Английская Википедия:Alexander Karasyov
Шаблон:Use dmy dates Шаблон:Infobox writer Alexander Karasyov (Russian — Александр Владимирович Карасёв, transl. Alexandr Vladimirovich Karasev) is a Russian writer living in St. Petersburg, Russia.
Biography
Alexander Karasyov was born in Krasnodar, Russia, in 1971. He received degrees in history and law from the Kuban State University and worked as a mechanic, engineer, teacher, and legal advisor. He served in the army, taking part in the fights in Chechnya.[1][2]
Since 2003 he has been published in literary journals. He was awarded the Bunin Prize (2008) and the Second O. Henry Prize "Dary Volhvov" (The Gift of the Magi) (New York, 2010). He is the author of the books "The Chechen Stories" (Chechenskye Rasskazy) and "Traitor" (Predatel').[3][4]
Alexander Karasyov, like Arkady Babchenko and Zakhar Prilepin, is considered a representative of the Russian "New Realism" movement of the 21st century, continuing the tradition of the "lieutenant prose" of the 1960s and 1970s and military prose of the 1990s.[5][4] Шаблон:Quotation
Books
- Сhechen Stories (Russian — Чеченские рассказы, transl. Chechenskiye Rasskazy). — Moscow: Literary Russia, 2008. Шаблон:ISBN.
- Traitor (Russian — Предатель, transl. Predatel'). — Ufa: Vagant, 2011. Шаблон:ISBN.[6][7]
In his Chechen Stories and Traitor, which are regarded as examples of modern Russian War Prose,[8] Alexander Karasyov gives insights into life in the Russian army during the Second Chechen War. Presenting a modern war and modern warfare,[7] the author does not rely on second hand information but on his own experience. The short stories are often as tragicomical as the Russian army itself and show Karasyov's characters not only in the war but also in their lives outside the war in their civilian life, or their so-called "life in peace" (“мирная жизнь”).[6][9]
Literary magazines
Alexander Karasyov's stories and essays have been published in the following Russian literary magazines: Novy mir (Новый мир), Oktyabr' (Октябрь), Friendship of Peoples (Дружба народов), Kontinent (Континент), Neva (Нева), Ural (Урал), Nash sovremennik (Наш cовремменик), Belskie prostory (Бельские просторы).[10][11]
Summary in English
- Friendship of Peoples (ALEXANDER KARASEV. Chechen Stories. The author knows what he is writing about not by hearsay and his short stories are as tragicomical as the army life itself in this Russian "hot spot").
- Novy mir (Essays: Writers about writers. “Vonnegut's Transformations" by Vladimir Berezin, "An Orthodox Rebellious" by Oleg Yermakov about Paul Bowles, "The Testament of Lieutenant Kuprin” by Alexander Karasyov and "Reider's Usurpation of Days Gone By, and Legend Founded" by Sergey Soloukh about Jaroslav Hašek.)
Publications in anthologies
- Современная литература народов России (Modern Literature of the Peoples of Russia) (2005). Moscow: Pik. Шаблон:ISBN
- Народ мой — большая семья: Литература наших дней. (My People — A Big Family. Literature of Our Days) (2007). Moscow: Literaturnaya Rossiya. Шаблон:ISBN
- Четыре шага от войны (Four Steps from War) (2010). Sankt Saint Petersburg: Limbus Press. Шаблон:ISBN
- Дары волхвов 2.0 (The Gift of the Magi) (2012). New York.
External links
Author
in English
in Russian
Publications
- Журнальный зал (Society of Russian Literary Magazines).
- Megalit (Eurasian Portal of Literary Magazines).
- Сетевая словесность (Setevaya slovesnost').
- Russian journal (Русский журнал).
Interviews (in Russian)
- Нужна основательная встряска. (Interview with Andrej Rudalyov)
- Критик — это как в армии замполит. (Interview with Zakhar Prilepin)
- Армия дала мне самые острые эмоции. (Interview with Roman Senchin)
- От объяснительной к рассказу. (Interview with Michail Boyko)
Bibliography
- Silver, Courtney. Criticism and Complaint In Soldiers’ Narratives of the Chechen Wars. Master thesis. University of Colorado, Boulder, 2017. Шаблон:V
References
- ↑ Огрызко, Вячеслав (Ogrysko, Vyacheslav) (2004). Русские писатели. Современная эпоха. Лексикон: Эскиз будущей энциклопедии (Russian writers. The modern era. Vocabulary: the Sketch of the future encyclopedia). — Moscow: Literary Russia. — 560 с. — Шаблон:ISBN.
- ↑ Огрызко, Вячеслав (Ogrysko, Vyacheslav) (2006). Кто сегодня делает литературу в России (Who does today literature in Russia). Выпуск 2. — Moscow: Literary Russia. — 496 с. — Шаблон:ISBN.
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<ref>; для сносокlitkartaне указан текст - ↑ 4,0 4,1 Yevgeni Popov (2009). "Who can follow Gogol's footsteps" in: Russia now , 21 April 2009 [1] Шаблон:Webarchive Retrieved 22 April 2013
- ↑ Аристов, Денис (Aristov, Denis) (2011). "On nature of realism in modern russian military fiction of 2000s" (О природе реализма в современной русской прозе о войне (2000–е годы)). In: Journal Perm State Pedagogical University, 2011 (2). [2] Retrieved 17 April 2013.(“Summary in English", p. 175: In the article Russian military fiction of the 2000s is regarded: its problems, genesis and functioning in the modern literary process, reader and critic reception. Naturalistic, realistic poetics of A. Babchenko, Z. Prilepin and A. Karasyov, sharply contrasting with postmodernist poetics of Russian prose of the late 20th century and determining critics to speak about "new realism", is considered in the context of precedent literary tradition, the tradition of "lieutenants prose" of the 1960-1970-s (novels and stories by Y. Bondarev, G. Baklanov, K. Vorobyov, V. Bykaw) and military prose of the early 1990s (works by V. Astafyev, O. Yermakov)).
- ↑ 6,0 6,1 Подховник, Эдит (Podhovnik, Edith) (2012). “Незнакомая война”. In: Октябрь, 2012 (12).[3] Retrieved 14 April 2013. (This essay discusses the perception of war in Austria with regard to the book "Traitor" by the Russian writer Alexander Karasyov).
- ↑ 7,0 7,1 Мызников, Александр (Myznikov, Alexandr) (2010). “Облик предателя”. In: Polit.ru, 12. 03. 2010. [4] Retrieved 15 April 2013.
- ↑ Пустовая, Валерия (Pustovaya, Valeriya) (2005). Человек с ружьём: смертник, бунтарь, писатель. О молодой «военной» прозе (Zakhar Prilepin — Arkadi Babchenko – Denis Gutsko — Alexander Каrasyov). In: Novy mir (Новый мир). 2005 (5)[5]. Retrieved 17 April 2013 (The article presents an overview of works on contemporary war literature in Russia. Poet Sergei Mikhailov writes the poem "The Six of Them Went Off to War" that gives the readers illusions, ornaments and renders a state that war is clearly presented. Prose writer Aleksandr Karasyov writes stories to pave his path as his latest pieces are set in civilian life but still focus on the image of officers like "The Chess Queen").
- ↑ Druzhba narodov (2005). “Summary in English" in: Friendship of Peoples (Дружба народов), 2005 (4)[6]. Retrieved 16 April 2013.
- ↑ Журнальный зал (Society of Russian Literary Magazines). Александр Карасёв. [7]
- ↑ Megalit (Eurasian portal of Literary Magazines). Александр Карасёв. [8] Шаблон:Webarchive Retrieved 16 April 2013
