Russian Booker Prize
1 appearances
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Edition 13 (2004) Winner
Vasily Pavlovich Aksyonov
ワシリー・パヴローヴィチ・アクセーノフ
Vasiliy Pavlovich Aksyonov
Profile
- Gender
- Male
- Born
- 1932-08-20 （Kazan）
- Died
- 2009-07-06 （Moscow） age 76
- Nationality
- Soviet Union, Russia
- Languages
- Russian, English
- Residence History
- Kazan → Magadan → Moscow → Washington, D.C. → Virginia → Biarritz, France
Career
- Occupations
- Doctor, Novelist
- Active Years
- 1956-2009
- Affiliations
- George Mason University, Yunost magazine
Education
| Institution | Faculty | Department | Degree | Period | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kazan University | — | Medical Faculty | — | 1950年代初頭 | Soviet Union |
| First Pavlov State Medical University of St. Petersburg | Medical Faculty | Medicine | 医学士 | ～1956年 | Soviet Union |
Kazan University
Medical Faculty
Period:
1950年代初頭
Country:
Soviet Union
Preliminary medical education
First Pavlov State Medical University of St. Petersburg
Medical Faculty
/ Medicine
Degree:
医学士
Period:
～1956年
Year of Graduation:
1956
Country:
Soviet Union
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2004 | Russian Booker Prize | Voltairian Men and Women | — | — | 受賞 |
Russian Booker Prize
2004
Work:
Voltairian Men and Women
Result:
受賞
Awards & Nominations
Works
Major Works
The Burn
1975 NovelExplores the plight of intellectuals under communism
OppressionIntellectDissidence
The Island of Crimea
1979 NovelImagines life if the White Army had won in 1917
Alternate historyFreedomAnti-Soviet
Generations of Winter
1992 Family sagaFollows three generations of the Gradov family from 1925 to 1953
Soviet historyFamilyStalin era
Adaptations
- [TV mini-series] The Moscow Saga (2004)
Bibliography
- Colleagues
- Ticket to the Stars
- Oranges from Morocco
- It's Time, My Friend, It's Time
- It's a Pity You Weren't with Us
- Half-way To The Moon
- Overstocked Packaging Barrels
- My Grandfather Is A Monument
- Love for Electricity
- In Search of a Genre
- Our Golden Piece Of Metal
- The Burn
- The Island of Crimea
- The Steel Bird and Other Stories
- Paper Landscape
- Say Cheese
- In Search of Melancholy Baby
- Yolk of the Egg
- Generations of Winter
- The New Sweet Style
- Cesarean
- Voltairian Men and Women
- Moscow Kva-Kva
- Rare Earths
Adaptations
- The Moscow Saga (TV mini-series, 2004)
Translations by Author
- Translation of E.L. Doctorow's Ragtime into Russian (1976)
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- Youth proseJazz-influenced styleHip slang and natural dialogue
- Recurring Motifs
- Stilyagi countercultureWestern influencesPersonal freedom against totalitarianism
Legacy
Prominent Soviet/Russian dissident novelist known for youth prose, love of jazz and Western culture, faced KGB surveillance, exiled to US where he taught, later returned and won Russian Booker Prize.
Archives
- George Mason University Special Collections (Vasily Aksyonov Papers)
In Popular Culture
- Indirectly referenced via mother's memoir Into the Whirlwind
Quotes
-
When I was in Kazan during my student years, I was under surveillance by the KGB.
Source: Conversations with Vassily Aksyonov -
If in this country one starts erecting Stalin statues again, I have to reject my native land.
Source: Izvestia.ru interview (2005)
Trivia
- Mother was journalist Yevgenia Ginzburg, victim of Stalinist purges.
- Both parents survived 18 years in Gulag.
- Lifelong jazz enthusiast and stilyagi admirer.