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Boris Petrovich Yekimov

ボリス・ペトローヴィチ・エキモフ

Boris Petrovich Yekimov

Profile

Gender
Male
Born
1938-11-19 (Igarka, Krasnoyarsk Krai)
Nationality
Russia, USSR
Languages
Russian
Residence History
Igarka, Krasnoyarsk Krai → Tyumen Oblast → Kazakhstan → Volgograd → Kalach-na-Donu

Career

Occupations
prosaist, publicist, turner, fitter, teacher
Active Years
1965-2024
Affiliations
Union of Russian Writers, Volgograd Oblast
Memberships
Union of Russian Writers, Union of Writers of the RSFSR

Education

Higher Literary Courses
Literature
Period: 1976-1979
Year of Graduation: 1979
Country: USSR
Enrolled in 1976, graduated in 1979

Awards

State Prize of the Russian Federation
1997
Organization: Government of the Russian Federation
Result: 受賞
Alexander Solzhenitsyn Prize
2008
Organization: Solzhenitsyn Fund
Result: 受賞
Yasnaya Polyana Prize
2014
Result: 受賞
Patriarchal Literary Prize
2016
Organization: Russian Orthodox Church
Result: 受賞
Bunin Prize
1994
Result: 受賞

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

Roditel'skiy Dom

1988 Novel 270 pages

A novel depicting rural life in Russia

familyprovincetradition
Translations
  • English, Spanish, etc.

Pastush'ya Zvezda

1989 Novella

Story of the Don region

rural lifehumanity
Translations
  • Included in Presidential Library

Bibliography

  • Devushka v krasnom pal'to
  • U svoikh
  • Korotkoe vremya borodatykh
  • Roditel'skiy dom
  • Noch' istseleniya

Translations of Works

  • English, Spanish, Italian, German, French

Style & Themes

Literary Style
Use of living folk languageRealism in provincial depiction
Recurring Motifs
Don region countrysideLost Russian provinceHuman dignity

Legacy

Russian writer renowned for realistic depictions of rural life in the Don region, awarded the Solzhenitsyn Prize among others.

Quotes

  • In a multitude of vivid stories and essays, Yekimov depicts the little-known setting of today's rural areas with its new way of life, enticing opportunities, and steep threats. This living stream of Yekimov's pictures expands our perceptions of the complex life of today's village, helping to restore, at least mentally, the unity of the national body.
    Source: Alexander Solzhenitsyn (2008)

Trivia

  • Honorary citizen of Kalach-na-Donu (1995)