Oleg Yermakov is a
Russian writer. He was born in
Smolensk in 1961, and worked in a forest reserve near
Lake Baikal
Lake Baikal (, russian: Oзеро Байкал, Ozero Baykal ); mn, Байгал нуур, Baigal nuur) is a rift lake in Russia. It is situated in southern Siberia, between the federal subjects of Irkutsk Oblast to the northwest and the Repu ...
before doing his military service during the
war in Afghanistan. His experiences formed the basis of an acclaimed collection of short stories, titled ''
Afghan Stories'' (1991). He followed up with a novel, ''The Mark of the Beast'' (1994) which was nominated for the
Russian Booker Prize. His war writing has been compared to that of Tolstoy and the literature of the
Vietnam War.
Ermakov's work is heavily engaged with the question of place as evidenced by books such as ''Rainbow and Heather'', a 2018 Big Book Award finalist, set in
Smolensk, and ''The Tungus’s Song'', a 2017
Yasnaya Polyana Award finalist, set in Siberia. Other places important in his work are the
Altai
Altai or Altay may refer to:
Places
*Altai Mountains, in Central and East Asia, a region shared by China, Mongolia, Kazakhstan and Russia
In China
* Altay Prefecture (阿勒泰地区), Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region, China
* Altay City (阿 ...
,
Baikal, and
Barguzin areas as well as Afghanistan. The 2012 collection of stories, ''The Arithmetic of War'', returns to this theme in his work. Ermakov has stated his admiration for other
Afgantsy writers such as
Igor Frolov
Igor Igorevich Frolov (russian: И́горь И́горевич Фроло́в; born 23 January 1990) is a Russian road cyclist, who currently ride for Vietnam amateur team Hồ Chí Minh Vinama.
Major results
;2008
: 9th Overall Tour de la Ré ...
and
Igor Afanasyev
Igor Mixailovich Afanasyev is a Russian writer and veteran of the Afghan war. He was born in Pskov in 1962. He served in the Afghan war from 1983 to 1985, as a sapper in the eastern province of Ghazni
Ghazni ( prs, غزنی, ps, غزني), hi ...
.
His work has been translated into English and French, among other languages.
Works
* ''Libgerik'', novel, 2019
* ''The Anarchist's Book of the Dove'', novel, 2018
* ''Rainbow and Heather'' – finalist,
Big Book Award
Big Book (russian: Большая Книга, Bolshaya Kniga) is a Russian literary award for best prose in Russian.
The award is financed by the founders of the Center for the Support of Domestic Literature, Russian major businessmen and busi ...
, 2018
* ''The Tungus's Song'' – winner of reader prize, finalist for jury prize,
Yasnaya Polyana Award, 2017
* ''Canvas'' – finalist,
Russian Booker Prize, 2005
* ''Sign of the Beast'' – finalist,
Russian Booker Prize, 1993
* ''The Arithmetic of War'', short fiction collection, 2012
* ''Afghan Tales: Stories from Russia's Vietnam'', translated by
Marc Romano Marc or MARC may refer to:
People
* Marc (given name), people with the first name
* Marc (surname), people with the family name
Acronyms
* MARC standards, a data format used for library cataloging,
* MARC Train, a regional commuter rail system ...
; William Morrow & Company, 1993
See also
*
List of Heroes of the Russian Federation
This is a list of people who have been awarded the title Hero of the Russian Federation.
The title was established in 1992, and was awarded more than 970 times since then, including more than 440 times posthumously.
Due to the list's size, it i ...
References
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Russian male writers
1961 births
Living people