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German Sadulaev

ゲルマン・サドゥラーエフ

German Sadulaev

Profile

Gender
Male
Born
1973-02-18 （Shali, Chechen Republic）
Nationality
Russian
Languages
Russian, English
Religion
Unknown
Residence History
Shali, Chechen-Ingush ASSR → Saint Petersburg

Career

Occupations
novelist, lawyer
Active Years
2006-
Nominations
Shortlisted for 2008 Russian Booker (The Maya Pill), Shortlisted for 2009 National Bestseller (The Maya Pill)

Education

Leningrad State University
Faculty of Law
Period: 1989年入学
Country: Russia

Awards

Eureka prize
2008
Work: Snowstorm, or The Myth of the End of the World
Result: 受賞

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

Radio FUCK

2006 urban fiction

city tales of the thirty-something generation in St Petersburg

urban life

I am a Chechen!

2006 novel

lyrical fusion of exotic legends, stories and memories, more than a war novel

Chechen identitywar
Translations
  • English translation by Anna Gunin (Harvill Secker, 2010)

Snowstorm, or The Myth of the End of the World

2008 grotesque fantasy satire

grotesque fantasy satire about social Darwinism

social Darwinismapocalypse

The Maya Pill

2008 novel
Translations
  • English translation by Carol Apollonio (Dalkey Archive Press, 2013)

Bibliography

  • Radio FUCK (2006)
  • I am a Chechen! (2006)
  • Snowstorm, or The Myth of the End of the World (2008)
  • The Maya Pill (2008)

Translations of Works

  • I am a Chechen! English translation
  • The Maya Pill English translation

Style & Themes

Literary Style
lyricalgrotesque fantasy satire
Recurring Motifs
Chechen cultureidentitywar

Legacy

Russian writer of Chechen origin, acclaimed for innovative works on Chechen identity and war.

Trivia

  • Son of a Chechen father and a Terek Cossack mother.
  • Member of the Ersenoy teip.
  • Family separated by the 1944 Aardakh deportation of Chechens.
  • Ran for Duma in 2016 as a Communist Party of the Russian Federation candidate.