Aleksandr Kabakov
{{Short description|Russian writer (1943–2020)}}
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| native_name = Александр Кабаков
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| birth_name = Aleksandr Abramovich Kabakov
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| birth_place = Novosibirsk, Soviet Union{{Cite web |title=Alexandre Kabakov (auteur de Non-retour) |url=https://www.babelio.com/auteur/Alexandre-Kabakov/31416 |access-date=2024-08-21 |website=Babelio |language=fr}}
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| death_place = Moscow, Russia
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| occupation = Writer and journalist
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Aleksandr Abramovich Kabakov (Russian: Александр Абрамович Кабаков; (22 October 1943 - 18 April 2020), was a Russian writer and journalist.{{cite news |title=Александр Кабаков {{!}} Серебряный Дождь |url=https://www.silver.ru/programms/ottsy_i_deti/+editions-of-the-program/materials-aleksandr_kabakov_81537/ |work=www.silver.ru |language=ru}}
Biography
Aleksandr Kabakov was born in 22 October 1943 in Novosibirsk, where his family had been evacuated during World War II.{{cite news |title=Евгений Попов и Александр Кабаков представили книгу о Василии Аксёнове |url=https://kbanda.ru/index.php/reportazhi/165-literatura-i-knigoizdanie/339-evgenij-popov-i-aleksandr-kabakov-predstavili-knigu-o-vasilii-pavloviche-aksjonove.html |work=kbanda.ru}} He studied mechanics and mathematics in Dnipropetrovsk, and worked in a missile factory after graduation. Eventually, he landed at the railroad industry newspaper {{ill|Gudok (newspaper)|lt=Gudok|ru|Гудок (газета)}}, where he worked for more than a decade; he also worked at Moscow News and Kommersant.{{cite web |title=Кабаков Абрам Яковлевич, Москва, Востряковское |url=https://toldot.ru/life/cemetery/graves_2153.html |website=Toldot.com — Иудаизм и евреи}}{{cite web |title=Умер писатель и журналист Александр Кабаков |url=https://tass.ru/obschestvo/8279879 |website=tass.ru}}
He became well known during the Perestroika period for his dystopian novel No Return, which was translated into multiple languages and also adapted into a film.{{cite web |title=Кабаков Абрам Яковлевич :: Память народа |url=https://pamyat-naroda.ru/heroes/podvig-chelovek_kartoteka1505363069/?backurl=%2Fheroes%2F%3Fadv_search%3Dy%26last_name%3D%D0%9A%D0%B0%D0%B1%D0%B0%D0%BA%D0%BE%D0%B2%26first_name%3D%D0%90%D0%B1%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%BC%26middle_name%3D%D1%8F%D0%BA%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%BB%D0%B5%D0%B2%D0%B8%D1%87%26date_birth%3D%26group%3Dall%26types%3Dpamyat_commander%3Anagrady_nagrad_doc%3Anagrady_uchet_kartoteka%3Anagrady_ubilein_kartoteka%3Apamyat_voenkomat%3Apotery_vpp%3Apamyat_zsp_parts%3Akld_upk%3Akld_vmf%3Apotery_doneseniya_o_poteryah%3Apotery_gospitali%3Apotery_utochenie_poter%3Apotery_spiski_zahoroneniy%3Apotery_voennoplen%3Apotery_iskluchenie_iz_spiskov%26page%3D1 |website=pamyat-naroda.ru}} The English translation was done by Thomas Whitney.{{cite web |title=Александр Кабаков: «Самое главное я понял в 12 лет |url=https://lechaim.ru/ARHIV/218/interview.htm |website=lechaim.ru}} Other noted works include The Last Hero (1995) and Nothing's Lost (2003), which won the second jury prize from the Big Book Award and the {{ill|Apollon Grigoriev Prize|ru|Премия имени Аполлона Григорьева}}.{{cite web |title=ВОЙНА В ЧЕЧНЕ: "Известия" публикуют призыв интеллигенции остановить войну — Расцвет российских СМИ |url=http://www.yeltsinmedia.com/events/jan-6-1996/ |publisher=www.yeltsinmedia.com |language=ru-RU}} With Yevgeny Popov, he co-wrote a book of reminiscences about the writer Vasily Aksyonov that was shortlisted for the 2012 Big Book Award.{{cite news |title=Писатель Евгений Попов рассказал о последних днях жизни Александра Кабакова |url=https://www.mk.ru/culture/2020/04/19/pisatel-evgeniy-popov-rasskazal-o-poslednikh-dnyakh-zhizni-aleksandra-kabakova.html |work=www.mk.ru |language=ru}}
He died in Moscow in 18 April 2020.{{Cite web|url=https://readrussia.org/writers/writer/alexander-kabakov|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140825004907/http://readrussia.org/writers/writer/alexander-kabakov|url-status=usurped|archive-date=August 25, 2014|title = Alexander Kabakov}}
Works
- Aksyonov (co-written with Evgeny Popov) – second jury prize, Big Book Award, 2012
- Nothing's Lost – Big Book Award finalist, 2006, won second jury prize; won the Apollon Grigoriev Prize, 2004
- Moscow Tales – Big Book Award finalist, 2006; won Prose of the Year, 2005; won the {{ill|Ivan Bunin Prize|ru|Бунинская премия}}, 2006
- No Return (Невозвращенец) (William Morrow & Co., 1990, tr. Thomas Whitney)
- Anthologies: “Shelter” in Read Russia! (Read Russia, 2012, tr. Daniel Jaffe) and Life Stories: Original Works by Russian Writers (Russian Life, 2009, tr. Anna Seluyanova)
- A Runaway (Беглец), 2009
- The Imposter (Самозванец), 1997
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Category:Writers from Novosibirsk