Andrei Germanovich Volos (; born 4 August 1955) is a Russian writer.Андрей Волос
at the literary agency ELKOST website His first novel ' received the

State Prize of the Russian Federation The State Prize of the Russian Federation, officially translated in Russia as Russian Federation National Award, is a state honorary prize established in 1992 following the breakup of the Soviet Union. In 2004 the rules for selection of laureates ...

in literature and arts for year 2000.

Biography

Born in Stalinabad (

Dushanbe Dushanbe is the Capital city, capital and largest city of Tajikistan. , Dushanbe had a population of 1,564,700, with this population being largely Tajiks, Tajik. Until 1929, the city was known in Russian as Dyushambe, and from 1929 to 1961 as St ...

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in the family of a candidate of geological and mineralogical sciences German Stepanovich Volos. Graduated from the Gubkin Moscow Institute of Petrochemical and Gas Industry, specializing in "industrial geophysics" (1977). Returned to Dushanbe, where he was engaged in translations of Tajik poetry. In 1979, he debuted with his own poems in the magazine "Pamir". His first book, a poetry collection "Old Highway", was published in 1988. Until 1994, he worked in Moscow as a geophysicist and programmer, was engaged in real estate activities, and twice entered the

Maxim Gorky Literature Institute The Maxim Gorky Literature Institute () is an institution of higher education in Moscow, Russia. It is located at 25 Tverskoy Boulevard in central Moscow. History The institute was founded in 1933 on the initiative of Maxim Gorky, a writer, foun ...

. In 1986, he debuted as a prose writer, publishing his first story in the magazine, in 1989 his collection of short stories and novellas "Team 22/19" was published. In 1991 he was accepted into the

Union of Soviet Writers The Union of Soviet Writers, USSR Union of Writers, or Soviet Union of Writers () was a creative union of professional writers in the Soviet Union. It was founded in 1934 on the initiative of the Central Committee of the Communist Party (1932) a ...

. His first novel, Khurramabad (2000), received the Russian State Prize, as well as the Antibooker, Moscow-Penne, and Znamya magazine awards. In his novel, The Winner (2008), the writer recreated the circumstances of the storming of the presidential palace in Kabul.Живое слово о войне: критический обзор современной российской военной прозы
/ Сост. А. Кузечкин. Нижний Новгород: МУК Централизованная библиотечная система, 2010.Книги об Афганской войне: 4 художественных и 1 документальная // Дзен. — 13.03.2022.
/ref> The hero of the novel, Return to Panjrud (2013), is the great Tajik and Persian poet Rudaki. His works have been translated into English, German, and Mongolian. He is a member of the Moscow Writers' Union, the PEN Club, and the public council of the Novy Mir magazine. He is a professor of literary craftsmanship at the

. He lives in Moscow.

Novels

* Khurramabad «Хуррамабад», 2000 (the Tajik spelling of "

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" is used in translation because the novel alludes to

) * Real Estate «Недвижимость», 2001 * Maskaw Mecca « Маскавская Мекка», 2003 * Animator «Аниматор», 2005 * The Victor «Победитель», 2008 * Return to Panjrud «Возвращение в Панджруд», 2013

Awards

Writer's literary awards include: *2013: Russian Booker award, for ''Return to Panjrud'' *2013: Russian Student Booker award, for ''Return to Panjrud'' *2013: Ivan Bunin literary award *2001: State Prize of the Russian Federation in literature and arts, Russia for 2000, for Khurramabad *2000: ''

Novy Mir ''Novy Mir'' (, ) is a Russian-language monthly literary magazine. History ''Novy Mir'' has been published in Moscow since January 1925. It was supposed to be modelled on the popular pre-Soviet literary magazine ''Mir Bozhy'' ("God's World"), w ...

'' magazine award, Russia for Khurramabad published in the magazine *1998: Anti-Booker Prize, Russia, for the manuscript of Khurramabad *1998: Moscow Penne Award, Italy, for a series of stories upon which ''Khurramabad'' was to be based

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Volos, Andrey 1955 births Living people Russian male writers Maxim Gorky Literature Institute alumni State Prize of the Russian Federation laureates