Solzhenitsyn Prize
1 appearances
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Edition 3 (2000) Winner
Valentin Grigoryevich Rasputin
ヴァレンチン・グリゴリエーヴィチ・ラスプーチン
Valentin Grigor'evich Rasputin
Profile
- Gender
- Male
- Born
- 1937-03-15 （Ust-Uda）
- Died
- 2015-03-14 （Moscow） age 77
- Nationality
- Soviet Union, Russia
- Languages
- Russian
- Religion
- Russian Orthodox Church Baptized in 1980
- Residence History
- Ust-Uda village, Irkutsk Oblast → Atalanka village, Ust-Udinsky District → Irkutsk → Krasnoyarsk → Moscow
Career
- Occupations
- Writer, Journalist
- Active Years
- 1966-2015
- Affiliations
- Union of Soviet Writers
- Memberships
- Union of Soviet Writers, National Salvation Front
- Influenced By
- Vladimir Chivilikhin
- Influenced
Education
| Institution | Faculty | Department | Degree | Period | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Irkutsk State University | — | Faculty of Philology | — | — | Soviet Union |
Irkutsk State University
Faculty of Philology
Year of Graduation:
1959
Country:
Soviet Union
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1977 | USSR State Prize | To Live and Remember | — | Government of the Soviet Union | 受賞 |
| 1984 | Order of Lenin | — | — | Government of the Soviet Union | 受賞 |
| 1988 | UNEP Global 500 Roll of Honour | — | — | UNEP | 受賞 |
| 2000 | Solzhenitsyn Prize | — | — | — | 受賞 |
USSR State Prize
1977
Work:
To Live and Remember
Organization:
Government of the Soviet Union
Result:
受賞
Order of Lenin
1984
Organization:
Government of the Soviet Union
Result:
受賞
UNEP Global 500 Roll of Honour
1988
Organization:
UNEP
Result:
受賞
Solzhenitsyn Prize
2000
Result:
受賞
Awards & Nominations
Yasnaya Polyana Literary Award
1 appearances
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Edition 10 (2012) Winner
Works
Major Works
Farewell to Matyora
1976 Village ProseDepicts the evacuation of a fictional Siberian village, Matyora, to be flooded for a hydroelectric dam on the Angara River, contrasting traditional village life with modernization.
Nature and humanityTradition vs modernizationEthics
Adaptations
- [Film] Farewell / Elem Klimov (1981)
- [Film] Farewell, Little Island / Sándor Reisenbüchler (1987)
Translations
- Antonina W. Bouis translation
Bibliography
- Vasily and Vasilisa, 1966
- Money for Maria, 1967
- The Last Term, 1970
- Live and Remember, 1974
- Farewell to Matyora, 1976
- The Fire, 1985
- Siberia, Siberia, 1991
Adaptations
- Rudolfio, 1969, dir. Dinara Asanova
- Live and Remember, 2008, dir. Aleksandr Proshkin
Translations of Works
- Farewell to Matyora English trans., Northwestern University Press, 1991
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- Village ProsePoetic descriptions of natureEthical depth
- Recurring Motifs
- Siberian village lifeEnvironmental destructionSpiritual revival
Legacy
Prominent Soviet and Russian writer of Village Prose, depicting conflicts between traditional Siberian rural life and modernization, active in environmental activism.
In Popular Culture
- Featured on 2017 Russian postcard
Quotes
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Literature has only one goal – to help humans by giving them warmth and kindness
Source: 2017 Russian postcard quote (2017) -
Once more spring had come, one more in the never-ending cycle, but for Matyora this spring would be the last...
Source: Farewell to Matyora (1976)
Trivia
- His childhood villages were flooded by Bratsk Reservoir
- Daughter died in 2006 S7 Airlines Flight 778 crash
- Awarded Order 'For Merit to the Fatherland' by Putin