Andrei Platonov

1899 - 1951

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Pseudonym: Платонов, А. Фирсов, Ф. Человеков, А Вагулов

Country of citizenship: Russian Empire, Russian Republic, Russian Socialist Federative Soviet Republic, Soviet Union

Languages spoken, written or signed: Russian

Occupation: writer, playwright, science fiction writer, poet, prose writer, novelist, critic

Award received: Medal "For the Victory over Germany in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945"

Official website: platonov-ap.ru

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Andrei Platonovich Platonov (Russian: Андре́й Плато́нович Плато́нов, IPA: [ɐnˈdrʲej plɐˈtonəvʲɪtɕ plɐˈtonəf]; né Klimentov [Климе́нтов]; 28 August [O.S. 16 August] 1899 – 5 January 1951) was a Soviet Russian novelist, short story writer, philosopher, playwright, and poet. Although Platonov regarded himself as a communist, his principal works remained unpublished in his lifetime because of their skeptical attitude toward collectivization of agriculture (1929–1940) and other Stalinist policies, as well as for their experimental, avant-garde form infused with existentialism which was not in line with the dominant socialist realism doctrine. His famous works include the novels Chevengur (1928) and The Foundation Pit (1930). Source: Wikipedia (en)