“did not care for Latin American magic realism in general”
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Fazil Iskander
Fazil Abdulovich Iskander was a Soviet and Russian writer and poet known in the former Soviet Union for his descriptions of Caucasian life. He authored various stories, including "Zashchita Chika", which features a crafty and likeable young boy named "Chik", but is probably best known for the picaresque novel Sandro of Chegem and its sequel The Gospel According to Chegem.
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culture · Soviet and Russian writer (1929–2016) · screenwriter · writer · journalist · novelist · poet · essayist · also Fazil Iskander, Fazil Abdulovich Iskander, Iskander
Born 6 March 1929 · Died 31 July 2016 · Q181573
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2016· 2 entries
By the Russian branch of the International Russian PEN Center
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Died 2016-07-31.
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2014· 1 entry
Awarded State Prize of the Russian Federation (2014).
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2011· 2 entries
Awarded Government Prize in Culture (2011).
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The couple published a book of poems entitled Snow and Grapes to celebrate their golden wedding anniversary
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2009· 2 entries
Awarded Order "For Merit to the Fatherland", 4th class (2009).
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Bank of Abkhazia issued a commemorative silver coin from the series "Outstanding Personalities of Abkhazia", dedicated to Fazil Iskander denomination of 10 apsaras
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2004· 1 entry
Awarded Order "For Merit to the Fatherland", 2nd class (2004).
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2002· 1 entry
Awarded Order of Honour and Glory (2002).
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1999· 2 entries
Awarded Order "For Merit to the Fatherland", 3rd class (1999).
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Awarded Triumph (1999).
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1994· 1 entry
Awarded State Prize of the Russian Federation (1994).
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1992· 1 entry
Awarded A. S. Pushkin Award (1992).
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1989· 1 entry
Awarded USSR State Prize for Sandro of Chegem (1989).
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1954· 1 entry
Studied at Maxim Gorky Literature Institute (1954).
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1938· 1 entry
And sent to a penal camp where he died in 1957
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1929· 2 entries
Born 1929-03-06.
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In the cosmopolitan port city of Sukhumi, Georgia (then part of the USSR) to an Iranian father (Abdul Ibragimovich Iskander) and an Abkhazian mother (Leili Khasanovna Iskander)
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