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Oleg Viktorovich Zayonchkovsky

オレグ・ヴィクトロヴィチ・ザイオンシコフスキー

Oleg Viktorovich Zayonchkovsky

Aliases: Oleg Zaionchkovsky

Profile

Gender
Male
Born
1959 (Samara (formerly Kuybyshev), Russia)
Nationality
Russia
Languages
Russian
Residence History
Khotkovo, Moscow Oblast, Russia → Moscow, Russia

Career

Occupations
Author, Test engineer
Active Years
2004-
Affiliations
Rocket engine factory

Awards

Russian Booker Prize
2010
Work: Happiness is Possible
Result: shortlisted
National Bestseller Prize
2004
Work: Sergeev and the Town
Result: shortlisted
Big Book Prize
2010
Work: Happiness is Possible
Result: shortlisted

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

Sergeev and the Town

2004 Novel

Story of Sergeev and the town.

Rural life
Translations
  • English translation available

Bibliography

  • «Sergeev and the town» (2004)
  • «Petrovich» (2005)
  • «Walks in the park» (2006)
  • «Happiness is Possible» (2009)
  • «Spree» (2011)
  • «Who put out the light?» (2012)
  • «Timoshin’s prose» (2016)

Translations of Works

  • Happiness is Possible (English, trans. Andrew Bromfield, 2012)

Legacy

Russian contemporary author shortlisted for major prizes.