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Zakhar Prilepin

ザハール・プリレーピン

Zaharu Purirēpin

Aliases: Yevgeny Prilepin / Yevgeny Nikolayevich Prilepin / Yevgeny Lavlinsky
Pen Names: Zakhar Prilepin（Primary pen name for writing）, Yevgeny Lavlinsky（Pseudonym used during journalism）

Profile

Gender
Male
Born
1975-07-07 （Ilyinka, Ryazan Oblast）
Nationality
Russian
Languages
Russian
Residence History
Ilyinka, Ryazan Oblast (until 1984) → Dzerzhinsk → Nizhny Novgorod

Career

Occupations
writer, politician, paramilitary leader, journalist, Rosgvardiya officer
Active Years
2003-
Affiliations
A Just Russia – For Truth, For Truth, National Bolshevik Party
Memberships
Izborsky Club

Education

Nizhny Novgorod State University
Faculty of Philology / Philology
Country: Russia
Also attended School of Public Policy

Awards

Order of Courage
2023
Organization: Russian Federation
Result: 受賞

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

Sankya

2006 Novel 280 pages

A novel about contemporary Russian youth rebellion

rebellionpolitics

The Pathologies

2005 Novel 250 pages

Novel based on Chechen war experiences

wartrauma

Sin

2007 Novel

The Monastery

2014 Novel

Bibliography

  • Sankya
  • The Pathologies
  • Sin
  • Black Monkey
  • The Monastery
  • Dogs and Other People

Style & Themes

Literary Style
Realism
Recurring Motifs
warrevolutionChechen conflict

Health

  • Injuries from car bomb
    2023年5月
    Seriously injured, bodyguard killed

Legacy

Prominent contemporary Russian writer and nationalist political activist, sanctioned for supporting Ukraine invasion.

Trivia

  • Worked as a loader in a bread shop from age 16.
  • Survived car bomb attack in Nizhny Novgorod Oblast in May 2023.