative of the Sowing publishing house in the USSR .

1991–1993 - First Deputy Editor-in-Chief of the Literary News weekly. 1993–1995 head of the Mosty publishing house, which he managed to publish 25 books of Russian and Russian foreign authors in two years. From January 1989 to March 1995 - freelance columnist for Radio Liberty .

In February 1995, he emigrated to Germany with his wife. Member of the German Writers Union and the international PEN Club. German citizen.

• Since April 1998 - editor of the monthly magazine " Literary European " and
• Since January 2004 - editor of the quarterly magazine " Bridges ".
• Chairman of the Union of Russian Writers in Germany.

In 2005 , Batshev was awarded the Veritas International Literary Prize (Great Britain) for the epic “Vlasov”.

In 2006, the novel, “Descendant of Bathsheba,” was nominated for the Booker - Open Russia Prize.

In 2007 he became the first owner of a new award to them. M. Aldanova , established by the New Magazine ( New York ) for the story "Heinz Alvenhauser."

In 2010, for the books SMOG: A Generation with Broken Legs and My French Uncle, he was awarded the Silver Bullet from the Volny Shooter publishing house.

• Installation . Poems. M., 1990
• Prophetic dreams . Tallinn, 1992, ( ISBN 5-45001-603-4 )
• Chronicle of the day "Z" . Moscow, 1992, ( ISBN 5-76004-008-8 )
• Izmailovsky novel . Instance. Moscow, 1994, ( ISBN 5-87187-024-4 )
• Notes of the parasite . Moscow, 1994, ( ISBN 5-71170-105-3 )
• Murder is the rule of the game . Moscow, 1995, ( ISBN 5-85585-256-3 )
• Factory of death . Moscow, 1995, ( ISBN 5-85585-321-7 )
• Espionage Networks . Moscow, 1996, ISBN 5-85585-635-6
• The last thing HELL . Moscow, 1996, ISBN 5-85585-811-1
• I am a spy . Moscow, 1997, ISBN 5-25100-356-0
• Vlasov . Volume 1-4, Frankfurt, 2001-2004, ISBN 978-3-936996-14-8
• Your gift is life . Poems. Frankfurt, 2005, ISBN 3-936996-10-5
• Descendant of Bathsheba . Frankfurt, 2006, ISBN 3-936996-18-0
• Writers of Russian emigration: Germany 1921-2008 . Frankfurt, 2008, ISBN 3-9369-9627-X
• Frankfurt stream . Frankfurt, 2008, ISBN 978-3-9369-9638-5
• My french uncle . Franc-tireur USA, 2009, ISBN 978-0-557-05476-6
• Frankfurt River . Franc-tireur USA, 2009, ISBN 978-0-557-07767-0
• SMOG: generation with broken legs . Franc-tireur USA, 2009, ISBN 978-0-557-13929-3
• Galich . Franc-tireur USA, 2010, ISBN 978-0-557-30557-5
• Alexander Galich and his cruel time . Literary European, Frankfurt, 2010, ISBN 978-3-9369-9653-9
• My french uncle . Literary European, Frankfurt, 2014, ISBN 978-3-936-996-806
• Writers of Russian emigration . Germany 1920-2014. Literary European, Frankfurt, 2014, ISBN 978-3-936996-96-2
• Vlasov . Volume 1-4, Third Edition, Revised, Literary European, Frankfurt, 2015, ISBN 978-3-945617-07-6
• My literary calendar . Literary European, Frankfurt, 2016, ISBN 978-3-945617-27-4
• Descendant of Bathsheba . Second Edition. Literary European, Frankfurt, 2017, ISBN 978-3-945617-43-4
• Frankfurt stream . Second Edition. Literary European, Frankfurt, 2018, ISBN 978-3-945617-44-1
• One day Denis Ivanovich . Literary European, Frankfurt, 2018, ISBN 978-3-945617-57-1

• Inspired , DTV Screen, 1982
• Tales of the Theater , Komi TV, 1983
• Who is behind , DTV Screen, 1983
• Don't Be Afraid to Be Kind , DTV Screen, 1985
• Bogatyrs from Zhodin , TSSDF, 1988
• Dissidents , Centrnauchfilm, Bell, 1990
• Crying Parade , Movie Bridges, 2012
• Transcendental Ghoul , Movie Bridges, 2012
• Brothers , Movie Bridges, 2014
• En venda ("For Sale") - 2015, the international film festival "World of Travel" in Lloret de Mar (Spain)
• Frankfurt: Cacophony of the Big City , 2017, Lloret de Mar Travel Film Festival (Spain)
• Channel , 2016 Touristic Film Festival in Lloret de Mar (Spain)
• Above and Below , X Documentary Film Festival, New York

• Batshev makes a report at the Second Congress of Writers of Russian Abroad
• Batshev reads
• Second cold war is coming
• In the "New Journal"
• V. Batshev. Myths of war
• SMOG (1)
• SMOG (2)
• V. Yarantsev about Vlasov
• Release from accent. Vladimir Porudominsky about Batshev’s novel “My French Uncle”
• A novel with memories. Berta Frasch about Batshev's novel Frankfurt River
• We can do without leadership. Interview with Literary Russia
• A man with sins and vices. Interview with Literary Russia
• In the middle of the article is Kira Sapgir about Batshev’s book “Alexander Galich and His Cruel Time”
• I. Tolstoy. Literary calendar of Vladimir Batshev - Radio Liberty, September 18, 2016
• I. Tolstoy. Conversation with Vladimir Batshev - Radio Liberty, December 27, 2017