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Pyotr Markovich Aleshkovsky

ピョートル・マールコヴィチ・アレシュコフスキー

Pyotr Markovich Aleshkovsky

Profile

Gender
Male
Born
1957-09-22 (Moscow)
Nationality
Russia
Languages
Russian
Residence History
Moscow

Career

Occupations
writer, historian, broadcaster, television presenter, journalist, archaeologist
Active Years
1979-
Nominations
1994 Booker nomination (Skunk: A Life), 1996 Booker nomination (Vladimir Chigrintsev), 2006 Booker and Big Book nomination (A Fish)

Education

Moscow State University
History
Degree: 歴史学の学位
Year of Graduation: 1979
Country: Russia

Awards

Russian Booker Prize
2016
Work: The Citadel
Result: winner

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

The Citadel

novel

Russian Booker Prize-winning novel.

Russian worldview

Style & Themes

Literary Style
Gothic literatureliterary realismfairy taleshistorical narrationshumour

Legacy

Russian writer who won the 2016 Russian Booker Prize for The Citadel. His works are richly descriptive and evocative of the uniquely Russian worldview, while tapping into universal human emotions.

Trivia

  • Uncle is Russian bard and writer Yuz Aleshkovsky.
  • Ex-wife is Tamara Eidelman, former father-in-law Natan Eidelman.
  • Son is photojournalist Dmitry Aleshkovsky.