Aleksandr Kabakov Explained

Aleksandr Kabakov
Native Name:	Александр Кабаков
Birth Name:	Aleksandr Abramovich Kabakov
Birth Date:	23 October 1943^[1]
Birth Place:	Novosibirsk, Soviet Union^[2]
Death Date:	^[3]
Death Place:	Moscow, Russia
Occupation:	Writer and journalist

Aleksandr Abramovich Kabakov (Russian: Александр Абрамович Кабаков; (22 October 1943 - 18 April 2020), was a Russian writer and journalist.^[4]

Biography

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 , 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 .^[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

• 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, 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

Notes and References

1. Web site: Alexandre Kabakov (auteur de Non-retour) . 2024-08-21 . Babelio . fr.
2. Web site: Alexandre Kabakov (auteur de Non-retour) . 2024-08-21 . Babelio . fr.
3. Web site: Умер писатель и журналист Александр Кабаков - ТАСС . 2024-08-21 . TACC . ru.
4. News: Александр Кабаков Серебряный Дождь . www.silver.ru . ru.
5. News: Евгений Попов и Александр Кабаков представили книгу о Василии Аксёнове . kbanda.ru.
6. Web site: Кабаков Абрам Яковлевич, Москва, Востряковское . Toldot.com — Иудаизм и евреи.
7. Web site: Умер писатель и журналист Александр Кабаков . tass.ru.
8. Web site: Кабаков Абрам Яковлевич :: Память народа . pamyat-naroda.ru.
9. Web site: Александр Кабаков: «Самое главное я понял в 12 лет . lechaim.ru.
10. Web site: ВОЙНА В ЧЕЧНЕ: "Известия" публикуют призыв интеллигенции остановить войну — Расцвет российских СМИ . www.yeltsinmedia.com . ru-RU.
11. News: Писатель Евгений Попов рассказал о последних днях жизни Александра Кабакова . www.mk.ru . ru.
12. Web site: Alexander Kabakov.