Oleg Khafizov
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) — Russian writer.
. As a pupil of a suburban high school he was closely interested in history, rock music and arts, learned music and painting, practiced boxing and martial arts. Under the influence of Russian classics and contemporary European, mainly Anglo-American, literature commenced prose-writing at the age of 24.
After having graduated from high school, Khafizov worked as a commercial designer at a factory and later joined the faculty of foreign languages of Tula Pedagogic Institute. He studied extra-mural working as an interpreter at scientific and research institutions. From launching the Perestroyka policy in the Soviet Union, Khafizov turned to advertising business and started a course at Maxim Gorky Literature Institute
. In the 90s and early 2000s he mastered jobs of a regional journalist, anchorman, editor and script writer on TV. Nowadays Khafizov teaches journalism and writes free-lance.
First Khafizov's considerable published works of prose in Volga magazine dated to the early 90s. Although the writer had been hardly working on prose and plays, it took him about ten years to be published in major Moscow literary magazines. The works of Khafizov were issued in «Novy Mir
», «Znamya
», «Oktyabr'», «Druzhba Narodov», «Vestnik Evropy» and numerous literary periodicals in Russia
, USA, Great Britain
, Germany
and Denmark
. One of them, «The Flight of "Russia"» («Polyot "Rossii"») was claimed among the five best long stories written in the Russian language in 2004 after prestigious Ivan Belkin literary contest.
According to critics, later prose of Khafizov is kin to that of Sergey Dovlatov and Henry Miller
. In the opinion of a participant of legendary «Metropolis» almanac Yevgeny Popov
, Oleg Khafizov ranks as «one of the best writers of Russia».
Oleg Khafizov is the author of four books of prose based on contemporary and historic subjects.
Yekaterinburg
Yekaterinburg is a major city in the central part of Russia, the administrative center of Sverdlovsk Oblast. Situated on the eastern side of the Ural mountain range, it is the main industrial and cultural center of the Urals Federal District with a population of 1,350,136 , making it Russia's...
) — Russian writer.
Biography
Oleg Khafizov was born in the family of factory employees. From the age of three lives in TulaTula, Russia
Tula is an industrial city and the administrative center of Tula Oblast, Russia. It is located south of Moscow, on the Upa River. Population: -History:...
. As a pupil of a suburban high school he was closely interested in history, rock music and arts, learned music and painting, practiced boxing and martial arts. Under the influence of Russian classics and contemporary European, mainly Anglo-American, literature commenced prose-writing at the age of 24.
After having graduated from high school, Khafizov worked as a commercial designer at a factory and later joined the faculty of foreign languages of Tula Pedagogic Institute. He studied extra-mural working as an interpreter at scientific and research institutions. From launching the Perestroyka policy in the Soviet Union, Khafizov turned to advertising business and started a course at Maxim Gorky Literature Institute
Maxim Gorky Literature Institute
The Maxim Gorky Literature Institute is a higher education institute in Moscow. It is located at 25 Tver Bulvar in Central Moscow.It was founded in 1933 on the initiative of Maxim Gorky, and received its current name at Gorky's death in 1936....
. In the 90s and early 2000s he mastered jobs of a regional journalist, anchorman, editor and script writer on TV. Nowadays Khafizov teaches journalism and writes free-lance.
First Khafizov's considerable published works of prose in Volga magazine dated to the early 90s. Although the writer had been hardly working on prose and plays, it took him about ten years to be published in major Moscow literary magazines. The works of Khafizov were issued in «Novy Mir
Novy Mir
Novy Mir is a Russian language literary magazine that has been published in Moscow since January 1925. It was supposed to be modelled on the popular pre-Soviet literary magazine Mir Bozhy , which was published from 1892 to 1906, and its follow-up, Sovremenny Mir , which was published 1906-1917...
», «Znamya
Znamya
Znamya is a Russian monthly magazine, which was established in Moscow in 1931. In 1931-1932, the magazine was published under the name of Lokaf...
», «Oktyabr'», «Druzhba Narodov», «Vestnik Evropy» and numerous literary periodicals in Russia
Russia
Russia or , officially known as both Russia and the Russian Federation , is a country in northern Eurasia. It is a federal semi-presidential republic, comprising 83 federal subjects...
, USA, Great Britain
Great Britain
Great Britain or Britain is an island situated to the northwest of Continental Europe. It is the ninth largest island in the world, and the largest European island, as well as the largest of the British Isles...
, Germany
Germany
Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...
and Denmark
Denmark
Denmark is a Scandinavian country in Northern Europe. The countries of Denmark and Greenland, as well as the Faroe Islands, constitute the Kingdom of Denmark . It is the southernmost of the Nordic countries, southwest of Sweden and south of Norway, and bordered to the south by Germany. Denmark...
. One of them, «The Flight of "Russia"» («Polyot "Rossii"») was claimed among the five best long stories written in the Russian language in 2004 after prestigious Ivan Belkin literary contest.
According to critics, later prose of Khafizov is kin to that of Sergey Dovlatov and Henry Miller
Henry Miller
Henry Valentine Miller was an American novelist and painter. He was known for breaking with existing literary forms and developing a new sort of 'novel' that is a mixture of novel, autobiography, social criticism, philosophical reflection, surrealist free association, and mysticism, one that is...
. In the opinion of a participant of legendary «Metropolis» almanac Yevgeny Popov
Yevgeny Popov
Yevgeni Anatolyevich Popov is a Russian writer, known for short stories. He trained as a geologist, but from 1975 supported himself in Moscow in order to write....
, Oleg Khafizov ranks as «one of the best writers of Russia».
Oleg Khafizov is the author of four books of prose based on contemporary and historic subjects.