Aleksandr Kabakov
Aleksandr Kabakov | |
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| Александр Кабаков | |
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| Born | Aleksandr Abramovich Kabakov 23 October 1943[1] |
| Died | 18 April 2020 (aged 76)[3] Moscow, Russia |
| Occupation(s) | Writer and journalist |
Aleksandr Abramovich Kabakov (Russian: Александр Абрамович Кабаков; (22 October 1943 - 18 April 2020), was a Russian writer and journalist.[4]
Biography
[edit]Aleksandr Kabakov was born in 22 October 1943 in Novosibirsk, where his family had been evacuated during World War II.[5] He studied mechanics and mathematics in Dnipropetrovsk, and worked in a missile factory after graduation. Eventually, he landed at the railroad industry newspaper Gudok, where he worked for more than a decade; he also worked at Moscow News and Kommersant.[6][7]
He became well known during the Perestroika period for his dystopian novel No Return, which was translated into multiple languages and also adapted into a film.[8] The English translation was done by Thomas Whitney.[9] Other noted works include The Last Hero (1995) and Nothing's Lost (2003), which won the second jury prize from the Big Book Award and the Apollon Grigoriev Prize.[10] With Yevgeny Popov, he co-wrote a book of reminiscences about the writer Vasily Aksyonov that was shortlisted for the 2012 Big Book Award.[11]
He died in Moscow in 18 April 2020.[12]
Works
[edit]- Aksyonov (co-written with Evgeny Popov) – second jury prize, Big Book Award, 2012
- Nothing's Lost – Big Book Award finalist, 2006, won second jury prize; won the Apollon Grigoriev Prize, 2004
- Moscow Tales – Big Book Award finalist, 2006; won Prose of the Year, 2005; won the Ivan Bunin Prize, 2006
- No Return (Невозвращенец) (William Morrow & Co., 1990, tr. Thomas Whitney)
- Anthologies: “Shelter” in Read Russia! (Read Russia, 2012, tr. Daniel Jaffe) and Life Stories: Original Works by Russian Writers (Russian Life, 2009, tr. Anna Seluyanova)
- A Runaway (Беглец), 2009
- The Imposter (Самозванец), 1997
References
[edit]- ^ "Alexandre Kabakov (auteur de Non-retour)". Babelio (in French). Retrieved 2024-08-21.
- ^ "Alexandre Kabakov (auteur de Non-retour)". Babelio (in French). Retrieved 2024-08-21.
- ^ "Умер писатель и журналист Александр Кабаков - ТАСС". TACC (in Russian). Retrieved 2024-08-21.
- ^ "Александр Кабаков | Серебряный Дождь". www.silver.ru (in Russian).
- ^ "Евгений Попов и Александр Кабаков представили книгу о Василии Аксёнове". kbanda.ru.
- ^ "Кабаков Абрам Яковлевич, Москва, Востряковское". Toldot.com — Иудаизм и евреи.
- ^ "Умер писатель и журналист Александр Кабаков". tass.ru.
- ^ "Кабаков Абрам Яковлевич :: Память народа". pamyat-naroda.ru.
- ^ "Александр Кабаков: «Самое главное я понял в 12 лет". lechaim.ru.
- ^ "ВОЙНА В ЧЕЧНЕ: "Известия" публикуют призыв интеллигенции остановить войну — Расцвет российских СМИ" (in Russian). www.yeltsinmedia.com.
- ^ "Писатель Евгений Попов рассказал о последних днях жизни Александра Кабакова". www.mk.ru (in Russian).
- ^ "Alexander Kabakov".
