Author Biographies

Below are several author biographies to introduce you to writers, the lives they lived, and the works they created. We have concentrated on modern writers and lesser-known authors as there is far less about them online but they are often just as deserving of study as those within popular cannons.

February 28, 2019

Yevgeni Grishkovetz: One Man’s Voice

Yevgeni Grishkovetz is a Russian born novelist, playwright, musician, and actor. He is best known for his theatrical work, particularly with the Theater of Modern Song in Moscow, where many of works have been staged. His writing and performing are known for their insightful nature. He strives to show how experiences are often universal. Often […]

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Vladimir Sharov: Literature That Shines a Light on Dark History

Victor Pelevin: Postmodernism for a Post-Soviet Society

Sergei Lukyanenko: A Psychologist in Russian Science Fiction

Dmitry Bykov: History and Irony in the Spirit of Protest

Olga Bergholz: “The Voice of the Blockade”

Tatyana Tolstaya: From Sightlessness to Imagination

Boris Akunin: Nom de Plume, Nom de Guerre

Dmitry Glukhovsky: Viral Literature

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