Fazil Iskander

Fazil Iskander
Iskander being awarded the Order of Merit for the Fatherland, 2010
Iskander being awarded the Order of Merit for the Fatherland, 2010
BornИскандер, Фазиль Абдулович
Fazil Abdulovich Iskander
(1929-03-06)6 March 1929
Sukhumi, SSRA, TSFSR, USSR
Died31 July 2016(2016-07-31) (aged 87)
Peredelkino, Russia
OccupationNovelist, essayist, poet
NationalityRussian
Genrememoirs, satire, parable, essays, aphorism
Notable worksSandro of Chegem
Notable awards
RelativesAbdul Ibragimovich Iskander (father);
Leili Khasanovna Iskander (mother);
Feredun Abdulovich Iskander (brother);
Giuli Abdulovna Iskander (sister)
Signature
Reverse side of a 10 apsar commemorative coin minted on 6 May 2009 to celebrate Fazil Iskander's 80th birthday.

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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  1. ^ "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)