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Oleg Nikolaevich Yermakov

オレグ・ニコラエーヴィチ・エルマコフ

Oregu Nikoraevichi Erumakofu

Profile

Gender
Male
Born
1961 （Smolensk）
Nationality
ロシア, Russian
Languages
Russian
Residence History
Smolensk → Forest reserve near Lake Baikal → Siberia → Altai → Afghanistan

Career

Occupations
writer
Active Years
1991-2019
Influenced By
Lev Tolstoy, Igor Frolov, Igor Afanasyev
Nominations
Russian Booker Prize finalist (Sign of the Beast, 1993), Russian Booker Prize finalist (Canvas, 2005), Big Book Award finalist (Rainbow and Heather, 2018), Yasnaya Polyana Award finalist (The Tungus’s Song, 2017)

Awards

Yasnaya Polyana Award (reader prize)
2017
Work: The Tungus’s Song
Organization: Yasnaya Polyana Foundation
Result: winner

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

Afghan Stories

1991 short stories

Collection of short stories based on experiences in the Soviet-Afghan War

warAfghanistanhumanity
Translations
  • English (Afghan Tales: Stories from Russia's Vietnam, 1993)

Sign of the Beast

1993 novel

Novel based on Afghan war experiences

war traumabestiality

The Tungus’s Song

2016 novel

Novel set in Siberia

placenatureidentity

Rainbow and Heather

2017 novel

Novel set in Smolensk

placehomeland

Bibliography

  • Libgerik (novel, 2019)
  • The Anarchist's Book of the Dove (novel, 2018)
  • Rainbow and Heather (2018)
  • The Tungus’s Song (2017)
  • Canvas (2005)
  • Sign of the Beast (1993)
  • The Arithmetic of War (short fiction collection, 2012)
  • Afghan Stories (short stories, 1991)

Translations of Works

  • English, French, among others

Style & Themes

Literary Style
war literatureemphasis on place
Recurring Motifs
Soviet-Afghan WarSiberiaLake BaikalAltaisense of place

Legacy

Russian writer known for works based on Soviet-Afghan War experiences, compared to Tolstoy and Vietnam War literature

Trivia

  • One of the Afgantsy writers