Oleg Georgievitch Postnov (russian: Олег Постнов; born 1962, Novosibirsk, USSR) is a Russian author. Postnov is a novelist most recognized for his fiction about love. The critics have described Postnov's work as an amalgamation of the Russian's classics: "as if

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Early years and education

Oleg Postnov was born in Russian

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. He graduated from the Novosibirsk State University, the Humanities Division, in 1986. In 1990, he received his PhD.

Family

Oleg Postnov lives in

, Novosibirsk,

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with his son Nikita.

Writing career

The Sand Timer (russian: Песочное время) (Novosibirsk, 1997) Postnov published his first work of fiction—a short story "The Sand Timer"—in 1997. The Sand Timer received the distinction of Matador Magazine's prestigious "top ten books 1998." ''

'' (russian: Страх) (Amfora 2001) is an "erotic mysticism novel with a detective plot". In Russia, Postnov's ''Angst'' took the first prize in the "Catch of 1999" and was nominated for the

Russian Booker Prize The Russian Booker Prize (russian: Русский Букер, ''Russian Booker'') was a Russian literary award modeled after the Booker Prize. It was awarded from 1992 to 2017. It was inaugurated by English Chief Executive Sir Michael Harris C ...

of 2002; for the National Bestseller Prize, shortlisted for the Apollon Grigoriev Prize In Germany, Die Berliner Literaturktitik compared the book to Nabokov's '' Lolita ''and called Postnov a "magician." ''The Antiquary'' (russian: Антиквар) (Lenizdat 2013) *''To Kiss the Harlequin'' (russian: Поцелуй арлекина)(

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2006). Chapters of Harlequin appeared in 2001 in

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's "New Literary Card of Russia" (russian: Новая литературная карта России). *''Mirgorod'' (russian: МИРГОРОД) (Azbuka, 2013) *''The Girl That Ran on Ice'' (russian: ДЕВОЧКА НА КОНЬКАХ) (Azbuka, 2014)

Academic career and awards

Oleg Postnov's doctorate explores classic Russian literature of the first third of the 19th century. Between 1986 and 2007, Postnov worked as senior scientist for the Institute of Philology Academy of Sciences (Siberian Branch). He is a recipient of the medal of the Russian Academy of Sciences (Siberian Branch) and a Silver Sigma. Postnov has published a number of scholarly books and articles.

Scholarly books

*''Esthetics of Goncharov'' *''Pushkin and Death'' *''Death in Russia X-XX century''

Scholarly articles

*Pushkin and Grin (the crossroads of one anthroponym) (Moscow 2003) *Bryus and the Russian Literary Tradition of the XX Century (Петербург 2004) *Russian Military Epitaph XVIII-early XIX (Петербург 2006) *Truth in Literary Text (Novosibirsk 2006) *The Individual and the Tradition in the Modern World (Novosibirsk 2007) *Sysoev's Paradox (Moscow, 2009)

Television and theater

In 2011, The Moscow Theater of Nations opened its production of

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's '' Caligula'' in translation of Oleg Postnov and E.A. Gorny. In 2012, the production received the most prestigious award in the Russian Federation theater—the Golden Mask. TV channel Moskva 24 reported that "The ever-busy Muscovites not only find the time to watch this four-hour-long play," but even form long lines to buy the expensive tickets. File:The Tour of Caligula in the Theater Olimpico, Theater of Nations, Vicenza, Italy.png, ''Caligula'' performance, Theater of Nations, tour in Vicenza, Italy File:Postnov's Caligula, Theater of Nations Tours in Italy, Tom Ilai's photo.png, ''Caligula'' performance, Theater of Nations, tour in Vicenza, Italy File:Caligula, translation By Postnov Theater of Nations Tours in Italy, Tom Ilai's photo.png, Tour of Theater of Nations, Italy, performance of ''Caligula'' File:Caligula 2 translation By Postnov Theater of Nations Tours in Italy, Tom Ilai's photo.jpg, Tour of Theater of Nations, Italy, performance of ''Caligula'' File:The Tour of Caligula in the Theatre Olimpico, Vicenza, Italy, photo 5 by Tommy Ilai.png, Theater of Nations, the tour of ''Caligula'' in the Theatre Olimpico, Vicenza, Italy File:The Tour of Caligula in the Theatre Olimpico, Vicenza, Italy, photo 6 by Tommy Ilai.png, Theater of Nations, the tour of ''Caligula'' in the Theatre Olimpico, Vicenza, Italy File:The Tour of Caligula in the Theatre Olimpico, Vicenza, Italy, photo 4 by Tommy Ilai.png, Theater of Nations, the tour of ''Caligula'' in the Theatre Olimpico, Vicenza, Italy Postnov’s contribution to the theater, —in addition to his translation of Camu’s ''Caligula'', include an original play called ''Ernst, Theodor, Amadeus''. Postnov’s fairy-tale-like play explores the last year and death of the German Romantic and storyteller best known as E.T.A. Hoffmann (the author of ''The Nutcracker'').

External links

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Literature by and about Oleg Postnov
in the

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catalogue
Golden Mask official website, 2012 list of recipients

''Caligula'', stage photos

Angst, second edition

References

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