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Zakhar Prilepin

Biography

Zakhar Prilepin was born in 1975 in Ilyinka, Ryazan, Western Russia. He studied at the Faculty of Philology of the Nizhny Novgorod State University and the School of Public Policy. He then did various jobs and fought in the Chechnya War. He then worked as a journalist and became a newspaper editor. However, he became tired of journalism and wrote a novel based on his experiences in Chechnya. He has continued to work as journalist while being involved in various dissident groups and writing novels and other works. he has been a keen supporter of Putin’s illegal invasion of Ukraine.

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Interview
Zakhar Prilepin: Russian pro-war blogger injured in car bomb
Прилепин, Захар (in Russian)

Bibliography

2004 Патологии (novel)
2006 Санькя (Sankya) (novel)
2007 Грех (Sin) (novel)
2008 Ботинки, полные горячей водкой (stories)
2008 Я пришёл из России (essays)
2009 Именины сердца. Разговоры с русской литературой (literature)
2009 Terra Tartarara. Это касается лично меня (essays)
2010 Леонид Леонов: Игра его была огромна (biography)
2011 Чёрная обезьяна (novel)
2012 Восьмёрка (stories)
2012 Книгочёт (literature)
2014 Обитель (The Monastery) (novel)
2014 Летучие бурлаки (essays)
2015 Не чужая смута : один день — один год (politics)
2016 Всё, что должно разрешиться : хроника идущей войны (politics)
2016 Лимонка в тюрьму (memoirs)
2016 Лимонка в войну (military history)
2016 Семь жизней : рассказы (stories)
2017 Взвод : офицеры и ополченцы русской литературы (literature/biography)
2019 Некоторые не попадут в ад (novel)
2020 Ополченский романс (stories)
2020 Имя рек. 40 причин поспорить о главном (journalism)
2020 Есенин. Обещая встречу впереди (literature/biography)