Vladimir Semyonovich Makanin (russian: Владимир Семёнович Маканин; 13 March 1937 in
Orsk
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Orenburg Oblast
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Soviet Union
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Rostov Oblast
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Russia
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) was a Russian writer of novels and short stories
Life
Makanin graduated from the Faculty of Mechanics and Mathematics at
Moscow State University
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and worked as a teacher in the Military Academy until the early 1960s. In 1963 he took the
High Courses for Scriptwriters and Film Directors
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at the
Gerasimov Institute of Cinematography
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, then worked for the publishing house '' Sovietskiy Pisatel'' (''The Soviet Writer'').
He published his first book in 1965. In 1985, he became a board member at the
Union of Soviet Writers
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and, two years later, joined the editorial staff at ''
Znamya
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''. He spent most of his later years in Krasny, near
Rostov-on-Don
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. In 2007, he headed the jury for the Big Book award. The following year, he was the recipient.
Makanin's writing style may be categorized as realist. His forte lies in depicting the psychological impact of everyday life experiences.
English translations
*''Antileader'', from ''The New Soviet Fiction'', Abbeville Press, NY, 1989.
*''Baize-covered Table with Decanter'', Readers International, 1995.
*''Escape Hatch'', and ''The Long Road Ahead'', Ardis Publishers, 1996.
*''The Loss'', Northwestern University Press, 1998.
Selected bibliography
* Straight line (russian: Прямая линия), 1965
* Blue and Red (''Голубое и красное''), 1975
* The Portrait and Around (''Портрет и вокруг''), 1978
* Antileader (''Антилидер''), 1980
* Ancestor (''Предтеча''), 1982
* He and She (''Один и одна''), 1987
* The Underground, or a Hero of Our Time (''Андерграунд, или Герой нашего времени''), 1999
* Asan (''Acaн''), 2008
Awards
* 1984
Order of the Badge of Honour
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It was established on 25 November 1935, and was conferred on citizens of the USSR for outstanding ...
* 1993
Russian Booker Prize
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Pushkin Prize
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for his oeuvre
* 1999
State Prize of the Russian Federation
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