Vladimir Makanin

Vladimir Makanin studied at MSU Faculty of Mechanics and Mathematics and Top Courses for Scriptwriters and Film Directors. The recorded working language is Russian. The field of work recorded is literary activity. Subjects and genres recorded for the work are prose. Employment is recorded with Maxim Gorky Literature Institute. Distinctions recorded are A. Pushkin Award, Order of the Badge of Honour, Russian Booker Prize and European Prize for Literature.

Makanin graduated from the Faculty of Mechanics and Mathematics at Moscow State University and worked as a teacher in the Military Academy until the early 1960s. In 1963 he took the High Courses for Scriptwriters and Film Directors at the Gerasimov Institute of Cinematography, then worked for the publishing house Sovietskiy Pisatel (The Soviet Writer). He published his first book in 1965. In 1985, he became a board member at the Union of Soviet Writers and, two years later, joined the editorial staff at Znamya. He spent most of his later years in Krasny, near Rostov-on-Don. In 2007, he headed the jury for the Big Book award. The following year, he was the recipient. Makanin's writing style may be categorized as realist. His forte lies in depicting the psychological impact of everyday life experiences.

• Antileader, from The New Soviet Fiction, Abbeville Press, NY, 1989. • Baize-covered Table with Decanter, Readers International, 1995. • Escape Hatch, and The Long Road Ahead, Ardis Publishers, 1996. • The Loss, Northwestern University Press, 1998.