Sergei Gennadiyevich Kruglov
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Sergei Gennadiyevich Kruglov (Russian
Russian language
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: Серге́й Генна́дьевич Кругло́в, born July 26, 1966) is a Russian poet and priest.

Born in Krasnoyarsk
Krasnoyarsk
Krasnoyarsk is a city and the administrative center of Krasnoyarsk Krai, Russia, located on the Yenisei River. It is the third largest city in Siberia, with the population of 973,891. Krasnoyarsk is an important junction of the Trans-Siberian Railway and one of Russia's largest producers of...

, he studied journalism at Siberian Federal University
Siberian Federal University
Siberian Federal University is a modern multidisciplinary university located in the eastern part of Russia, Krasnoyarsk, that combines fundamental and applied research and teaching...

 but did not graduate. He worked at the urban newspaper Vlast' Trudu (Russian: Власть труду; Power to Labor) and has published poems since 1993. In 1996 he was baptized in the Russian Orthodox Church
Russian Orthodox Church
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 and was ordained as a priest three years later. He serves at Spassky Cathedral in Minusinsk
Minusinsk
Minusinsk is a historic town in Krasnoyarsk Krai, Russia. It serves as the administrative center of Minusinsky District, although it is not administratively a part of it. Population: 44,500 ....

. In 2002 a selection of his poems, previously anthologized in the 2001 collection Provincial Literature, were shortlisted for the Andrei Bely Prize. In 2008 he received the Prize for his books The Mirror (Зеркальце, 2007) and The Typist (Переписчик, 2008).

Published books

  • The Deposition of the Serpent (Снятие Змия со креста, 2003)
  • The Mirror (Зеркальце, 2007)
  • The Offering (Приношение, 2008)
  • The Typist (Переписчик, 2008)

Criticism

Galina Ermoshina, Power to the Dark, a review at Russian Journal
Russian Journal (website)
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, 13 November 2002. Dmitry Kuzmin
Dmitry Kuzmin
Dmitry Vladimirovich Kuzmin , born on December 12, 1968, is a Russian poet, critic, and publisher.-Biography:...

, Underground Fire, a review of Deposition of the Serpent in the New Literary Review, 2003. Elena Fanailova
Elena Fanailova
Elena Nikolayevna Fanailova is a Russian poet.Born in Voronezh, she graduated from the Voronezh Medical Institute and earned a degree in journalism from Voronezh State University. She worked for six years as a doctor at Voronezh Regional Hospital...

, Deposition of the Serpent, a review in The Critical Mass, issue 2, 2004. Boris Dubin
Boris Dubin
Boris Vladimirovich Dubin is a Russian sociologist, and a translator for English, French, Spanish, Latin American and Polish literature. Dubin is the head of department of sociopolitical researches at the Levada Center and the assistant to Lev Gudkov, editor-in-chief of the sociological journal...

, By Cellulose and Saliva, an analysis of Kruglov's style in the New Literary Review, 2007.

External links

Sergei Kruglov at the New Literary Map of Russia Sergei Kruglov at Unofficial Poetry at Vavilon.ru at Russian Week
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