Alexander Karasyov (Russian — Александр Владимирович Карасёв, transl. ''Alexandr Vladimirovich Karasev'') is a Russian writer living in St. Petersburg, Russia.

Biography

Alexander Karasyov was born in

Krasnodar Krasnodar (; rus, Краснода́р, p=krəsnɐˈdar; ady, Краснодар), formerly Yekaterinodar (until 1920), is the largest city and the administrative centre of Krasnodar Krai, Russia. The city stands on the Kuban River in southe ...

, Russia, in 1971. He received degrees in history and law from the

Kuban State University The Kuban State University (russian: Кубанский государственный университет KubSU) is a university in Krasnodar, in the Kuban area of southern Russia. It was founded on September 19, 1920, and since then it ...

and worked as a mechanic, engineer, teacher, and legal advisor. He served in the army, taking part in the fights in Chechnya. Since 2003 he has been published in literary journals. He was awarded the Bunin Prize (2008) and the Second

O. Henry William Sydney Porter (September 11, 1862 – June 5, 1910), better known by his pen name O. Henry, was an American writer known primarily for his short stories, though he also wrote poetry and non-fiction. His works include "The Gift of the ...

Prize "Dary Volhvov" (''

The Gift of the Magi "The Gift of the Magi" is a short story by O. Henry first published in 1905. The story tells of a young husband and wife and how they deal with the challenge of buying secret Christmas gifts for each other with very little money. As a sentimental ...

'') (New York, 2010). He is the author of the books "The Chechen Stories" (Chechenskye Rasskazy) and "Traitor" (Predatel').Yevgeni Popov (2009). "Who can follow Gogol's footsteps" in: Russia now , 21 April 200

Retrieved 22 April 2013 Alexander Karasyov, like

Arkady Babchenko Arkady Arkadyevich Babchenko (russian: Аркадий Аркадьевич Бабченко; born 18 March 1977) is a Russian print and television journalist. From 1995, Babchenko served in the communication corps in the North Caucasus while par ...

and Zakhar Prilepin, is considered a representative of the Russian "New Realism" movement of the 21st century, continuing the tradition of the " lieutenant prose" of the 1960s and 1970s and military prose of the 1990s. Аристов, Денис (Aristov, Denis) (2011). "On nature of realism in modern russian military fiction of 2000s" (О природе реализма в современной русской прозе о войне (2000–е годы)). In: Journal Perm State Pedagogical University, 2011 (2)

Retrieved 17 April 2013.(''“Summary in English", p. 175:'' In the article Russian military fiction of the 2000s is regarded: its problems, genesis and functioning in the modern literary process, reader and critic reception. Naturalistic, realistic poetics of A. Babchenko, Zakhar Prilepin, Z. Prilepin and A. Karasyov, sharply contrasting with postmodernist poetics of Russian prose of the late 20th century and determining critics to speak about "new realism", is considered in the context of precedent literary tradition, the tradition of "lieutenants prose" of the 1960-1970-s (novels and stories by Y. Bondarev, G. Baklanov, K. Vorobyov, V. Bykaw) and military prose of the early 1990s (works by V. Astafyev, O. Yermakov)).

Books

*Сhechen Stories (Russian — Чеченские рассказы, transl. ''Chechenskiye Rasskazy''). — Moscow: Literary Russia, 2008. . *Traitor (Russian — Предатель, transl. ''Predatel). — Ufa: Vagant, 2011. .Подховник, Эдит (Podhovnik, Edith) (2012). “Незнакомая война”. In: Октябрь, 2012 (12

Retrieved 14 April 2013. (This essay discusses the perception of war in Austria with regard to the book "Traitor" by the Russian writer Alexander Karasyov).Мызников, Александр (Myznikov, Alexandr) (2010). “Облик предателя”. In: Polit.ru, 12. 03. 2010

Retrieved 15 April 2013. In his ''Chechen Stories'' and ''Traitor'', which are regarded as examples of modern Russian War Prose, Alexander Karasyov gives insights into life in the Russian army during the

Second Chechen War The Second Chechen War (russian: Втора́я чече́нская война́, ) took place in Chechnya and the border regions of the North Caucasus between the Russian Federation and the Chechen Republic of Ichkeria, from August 1999 ...

. Presenting a modern war and modern warfare, the author does not rely on second hand information but on his own experience. The short stories are often as tragicomical as the Russian army itself and show Karasyov's characters not only in the war but also in their lives outside the war in their civilian life, or their so-called "life in peace" (“мирная жизнь”).

Literary magazines

Alexander Karasyov's stories and essays have been published in the following Russian

literary magazines A literary magazine is a periodical devoted to literature in a broad sense. Literary magazines usually publish short stories, poetry, and essays, along with literary criticism, book reviews, biographical profiles of authors, interviews and l ...

: ''

Novy mir ''Novy Mir'' (russian: links=no, Новый мир, , ''New World'') is a Russian-language monthly literary magazine. History ''Novy Mir'' has been published in Moscow since January 1925. It was supposed to be modelled on the popular pre-Soviet ...

(Новый мир)'', ''Oktyabr' (Октябрь)'', ''Friendship of Peoples'' ''(Дружба народов)'', ''

Kontinent ''Kontinent'' was an émigré dissident journal which focused on the politics of the Soviet Union and its satellites. Founded in 1974 by writer Vladimir Maximov,Tatyana ShvetsovaAfter word to the epoch of Nikita Khrushchev PAUL GRAY. THE SEVEN D ...

'' ''(Континент)'', ''Neva'' ''(Нева)'', ''Ural'' ''(Урал)'', ''Nash sovremennik'' ''(Наш cовремменик)'', ''Belskie prostory'' ''(Бельские просторы)''.Megalit (Eurasian portal of Literary Magazines). Александр Карасёв

Retrieved 16 April 2013

Summary in English

''Friendship of Peoples''
(''ALEXANDER KARASEV.'' ''Chechen Stories.'' ''The author knows what he is writing about not by hearsay and his short stories are as tragicomical as the army life itself in this Russian "hot spot"'').

(''Essays: Writers about writers. Kurt Vonnegut, “Vonnegut's Transformations" by Vladimir Berezin, "An Orthodox Rebellious" by Oleg Yermakov about

Paul Bowles Paul Frederic Bowles (; December 30, 1910November 18, 1999) was an American expatriate composer, author, and translator. He became associated with the Moroccan city of Tangier, where he settled in 1947 and lived for 52 years to the end of his ...

, "The Testament of Lieutenant Kuprin” by Alexander Karasyov and "Reider's Usurpation of Days Gone By, and Legend Founded" by Sergey Soloukh about

Jaroslav Hašek Jaroslav Hašek (; 1883–1923) was a Czech writer, humorist, satirist, journalist, bohemian and anarchist. He is best known for his novel '' The Fate of the Good Soldier Švejk during the World War'', an unfinished collection of farcical inci ...

.'')

Publications in anthologies

Современная литература народов России (Modern Literature of the Peoples of Russia) (2005). Moscow: Pik.

Народ мой — большая семья: Литература наших дней. (My People — A Big Family. Literature of Our Days) (2007). Moscow: Literaturnaya Rossiya.

Четыре шага от войны (Four Steps from War) (2010). Sankt Saint Petersburg: Limbus Press.
* Дары волхвов 2.0 (

) (2012). New York.

External links

Author

''in English'' * ''in Russian''
Alexander Karasyov in Новая литературная карта России (New literary map of Russia).

Publications

Журнальный зал (Society of Russian Literary Magazines).

Megalit (Eurasian Portal of Literary Magazines).

Сетевая словесность (Setevaya slovesnost').

Russian journal (Русский журнал).

Interviews (in Russian)

(Interview with Andrej Rudalyov)

(Interview with Zakhar Prilepin)
Армия дала мне самые острые эмоции.
(Interview with Roman Senchin)

(Interview with Michail Boyko)

References

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