Aleksey Ivanovich Slapovsky (russian: Алексе́й Ива́нович Слаповский; 29 July 1957 – 8 January 2023) was a Russian novelist. He was born in

Saratov Saratov (, ; rus, Сара́тов, a=Ru-Saratov.ogg, p=sɐˈratəf) is the largest city and administrative center of Saratov Oblast, Russia, and a major port on the Volga River upstream (north) of Volgograd. Saratov had a population of 901 ...

region, and attended the University of Saratov where he studied

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. He worked variously as a school teacher, a truck driver, and a journalist for TV and radio. Between 1990 and 1995, he worked at the magazine ''Volga''. Slapovsky started his literary career as a playwright in the 1980s, before switching to the novel. Noted works include ''Sincere Artist, Unwritten Novel'' (1990) and ''It's Not Me''. He has been nominated several times for the

Russian Booker Prize The Russian Booker Prize (russian: Русский Букер, ''Russian Booker'') was a Russian literary award modeled after the Booker Prize. It was awarded from 1992 to 2017. It was inaugurated by English Chief Executive Sir Michael Harris Cai ...

. Slapovsky died from

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on 8 January 2023, at the age of 65.Умер писатель Алексей Слаповский, ему было 65 лет

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1957 births 2023 deaths Soviet writers 20th-century Russian writers 21st-century Russian writers Russian male novelists People from Saratov Oblast Russian journalists {{Russia-writer-stub