Andrei Bitov

Andrei Bitov

Known for: Writing
Biography: 1937-05-27
Deathday: 2018-12-03 (81 years old)

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Andrei Georgiyevich Bitov (Russian: Андре́й Гео́ргиевич Би́тов, 27 May 1937 – 3 December 2018) was a prominent Russian writer of Circassian ancestry. Bitov was born in Leningrad. His father was an architect and his mother was a lawyer. He completed his secondary education in 1954 and began writing two years later. In 1957, he became a student at the Leningrad Mining Institute. While there, he joined a literary association for young writers led by Gleb Semyonov. He also served with a building battalion in the north and graduated in 1962.

He then began writing poetry and short, absurdist stories which were not published until the 1990s. In 1965, he became a member of the Union of Soviet Writers. By 1978, he had published ten works, but his now best known work, Pushkin House, had to be published in the United States and did not appear in the USSR until two years after the beginning of Perestroika.

In 1988, he was one of the founders of the Russian PEN Club and was its President beginning in 1991. He also taught at the Maxim Gorky Literature Institute.

He received an award from Oktyabr magazine for his story Something with love... in 2013. This was followed in 2014 by the Government Award of the Russian Federation for culture and, in 2015, he was awarded the Platonov Prize. In 2018, he received the Order of Friendship. He died in Moscow.

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Known For
Writing

Gender
Male

Birthday
1937-05-27

Deathday
2018-12-03 (81 years old)

Birth Place
Saint Petersburg, Russia

Siblings
Oleg Bitov

Citizenships
Soviet Union, Russia

Also Known As
Андрей Битов

Awards
Chevalier des Arts et des Lettres, Palmyra North, Khorenatsi medal, Order of the Badge of Honour, Pushkin Prize, Order of Friendship, prix Bounine, prix du meilleur livre étranger, Andrei Biely Prize


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