Alexander Vladimirovich Karasev

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Alexander Wladimirowitsch Karasjow ( Russian Алекса́ндр Влади́мирович Карасёв ; * 1971 in Krasnodar , USSR ) is a Russian author .

Alexander Karasjow 2009. Reading in the Soschtschenko Museum

biography

Alexander Karasev has a degree in history and law from the Kuban State University ( Russia ). He worked as a locksmith, machinist, teacher and legal advisor. He served in the army and took part in the Chechen War.

He lives in Saint Petersburg .

Alexander Karasjow has been published in literary magazines since 2003. He received the Bunin Prize for “Discovery of the Year” (2008) and second prize O. Henry “Dary Volhvov” ( The Gift of the Wise ) ( New York , 2010). He is the author of the books "Chechen Tales" (Chechen Rasskasy) and "Traitors" (Predatel ').

Alexander Karasjow, like Arkadi Babtschenko and Sachar Prilepin, is counted among the representatives of the Russian New Realism of the 21st century and continues the tradition of the "lieutenant's prose" of the 1960s and 1970s and the military prose of the 1990s.

“ It seems that our younger generation of writers, already referred to as 'New Realists', understand this. As a generation raised in a free Russia, they combine both Gogols trends . They have had foreign language skills from childhood that were inaccessible to their ancestors, have free speech without censorship, travel the world - to visit Gogol's beloved Rome, where he wrote The Dead Souls - and read books that were forbidden and create one new kind of literature. They clearly see everything that is wrong in the new society and are nowhere near conformist, but they are not rebels in the 20th century sense (e.g. anarchists, hippies, the 1968s in France). They are writers for whom there is a place for preaching in journalism, in social and political writing, and in the media, but who see "direct action" as the responsibility of civil society. Their names are not yet well known to “general readers”, but believe me, the future is theirs. Therefore I will name a few names that I know personally: Sachar Prilepin , Alexander Karasev, Dmitri Faleev, Vladimir Lortschenkow, Tatiana Samirovskaya, Peter Orechovsky, Anton Netschajew, Ivan Klinowoj, Alexander Silayev, Evgeni Bewers, Andrei Muchin, Marta Ketro, Alexander Snegirev and Viktoria Lebedeva. I advise you to remember these names just in case. Because there are not so many good authors to be found. "

- Yevgeny Popov

Awards

He has received the following literary prizes for his works: Stepanova Prize ( Krasnodar Region , 2005), Bunin Prize in the “Discovery of the Year” category (2008), second prize O. Henry Prize “ Dary Volhvov ” ( The Gift of the Wise Men ) ( New York , 2010).

Books

In his “Chechen Tales” and “Traitors”, which are seen as examples of the modern Russian war prose, Alexander Karasev gives an insight into life in the Russian army during the Second Chechen War. The author describes modern warfare and modern warfare, referring not to second-hand information but to his own experiences. Karasev's short stories are often as tragicomic as the Russian army itself and show the characters both in war and in civil life, in the so-called “life in peace” (“мирная жизнь”).

Narratives in anthologies

Stories in literary magazines

Alexander Karasjows stories and essays were in the following Russian literary magazines published: Novy mir (Новый мир) , Oktyabr '(Октябрь) , Peoples' Friendship (Дружба народов) , Continent (Континент) , Neva (Нева) , Ural (Урал) , Nash Sovremennik (Наш современник) , Belskie prostory (Бельские просторы) .

Web links

author

in English:

in Russian:

  • Alexander Karasev. In: Новая литературная карта России. (New literary map of Russia)

Publications

Interviews (Russian)

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Огрызко, Вячеслав (Ogrysko, Vjacheslav): Русские писатели. Современная эпоха. Лексикон: Эскиз будущей энциклопедии. (Russian writers. The modern age. Lexicon: Draft of a future encyclopedia). Литературная Россия (Literary Russia), Moscow 2004, ISBN 5-7809-0062-0 .
  2. ↑ Огрызко, Вячеслав (Ogrysko, Vjacheslav): Кто сегодня делает литературу в России. (Who makes literature in Russia today). Литературная Россия (Literary Russia), Moscow 2006, ISBN 5-7809-0113-9 .
  3. ↑ “Встреча с писателем Александром Карасёвым (Alexander Karasjow - Evening at the Zoshchenko Museum)”. In: Новая литературная карта России (New Map of Russian Literature), April 6, 2009. [1] Retrieved April 21, 2013.
  4. ↑ a b c Popov, Yevgeni (Popow, Jewgeni): Who can follow Gogol’s footsteps. In: Russia now. April 21, 2009. [2] (PDF; 1.9 MB) Retrieved April 22, 2013.
  5. ↑ Аристов, Денис (Aristow, Denis): О природе реализма в современной русской прозе о войне (2000-е годы). In: Journal Perm State Pedagogical University, 2011 (2). [3] (PDF; 231 kB) Retrieved April 17, 2013 (In the article Russian military fiction of the 2000-s is regarded: its problems, genesis and functioning in the modern literary process, reader and critic reception. Naturalistic, realistic poetics of A. Babtschenko , S. Prilepin and A. Karasjow, sharply contrasting with postmodernist poetics of Russian prose of the late XXth 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 J. Bondarew , G. Baklanow, K. Vorobjow, Wassil Bykau ) and military prose of the early 1990-s (works by W. Astafjew , O . Yermakov)).
  6. ↑ [4] Встреча с писателем Александром Карасёвым. In: Новая литературная карта России (New Map of the Literature of Russia), April 6, 2009. Accessed April 23, 2013.
  7. ↑ Суховей, Дарья (Suchowej, Darja): “По стопам Зощенко”. In: Литературная Россия (Literary Russia), April 10, 2009. Archive link ( Memento of the original from January 27, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved April 23, 2013. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.litrossia.ru
  8. ↑ a b Подховник, Эдит (Podhovnik, Edith): Незнакомая война. In: Октябрь. 2012 (12). (online) Retrieved April 14, 2013. (This article describes the perception of the war in Austria in relation to the book “Traitors” by the Russian writer Alexander Karasjow).
  9. ↑ a b Мызников, Александр (Mysnikow, Alexander): Облик предателя. In: Polit.ru , March 12, 2010. (online) Retrieved April 15, 2013.
  10. ↑ Пустовая, Валерия (Pustowaja, Valerija): “Человек с ружьём: смертник, бунтарь, писатель. О молодой “военной” прозе ( Sachar Prilepin - Arkady Babchenko - Denis Gutsko - Alexander Karasjow) ”. In: Novy mir (Новый мир), 2005 (5) [5] . Retrieved April 17, 2013 (The article presents an overview of works on contemporary war literature in Russia. Poet Sergej Michajlow 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 Aleksander Karasjow 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”).
  11. ↑ Druzhba narodov (Peoples' Friendship) (2005). “Summary” in: Дружба народов, 2005 (4) [6] . Retrieved April 16, 2013.
  12. ↑ Журнальный зал (Society of Russian Literary Magazines): “Александр Карасёв”. [7] Retrieved April 16, 2013.
  13. ↑ Megalit (Eurasian portal of Literary Magazines): “Александр Карасёв”. Archive link ( memento of the original from October 23, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved April 16, 2013. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.promegalit.ru
personal data
SURNAME Karasev, Alexander Vladimirovich
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Карасёв, Алекса́ндр Влади́мирович (Russian)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Russian author
DATE OF BIRTH 1971
PLACE OF BIRTH Krasnodar , USSR