Yuri Mikhailovich Polyakov

from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Yuri Polyakov, 2019

Juri Michailowitsch Polyakow ( Russian Юрий Михайлович Поляков ; born November 12, 1954 in Moscow ) is a Russian writer . He lives in the Moscow suburb of Peredelkino and is one of the most published contemporary Russian authors. A large part of his works were made into films.

Life

After his military service with the group of the Soviet Armed Forces in Germany , he studied at the Philological Faculty of the Moscow University of Education in 1976 and received his PhD in Philology in 1981.

After that he worked as a teacher of Russian language and literature.

In 1985, after a lengthy ban by the censors, his first stories were published: Extraordinary Incident in the District and One Hundred Days to Order .

Other works - Troubleshooting , Apothegäum , Kostja Gumankow's Parisian Love - appeared during the period of perestroika and were heavily criticized by Russian conservatives. After the dissolution of the USSR , The Democratic Town , Kid in Milk , Heaven of the Fallen and I Was Thinking of Escape ... were published, which attracted no less bitter criticism.

In his books, Poljakow describes life in Russia during perestroika , during the upheaval and the life of the biznesmen (business people) during and after the new Russia.

Yuri Polyakov is also a dramaturge and screenwriter , editor-in-chief of Literaturnaja Gazeta and co-president of the Russian Writers' Union .

Works

Books

  • The arrival time (Время прибытия). Poems, 1979
  • Conversation with a friend (Разговор с другом). Poems, 1981
  • A hundred days before the order (Сто дней до приказа). 1980; published 1987, filmed in 1989
  • Extraordinary incident in the district (ЧП районного масштаба). 1981; published 1985, filmed in 1988
  • Troubleshooting (Работа над ошибками). 1986, filmed in 1988
  • Apothegäum (Апофегей). ISBN 978-3-00-024636-4 , 1989
  • Kostja Gumakow's Parisian love (Парижская любовь Кости Гуманкова). 1991
  • The democratic town (Демгородок). 1993
  • Goat in milk (Козленок в молоке). 1995, filmed in 2003
  • The Heaven of the Fallen (Небо падших). ISBN 978-3-00-023975-5 , 1997, filmed in 2000
  • I thought about escaping ... (Замыслил я побег ...). 1999, filmed in 2005
  • The mushroom (Грибной царь). 2005
  • The Return of the Lost Husband (Возвращение блудного мужа). ISBN 978-3-00-022847-6 , 2007

Film scripts

  • Incident in the municipality (ЧП районного масштаба). 1988
  • 100 days, comrade soldier (Сто дней до приказа). 1989
  • The Riflemen of the Voroshilov Regiment (Ворошиловский стрелок). 1999

Web links

Commons : Yury Polyakov  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files