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Fazil Iskander | |
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 Iskander being awarded the Order of Merit for the Fatherland, 2010 | |
| Born | Искандер, Фазиль Абдулович Fazil Abdulovich Iskander 6 March 1929 Sukhumi, SSRA, TSFSR, USSR |
| Died | 31 July 2016 (aged 87) Peredelkino, Russia |
| Occupation | Novelist, essayist, poet |
| Nationality | Russian |
| Genre | memoirs, satire, parable, essays, aphorism |
| Notable works | Sandro of Chegem |
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| Relatives | Abdul Ibragimovich Iskander (father); Leili Khasanovna Iskander (mother); Feredun Abdulovich Iskander (brother); Giuli Abdulovna Iskander (sister) |
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Fazil Abdulovich Iskander[a] (6 March 1929 – 31 July 2016) was a Soviet and Russian[1] writer and poet known in the former Soviet Union for his descriptions of Caucasian life. He authored various stories, including "Zashita 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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- ^ "There's no doubt I'm a Russian writer who praised Abkhazia a lot. Unfortunately, I haven't written anything in the Abkhaz language. The choice of Russian culture was principal to me." It is stifling to live without conscience interview in Rossiyskaya Gazeta, March 4, 2011 (in Russian)