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Evgeny Germanovich Vodolazkin

エフゲニー・ゲルマノビチ・ヴォドラズキン

Evgeniy Germanovich Vodolazkin

Profile

Gender
Male
Born
1964-02-21 (Kyiv)
Nationality
Russia
Languages
Russian
Religion
Russian Orthodox Church
Residence History
Kyiv → Saint Petersburg

Career

Occupations
novelist, literary scholar
Active Years
1986-
Affiliations
Pushkinsky Dom, Union of Writers of Saint Petersburg
Memberships
Union of Writers of Saint Petersburg
Influenced By
Dmitry Likhachev

Education

Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv
Philological Faculty / Russian Literature
Period: 1981-1986
Year of Graduation: 1986
Country: Ukraine
Graduated from Philological Faculty
Institute of Russian Literature (Pushkinsky Dom)
Department of Old Russian Literature
Degree: 博士(文献学)
Period: 1986-1990
Year of Graduation: 1990
Country: Russia
Dissertation under D.S. Likhachev

Awards

Big Book Prize
2013
Work: Laurus
Result: 1位
Yasnaya Polyana Prize
2013
Work: Laurus
Result: 受賞
Alexander Solzhenitsyn Prize
2019
Result: 受賞
Tsarskoye Selo Art Prize
2024
Result: 受賞

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

Laurus

2012 historical novel 448 pages

A novel about the life of a 14th-century Russian holy fool.

faithtimeredemption

Aviator

2016 historical novel 416 pages

A man with amnesia navigates Soviet history.

memoryhistorytime
Adaptations
  • [film] Aviator / ダニラ・コズロフスキー (2025)

Chagin

2022 novel 384 pages

Important contemporary Russian novel.

historyidentity

Bibliography

  • Laurus (2012)
  • Aviator (2016)
  • Brisbane (2019)
  • Chagin (2022)

Style & Themes

Literary Style
poetic languagearchaic wordsnon-linear time
Recurring Motifs
timememoryfaithhistory

Legacy

One of the leading contemporary Russian writers known for novels on time and history.

In Popular Culture

  • Known for Total Dictation text, spawning 'Eva Dalaskina' meme.

Trivia

  • Author of 2015 Total Dictation text.
  • 'Eva Dalaskina' is a meme from participants' misspellings.