- Andrei Bitov
Andrei Bitov ( _ru. Андрей Георгиевич Битов}, born
Leningrad /St. Petersburg ,May 27 ,1937 ) is a prominent Russian writer. Many consider him among the foremost Russian writers of the late 20th century.Among the novels that solidified his reputation are: "Flying-Away Monakhov", "Life in Windy Weather", "Pushkin House", "Captive of the Caucasus", and "The Monkey Link".
Bitov was granted the Bunin Award in 2006 for his selected prose works "Palace Without a Tsar". Bitov’s works have been translated into a number of European language, including English, German, Swedish, French and Italian.
External links
* [http://russia-ic.com/culture_art/literature/304/ The Baggage of Writer Andrei Bitov]
* [http://www.biograph.comstar.ru/bank/bitov.htm Biography]
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