Yuri Mikhailovich Polyakov
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
- Literature by and about Juri Michailowitsch Poljakow in the catalog of the German National Library
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Polyakov, Yuri Mikhailovich |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Поляков, Юрий Михайлович (Russian) |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Russian writer |
DATE OF BIRTH | November 12, 1954 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Moscow |