Leonid Abramovich Yuzefovich - World Literary Awards

Profile

Gender: Male
Born: 1947-12-18 （Moscow）
Nationality: Russian
Languages: Russian
Residence History: Moscow

Career

Occupations: writer, history teacher, screenwriter
Active Years: 1970-2024
Influenced: Victor Pelevin
Nominations: Russian Booker Prize shortlist (Kazaroza)

Education

Institution	Faculty	Department	Degree	Period	Country
Perm State University	—	History	Candidate of Sciences	—	Russia

Perm State University

History

Degree: Candidate of Sciences

Year of Graduation: 1981

Country: Russia

Ph.D. with thesis on Russian diplomatic etiquette of the 15th-17th centuries

Awards

Year	Award	Work	Category	Organization	Result
2009	Big Book	Cranes and Pygmies	—	—	winner
2016	National Bestseller Literary Prize	The Winter Road	—	—	winner

Big Book

2009

Work: Cranes and Pygmies

Result: winner

National Bestseller Literary Prize

2016

Work: The Winter Road

Result: winner

Awards & Nominations

Russian Booker Prize 2 appearances

Edition 12 (2003) Nominee
Edition 18 (2009) Nominee

Works

Major Works

The Sovereign of the Desert

1993 Non-fiction

Book about Roman Ungern von Sternberg

historywarlord

Kazaroza

2003 Crime fiction

Detective story set in the late 19th century

crimehistory

Cranes and Pygmies

2009 Novel

The Winter Road

2016 Novel

Translations of Works

Translated into English, French, German, Italian, Mongolian, Polish, Spanish

Style & Themes

Literary Style: Crime fictionHistorical fiction
Recurring Motifs: Pre-Revolution Russian EmpireDetective Ivan Putilin

Legacy

Russian writer known for crime fiction set in pre-Revolution Russian Empire. Also writes history non-fiction and adapts for TV. Daughter is influential literary critic.

In Popular Culture

Daughter Galina Yuzefovich is a prominent literary critic

Trivia

His daughter Galina Yuzefovich is considered the most influential literary critic by peers.