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Anton Aleksandrovich Utkin

アントン・アレクサンドローヴィチ・ウトキン

Anton Aleksandrovich Utkin

Profile

Gender
Male
Born
1967-03-24 (Moscow)
Nationality
Russian
Languages
Russian
Residence History
Moscow

Career

Occupations
Writer, Documentary film director, Screenwriter
Active Years
1991-
Nominations
Russian Booker Prize Finalist (1997)

Education

Gnessin State Musical College
Music Department
Period: 高校時代
Country: Russia
Attended during high school years
Moscow State University
Faculty of History / Department of Source Studies of Russian History
Degree: 修士号
Period: 軍隊服務後
Year of Graduation: 1992
Country: Russia
Master's degree in history
Higher Courses of Scriptwriters and Directors
Script Department / Natalya Ryazantseva Workshop
Period: 1992年以降
Year of Graduation: 1995
Country: Russia
Interested in documentary films

Awards

Russian Booker Prize
1997
Work: Horovod
Organization: Booker Prize Foundation
Result: ファイナリスト
Yasnaya Poliana Prize
2004
Result: 受賞
Novy Mir Award
1996
Organization: Novy Mir magazine
Result: 受賞
Novy Mir Award
2003
Organization: Novy Mir magazine
Result: 受賞
Pan-Russian Documentary Film Festival Sol' Zemli
2011
Work: Okružaûŝij mir
Result: グランプリ
Pan-Russian Documentary Film Festival Sol' Zemli
2012
Work: Žito
Result: グランプリ

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

Horovod

1996 Novel

A novel depicting Russian society in the 1990s.

Psychological depthSocial change
Translations
  • French: La ronde (2001)
  • German translation
  • Chinese: Huan wu (2016)

Samoučki

1998 Novel

The Autodidacts.

Self-educationQuest for knowledge
Translations
  • German: Autodidakten (2002)
  • Chinese: Zi xue cheng cai de ren men (2016)

Bibliography

  • Horovod (1996)
  • Samoučki (1998)
  • Krepostʹ somneniâ (2010)
  • Doroga v snegopad (2011)
  • Tridevâtʹ zemelʹ (2016)
  • Svadʹba za Bugom (1997)
  • Goroduha (1999)

Adaptations

  • Films based on his screenplays

Translations of Works

  • Horovod translated to French, German, Chinese
  • Samoučki translated to German, Chinese

Style & Themes

Literary Style
Psychological realismLiterary vitalism
Recurring Motifs
Social darknessHuman vitality

Legacy

Russian contemporary writer and documentary director, known as a finalist for the Russian Booker Prize.