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Sasha Filipenko

サシャ・フィリペンコ

Sasha Filipenko

Profile

Gender
Male
Born
1984-07-12 (Minsk)
Nationality
Belarusian
Languages
Russian, Belarusian
Residence History
Minsk (birth) → Saint Petersburg (university) → Switzerland (current)

Career

Occupations
writer, journalist, TV show host
Active Years
2011-2025

Education

Saint Petersburg University
Literature
Degree: BSc
Period: 2003-2007
Year of Graduation: 2007
Country: Russia
Literature
Saint Petersburg University
Literature
Degree: MSc
Period: 2007-2009
Year of Graduation: 2009
Country: Russia
Literature
Arts lyceum
Country: Belarus
Arts lyceum in Minsk

Awards

Belarusian PEN club Diploma
2011
Organization: Belarusian PEN club
Result: 受賞
Znamya magazine award
2014
Organization: Znamya magazine
Result: 受賞
Big Book Award
2016
Result: ショートリスト
Snob award: Made in Russia
2016
Organization: Snob
Result: 受賞
Yasnaya Polyana Literary Award
2020
Category: 読者選択
Result: 受賞
EBRD Literature Prize
2022
Work: Red Crosses
Category: 翻訳フィクション
Result: ショートリスト
Transfuge French literary prize
2023
Work: Kremulator
Category: 最優秀ヨーロッパ小説
Result: 受賞
ProLitteris prize
2024
Result: 受賞

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

Red Crosses

2017 novel

A novel depicting political repression in Belarus.

political repressioncensorshipresistance
Adaptations
  • [theater]
Translations
  • German: Rote Kreuze

Bibliography

  • Птицы лёгкого поведения (2013)
  • The Ex-son (2014)
  • Замыслы (2015)
  • Петю укусила собака (2015)
  • Травля (2016)
  • Red Crosses (2017)
  • Возвращение в Острог (2019)
  • Новая волна (2020)
  • Кремулятор (2022)
  • Слон (2025)

Adaptations

  • Plays staged in Berlin, Kyiv, Moscow, etc.

Translations of Works

  • Translated into more than 15 languages

Style & Themes

Literary Style
contemporarypolitical
Recurring Motifs
Belarusian realityrepression

Legacy

Belarusian writer known for anti-regime stance, internationally acclaimed, in exile due to political activism.

In Popular Culture

  • Contributed to The Guardian, etc.

Trivia

  • Opposed Lukashenko regime, exiled to Switzerland.
  • Declared victim of censorship by PEN International.