Alexei Ivanov (writer)

Alexei Viktorovich Ivanov (Russian: Алексе́й Ви́кторович Ивано́в; born November 23, 1969) is a Russian writer.

Alexei Ivanov
Born (1969-11-23) November 23, 1969
Gorky, USSR
GenreFiction

Ivanov was born in Gorky (now Nizhny Novgorod) into a family of shipbuilding engineers. In 1971 the family moved to Perm, where he grew up. In 1987, he entered Ural State University as a journalism student. He left college after a year, returning in 1990 to study art and culturology and getting his degree in 1996.

His first publication was a fantastic story called "Hunt for the Great Bear," published in the magazine Uralsky sledopyt in 1990. After returning to Perm, Ivanov worked as a guard, schoolteacher, university teacher, and tourist guide; the latter occupation brought him to study local history, which he later explored in his writing. He first became known for his 2003 novel Serdtse Parmy (The heart of Parma).

Ivanov was awarded the Mamin-Sibiryak Prize in 2003; the Eureka, Start, and Bazhov prizes in 2004; and the Book of the Year and Portal prizes in 2006. He has been nominated three times for the National Bestseller prize.

In 2010, Ivanov gained notice as "an unrelenting critic of the ... team from Moscow" which was leading a "cultural revolution" from the "top down" in Perm.[1]

Ivanov has, according to a newspaper article published on 6 April 2011, never travelled abroad.[2]

The 2009 movie "Tsar", written by Ivanov, won 2009 Cannes Film Festival's Un Certain Regard award.

The 2013 movie "The Geographer Drank His Globe Away", a screen version of the homonymous Ivanov's 2003 novel, received multiple awards including "Best film" of Russia's main cinematic Nika Award.

Bibliography

Novels
Year Phonetic title Original title Translation of title English title Notes
1992 Obshchaga-na-Krovi Общага-на-Крови
2003 Serdtse Parmy, ili Cherdyn' — knyagina gor Сердце Пармы, или Чердынь — княгиня гор The heart of Parma, or Cherdyn is the queen of mountains
2003 Geograf globus propil Географ глобус пропил Adapted into a movie The Geographer Drank His Globe Away
2005 Zoloto bunta, ili Vniz po reke tesnin Золото бунта, или Вниз по реке теснин
2007 Bluda i MUDO Блуда и МУДО
2009 Letoischisleniye ot Ioanna Летоисчисление от Иоанна
2011 Psoglavtsy Псоглавцы
2012 Community Комьюнити

Screenplays
  • The Geographer Drank His Globe Away, 2013
  • Tsar, 2009
gollark: Fascinating. What are you going to do with this power?
gollark: As it turns out, learning languages is hard, so they're subject to bad network effects.
gollark: I mean, you could presumably just speak another language slowly.
gollark: Interesting. I wonder why that is.
gollark: How do they break it more than every other language?

References
  1. Bohlen, Celestine, "In a Sleepy Russian City, Not All Welcome a Cultural Revolution", The New York Times, November 26, 2010 (November 27, 2010 p. C1 NY ed.). Retrieved 2010-11-28.
  2. Who's who in Russia's new writing talent – Telegraph
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