German Sadulaev
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German Umaralievich Sadulaev (Russian: Герман Умаралиевич Садулаев, born 1973) is a Chechen
writer.
In 1989, aged sixteen, he left Chechnya to study law at Leningrad State University. Today he lives and works as a lawyer in St Petersburg.
German Sadulaev’s first book, Radio FUCK, told city tales of the thirty-something generation in St Petersburg. It made no mention of Chechnya. With the publication of his second book, I am a Chechen!, critics acclaimed Sadulaev as "the literary find of the year" http://exlibris.ng.ru/tendenc/2007-03-22/7_sadulaev.html. Much more than a war novel, it was a lyrical fusion of exotic legends, stories and memories, nominated for the National Bestseller prize. Sadulaev's next work, Snowstorm, or The Myth of the End of the World, was a grotesque fantasy satire about social Darwinism
. It won the Eureka prize. Sadulaev’s fourth book, The Tablet, was shortlisted for the 2008 Russian Booker http://www.russianbooker.org/news/22/ and for the 2009 National Bestseller http://www.natsbest.ru/N7.htm.
German Sadulaev's I am a Chechen! (translated by Anna Gunin) was published by Harvill Secker in 2010.
Chechnya
The Chechen Republic , commonly referred to as Chechnya , also spelled Chechnia or Chechenia, sometimes referred to as Ichkeria , is a federal subject of Russia . It is located in the southeastern part of Europe in the Northern Caucasus mountains. The capital of the republic is the city of Grozny...
writer.
Biography
German Sadulaev was born in 1973, in the town of Shali, in the Chechen-Ingush ASSR, to a Chechen father and Terek Cossack mother.In 1989, aged sixteen, he left Chechnya to study law at Leningrad State University. Today he lives and works as a lawyer in St Petersburg.
German Sadulaev’s first book, Radio FUCK, told city tales of the thirty-something generation in St Petersburg. It made no mention of Chechnya. With the publication of his second book, I am a Chechen!, critics acclaimed Sadulaev as "the literary find of the year" http://exlibris.ng.ru/tendenc/2007-03-22/7_sadulaev.html. Much more than a war novel, it was a lyrical fusion of exotic legends, stories and memories, nominated for the National Bestseller prize. Sadulaev's next work, Snowstorm, or The Myth of the End of the World, was a grotesque fantasy satire about social Darwinism
Social Darwinism
Social Darwinism is a term commonly used for theories of society that emerged in England and the United States in the 1870s, seeking to apply the principles of Darwinian evolution to sociology and politics...
. It won the Eureka prize. Sadulaev’s fourth book, The Tablet, was shortlisted for the 2008 Russian Booker http://www.russianbooker.org/news/22/ and for the 2009 National Bestseller http://www.natsbest.ru/N7.htm.
German Sadulaev's I am a Chechen! (translated by Anna Gunin) was published by Harvill Secker in 2010.
Works
- Radio FUCK / Радио FUCK (2006)
- I am a Chechen! (2010) / Я – чеченец! (2006)
- Snowstorm, or The Myth of the End of the World / Пурга, или Миф о конце света (2008)
- The Tablet / Таблетка (2008)
External links
- 'Once Upon a Life' Article by German Sadulaev in the Observer magazine
- Newspaper interview In Metro, 2010
- Radio interview With Mark Coles, The Strand, BBC World Service, 2010
- Online texts
- Rasskazy: New Fiction from a New Russia (Amazon)
- I am a Chechen! (Amazon)