Andrei Volos

Russian writer

Andrei Volos

Андрей Волос

Born|  (1955-08-04) 4 August 1955 (age 69)

Stalinabad, Soviet Union

Alma mater| Gubkin Moscow Institute of Petrochemical and Gas Industry
Occupation| Writer
Awards|  (2000)

Andrei Germanovich Volos (Russian: Андрей Германович Волос; born 4 August 1955) is a Russian writer.[1]

His first novel Khurramabad [ru] received the State Prize of the Russian Federation in literature and arts for year 2000.[2]

## Biography

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Born in Stalinabad (Dushanbe), Tajik SSR in the family of a candidate of geological and mineralogical sciences German Stepanovich Volos. Graduated from the Gubkin Moscow Institute of Petrochemical and Gas Industry, specializing in "industrial geophysics" (1977).[3]

Returned to Dushanbe, where he was engaged in translations of Tajik poetry. In 1979, he debuted with his own poems in the magazine "Pamir".

His first book, a poetry collection "Old Highway", was published in 1988.

Until 1994, he worked in Moscow as a geophysicist and programmer, was engaged in real estate activities, and twice entered the Maxim Gorky Literature Institute.[4]

In 1986, he debuted as a prose writer, publishing his first story in the magazine, in 1989 his collection of short stories and novellas "Team 22/19" was published.[4]

In 1991 he was accepted into the Union of Soviet Writers.[3]

His first novel, Khurramabad (2000), received the Russian State Prize, as well as the Antibooker, Moscow-Penne, and Znamya magazine awards.[5]

In his novel, The Winner (2008), the writer recreated the circumstances of the storming of the presidential palace in Kabul.[6][7] The hero of the novel, Return to Panjrud (2013), is the great Tajik and Persian poet Rudaki.[8]

His works have been translated into English, German,[9] and Mongolian.[10]

He is a member of the Moscow Writers' Union,[4] the PEN Club, and the public council of the Novy Mir magazine. He is a professor of literary craftsmanship at the Maxim Gorky Literature Institute.[3]

He lives in Moscow.

## Novels

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* Khurramabad «Хуррамабад», 2000 (the Tajik spelling of "-abad" is used in translation because the novel alludes to Dushanbe)
* Real Estate «Недвижимость», 2001
* Maskaw Mecca «Маскавская Мекка», 2003
* Animator «Аниматор», 2005
* The Victor «Победитель», 2008
* Return to Panjrud «Возвращение в Панджруд», 2013

## Awards

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Writer's literary awards include:[1]

* 2013: Russian Booker award, for Return to Panjrud
* 2013: Russian Student Booker award, for Return to Panjrud
* 2013: Ivan Bunin literary award
* 2001: State Prize of the Russian Federation in literature and arts, Russia for 2000, for Khurramabad[2]
* 2000: Novy Mir magazine award, Russia for Khurramabad published in the magazine
* 1998: Anti-Booker Prize, Russia, for the manuscript of Khurramabad
* 1998: Moscow Penne Award, Italy, for a series of stories upon which Khurramabad was to be based

## References

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1. ^ a b Андрей Волос, at the literary agency ELKOST website
2. ^ a b Russian Wikisource has original text related to this article: Указ Президента РФ от 06.06.2001 № 655
3. ^ a b c "Волос Андрей Германович // Литинститут". Archived from the original on 2023-11-21. Retrieved 2023-11-21.
4. ^ a b c "Книга Андрея Волоса «Возвращение в Панджруд» стала лауреатом литературной премии за лучший роман года «Русский Букер» // РИА Новости. — 4.12.2013". Archived from the original on 2023-11-20. Retrieved 2023-11-20.
5. ^ Огрызко, Вячеслав Вячеславович (2006). Кто сегодня делает литературу в России. Москва: Литературная Россия. pp. 87–89\. ISBN 5780900499. `{{cite book}}`: Check `|isbn=` value: checksum (help)
6. ^ Живое слово о войне: критический обзор современной российской военной прозы Archived 2023-11-19 at the Wayback Machine / Сост. А. Кузечкин. Нижний Новгород: МУК Централизованная библиотечная система, 2010.
7. ^ Книги об Афганской войне: 4 художественных и 1 документальная // Дзен. — 13.03.2022.
8. ^ "Рахаева Ю. Андрей Волос: Задача литературы не описание, а коммуникация // Российская газета. — 7.10.2013". 6 October 2013. Archived from the original on 2023-11-19. Retrieved 2023-11-19.
9. ^ "Кукулин И. Плов и проза в межкультурном контексте // Независимая газета. — 6.07.2000". Archived from the original on 2023-11-22. Retrieved 2023-11-22.
10. ^ "В Монголии представили антологию современного русского рассказа // Литинститут. — 29.05.2021". Archived from the original on 2023-11-22. Retrieved 2023-11-22.

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