Fazil Iskander
1929
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2016
photo credits: Wikimedia Commons
country of citizenship: Soviet Union, Russia
languages spoken, written or signed: Russian
educated at: Maxim Gorky Literature Institute
occupation: screenwriter, writer, journalist, novelist, poet, essayist
award received: USSR State Prize, Pushkin Prize, Order "For Merit to the Fatherland" II class, State Prize of the Russian Federation, Order "For Merit to the Fatherland" III class, Order "For Merit to the Fatherland" IV class, Triumph, Order of Honour and Glory, Government Prize in Culture
official website: faziliskander.com
Fazil Abdulovich Iskander (6 March 1929 – 31 July 2016) was a Soviet and Russian writer and poet known in the former Soviet Union for his descriptions of Caucasian life. He authored various stories, including "Zashita Chika", which features a crafty and likeable young boy named "Chik", but is probably best known for the picaresque novel Sandro of Chegem and its sequel The Gospel According to Chegem. Source: Wikipedia (en)
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