Nikita Afanasyev
Nikita Afanasjew (born November 8, 1982 in Chelyabinsk , Soviet Union ) is a German author and journalist of Russian origin. As a journalist he writes under the name Nik Afanasyev.
Life
Afanasjew grew up on the Asian side of the Ural Mountains in the Russian industrial metropolis of Chelyabinsk. When he was ten years old, his mother of German descent and his Russian father immigrated to Germany with him.
Afanasyev began working as a journalist when he was 17. At first he was a freelance sports reporter for WAZ, where he mainly wrote football reports. He studied social sciences and journalism at the Universities of Düsseldorf , Prague (Czech Republic), Hamburg and Stellenbosch (South Africa). In South Africa he also worked as a basketball coach in a township .
After numerous positions as a freelance journalist, Afanasjew completed a traineeship at Tagesspiegel in Berlin from 2011 to 2013 . Since then he has been writing as a freelance reporter for Tagesspiegel, taz , 11 Freunde , Dummy , VICE and other newspapers and magazines.
In autumn 2017, Voland & Quist published his debut novel with Bank Robbery, Berghütte or End of the World . According to Kulturexpresso.de, “Nikita Afanasjew has presented a complex book. It's about the right life in the wrong, about courage and cowardice and the eternal question of the meaning of the whole matter ”.
His narrative non-fiction book König, Krim und Kasatschok was published by btb in May 2018 . In it he embarks on a journey through Russia to find the heroic land that his father sees in their common homeland.
Afanasjew is an active member of the German national team of authors. He lives in Berlin.
Awards
In 2015, Afanasjew won the German Reporter Award in the “Best Local Report ” category for the report The kids from our backyard . He was nominated for the Henri Nannen Prize and the Axel Springer Prize .
Publications
- Bank robbery, mountain hut or to the end of the world . Voland & Quist, Dresden, 2017, ISBN 978-3-86391-181-2 .
- King, Crimea & Kazachok. In search of my father's Russia. btb, Munich, 2018, ISBN 978-3-442-75751-0 .
Web links
- Literature by Nikita Afanasjew in the catalog of the German National Library
- Reports by Nikita Afanasjew at waahr.de
- Deutschlandfunk Nova: If your great plan doesn't work out , accessed on May 5, 2018
- 1Live Klubbing: Nikita Afanasjew reads from bank robbery, mountain hut or to the end of the world , accessed on May 5, 2018
Individual evidence
- ^ Profile at Voland & Quist. Retrieved May 5, 2018 .
- ↑ Nikita Afanasjew: King, Crimea & Kazachok .
- ↑ Dummy - Outside the door. Retrieved May 5, 2018 .
- ^ Taz - The eerie house of Halle. Retrieved May 5, 2018 .
- ↑ Tagesspiegel: “The Night Shift.” Retrieved on May 5, 2018 .
- ↑ Critique of "Bank robbery, mountain hut or to the end of the world" on Kulturexprersso.de. Retrieved May 5, 2018 .
- ↑ König, Krim & Kasatschok at btb. Retrieved May 5, 2018 .
- ^ German national team of authors. Retrieved May 5, 2018 .
- ↑ German Reporter Award. (PDF) Retrieved May 5, 2018 .
- ^ Henri Nannen Prize 2016. (PDF) Retrieved on May 5, 2018 .
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Afanasyev, Nikita |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Afanasyev, Nik |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German author and journalist of Russian origin |
| DATE OF BIRTH | November 8, 1982 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Chelyabinsk , Soviet Union |