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Fazil Iskander
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Soviet and Russian writer (1929-2016)
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Fazil Iskander (1929–2016) was a male writer, novelist, journalist, and screenwriter who worked in Russian. Born in Sukhumi, he began his professional career in 1957 and was educated at the Maxim Gorky Literature Institute. His literary output included works in the genres of memoir, prose, satire, and pritcha. Notable titles include *The thirteenth labour of Hercules*, *Rabbits and Boa Constrictors*, and *Stikhotvorenii︠a︡*.
Iskander held citizenship in the Soviet Union and Russia. He was a member of the USSR Union of Writers and the Bavarian Academy of Fine Arts. His work was recognized with the USSR State Prize, the State Prize of the Russian Federation, and the Bolshaya Kniga Award. He worked in Abkhazia and died of cardiac arrest in Peredelkino. He is buried in the Novodevichy Cemetery.
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Person · Open Library
- Born
- 6 March 1929
- Died
- 31 July 2016
- Works
- 67
Top works
- Stikhotvorenii︠a︡
- The thirteenth labour of Hercules = Trinadtsaty podvig Gerakla
- Prose
- Izbrannye
- Rabbits and Boa Constrictors
via Open Library + Wikidata
Film & TV
Writing · Chegem, Abkhazian ASSR, Georgian SSR, USSR
Known for
- Time for Lucky Finds1970
via TMDB
Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
- The Global Burden of Nontyphoidal<i>Salmonella</i>Gastroenteritis
· 2010 · cited 2,199x
- World Health Organization Estimates of the Global and Regional Disease Burden of 22 Foodborne Bacterial, Protozoal, and Viral Diseases, 2010: A Data Synthesis
· 2015 · cited 952x
- A Survey of Scheduling Rules
· 1977 · cited 949x
- Developing a General Extended Technology Acceptance Model for E-Learning (GETAMEL) by analysing commonly used external factors
· 2016 · cited 738x
- A structural analysis of M protein in coronavirus assembly and morphology
· 2011 · cited 680x
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Key facts
- Born
- Искандер, Фазиль Абдулович, Fazil Abdulovich Iskander , ( 1929-03-06 ) 6 March 1929, Sukhumi , SSRA , TSFSR , USSR
- Died
- 31 July 2016 (2016-07-31) (aged 87), Peredelkino , Russia
- Occupation
- Novelist, essayist, poet
- Nationality
- Russian
- Genre
- memoirs , satire , parable , essays , aphorism
- Notable works
- Sandro of Chegem
- Relatives
- Abdul Ibragimovich Iskander (father);, Leili Khasanovna Iskander (mother);, Feredun Abdulovich Iskander (brother);, Giuli Abdulovna Iskander (sister)
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- fāḍil
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Russia
- Place of birth
- Sukhumi
- Place of death
- Peredelkino
- Occupation
- essayist
- Educated at
- Maxim Gorky Literature Institute
- Languages spoken
- Russian
- Field of work
- literature
- Genre
- essay
- Official website
- faziliskander.com
- Image
- Fazil Iskander in 2010.jpg
- Work location
- Abkhazia
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- Commons category
- Fazil Iskander
- date of birth
- 1929-03-06
- member of
- Bavarian Academy of Fine Arts
- date of death
- 2016-07-31
- cause of death
- cardiac arrest
- place of burial
- Novodevichy Cemetery
- manner of death
- natural causes
- start of work period
- 1957-00-00
- writing language
- Russian
- name in native language
- Фази́ль Абду́лович Исканде́р
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Encyclopedic overview
Reverse side of a 10 apsar commemorative coin minted on 6 May 2009 to celebrate Fazil Iskander's 80th birthday. Fazil Abdulovich Iskander (6 March 1929 – 31 July 2016) was a Soviet and Russian writer and poet known in the former Soviet Union for his descriptions of Caucasian life. He authored various stories, including "Zashchita Chika", which features a crafty and likeable young boy named "Chik", but is probably best known for the picaresque novel Sandro of Chegem and its sequel The Gospel According to Chegem.
Biography
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