Dmitrii Bykov

Dmitrii Bykov
Dmitrii Bykov in 2006
Born	Dmitrii Lvovich Zilbeltrud December 20, 1967 (1967-12-20) (age 43)
Occupation	Poet, journalist
Genres	Belles-lettres, documentary prose

Dmitrii Lvovich Bykov (Russian: Дми́трий Льво́вич Бы́ков; b. 20 December 1967) is a Russian writer, journalist, and poet.^[1]

Being one of the most prolific modern Russian writers, in recent years he has gained some recognition for his biography of Boris Pasternak, published in 2005. The biography broke with prior works in its account of Doctor Zhivago, and it earned Bykov the 2006 National Bestseller (Russian: Национальный бестселлер) and Great Book (Russian: Большая Книга) awards. He later wrote biographies of Maksim Gorky and Bulat Okudzhava.

As a journalist and critic, Bykov has been writing for the magazine Ogoniok since 1993.^[1] He has also periodically hosted a show on the radio station Echo of Moscow, running at least until early 2008.^[2] Earlier, he was one of the hosts of an influential TV show Vremechko.

In 2008 he a documentary called Virginity (Russian: Девственность) was released in which Bykov was a co-writer.

In 2009, Bykov was named assistant editor-in-chief of the weekly magazine Profile.^[3] He is also the editor-in-chief of the monthly literature-focused magazine What to read ("Что читать").

Bibliography

Dmitrii Bykov

Prose fiction

• Justification («Оправдание», 2001)
• Orthography («Орфография», 2003)
• In the World of Animals: A Children's Book for Adults, An Adults' Book for Children, with Irina Luk'ianova («В мире животиков. Детская книга для взрослых, взрослая книга для детей», 2005)
• How Putin Became President of the USA: New Russian Fairy Tales («Как Путин стал президентом США: новые русские сказки», 2005)
• Truth, with Maksim Chertanov («Правда», 2005)
• Removal Service («Эвакуатор», 2005)
• ZhD («ЖД», 2006)
• Listed out («Списанные», 2008)

Biographies

• Boris Pasternak («Борис Пастернак», 2005)
• Was Gorky real? («Был ли Горький?», 2008)
• Bulat Okudzhava («Булат Окуджава», 2009)

Books of essays

• The Debauchery of Work («Блуд труда», 2003)
• Chronicles of Immediate War («Хроники ближайшей войны», 2005)
• In Place of Life («Вместо жизни», 2006)
• In a Void («На пустом месте», 2008)

Poetry

• A Letter to a Young Man («Послание к юноше», 1994)
• Military Coup («Военный переворот», 1996)
• Last Time («Последнее время», 2006)
• Chain Letters («Письма счастья», 2007)
• New Chain Letters («Новые письма счастья», 2010)

References

1. ^ ^{a b} "Bykov author profile" (in Russian). Ogoniok. Retrieved 2009-12-05.
2. ^ [1]
3. ^ RIA Novosti. "Леонтьев остается главредом "Профиля", его замом станет Дмитрий Быков" January 21, 2009.

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