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Vladimir Semyonovich Makanin (russian: Владимир Семёнович Маканин; 13 March 1937 in
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, Orenburg Oblast, RSFSR,
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– 1 November 2017 in , Aksaysky District, Rostov Oblast,
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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 M. V. Lomonosov Moscow State University (MSU; russian: Московский государственный университет имени М. В. Ломоносова) is a public research university in Moscow, Russia and the most prestigious ...
and worked as a teacher in the Military Academy until the early 1960s. In 1963 he took the
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at the Gerasimov Institute of Cinematography, 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 The Union of Soviet Writers, USSR Union of Writers, or Soviet Union of Writers (russian: Союз писателей СССР, translit=Soyuz Sovetstikh Pisatelei) was a creative union of professional writers in the Soviet Union. It was founded ...
and, two years later, joined the editorial staff at ''
Znamya ''Znamya'' ( rus, Знамя, p=ˈznamʲə, a=Ru-знамя.ogg, lit. "The Banner") is a Russian monthly literary magazine, which was established in Moscow in 1931. In 1931–1932, the magazine was published under the name of ''Lokaf'' ("Лок ...
''. He spent most of his later years in Krasny, near Rostov-on-Don. 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 The Order of the Badge of Honour (russian: орден «Знак Почёта», orden "Znak Pochyota") was a civilian award of the Soviet Union. It was established on 25 November 1935, and was conferred on citizens of the USSR for outstanding ...
* 1993 Russian Booker Prize for '' Baize-covered Table with Decanter'' * 1998
Pushkin Prize The Pushkin Prize (russian: Пушкинская премия) was established in 1881 by the Russian Academy of Sciences to honor one of the greatest Russian poets Alexander Pushkin (1799–1837). The prize was awarded to the Russian who achieve ...
for his oeuvre * 1999 State Prize of the Russian Federation * 2001 Italian Premio Penne * 2008 Big Book Award for ''Asan'' * 2012 European Prize for Literature


References

1937 births 2017 deaths Russian male novelists Soviet novelists Soviet male writers 20th-century Russian male writers Russian male short story writers Soviet short story writers 20th-century Russian short story writers State Prize of the Russian Federation laureates Pushkin Prize winners Moscow State University alumni High Courses for Scriptwriters and Film Directors alumni Russian mathematicians Soviet mathematicians Russian Booker Prize winners People from Orsk {{Russia-writer-stub