Fazil Iskander

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Soviet and Russian writer (1929-2016)

WritersLived 1929 to 2016 · aged 87

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Fazil Abdulovich Iskander was a Soviet and Russian writer and poet known in the former Soviet Union for his descriptions of Caucasian life.

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Reverse side of a 10 apsar commemorative coin minted on 6 May 2009 to celebrate Fazil Iskander's 80th birthday.

Presentation of the Order "For Merit of the Fatherland", 4nd class with Dmitry Medvedev, 17 February 2010

Awards 13

2014State Prize of the Russian Federation

2011Government Prize in Culture

2009Order "For Merit to the Fatherland", 4th class

2004Order "For Merit to the Fatherland", 2nd class

2002Order of Honour and Glory

1999Order "For Merit to the Fatherland", 3rd class

1999Triumph

1994State Prize of the Russian Federation

1992A. S. Pushkin Award

1989USSR State Prize

Bolshaya Kniga Award

prix Bounine

Yasnaya Polyana Literary Award

Connected to Fazil 6

PotapAlso in Let's Part - While We're Good (1991)

Valentin GaftAlso in The Feasts of Valtasar, or The Night with Stalin (1989)

Vladimir MotylAlso in Let's Part - While We're Good (1991)

Anna SamokhinaAlso in Kings of Crime (1988)

Valentina TelichkinaAlso in Holiday in Expectation of a Holiday (1989)

Kantemir BalagovAlso in Sofichka (2016)

About this person

Fazil Abdulovich Iskander 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.