Victor Pelevin | |
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| Native name | Виктор Олегович Пелевин |
| Born | Victor Olegovich Pelevin 22 November 1962 Moscow, Soviet Union |
| Occupation | Writer |
| Language | Russian, English |
| Citizenship | Russian |
| Alma mater | Moscow Power Engineering Institute |
| Period | Contemporary |
| Genres | |
| Subject | Unfreedom[1] |
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| Years active | since 1989 |
| Notable works | Chapayev and Void (1996), Generation P (1999) |
| Notable awards | Multiple |
Victor Olegovich Pelevin (Russian: Виктор Олегович Пелевин, IPA: [ˈvʲiktər ɐˈlʲeɡəvʲɪtɕ pʲɪˈlʲevʲɪn]; born 22 November 1962) is a Russian fiction writer. His novels include Omon Ra (1992), The Life of Insects (1993), Chapayev and Void (1996), and Generation P (1999). He is a laureate of multiple literary awards including the Russian Little Booker Prize (1993) and the Russian National Bestseller (2004), the former for the short story collection The Blue Lantern (1991). In 2011 he was nominated for the Nobel prize in Literature. His books are multi-layered postmodernist (disputed)[2] texts fusing elements of pop culture and esoteric philosophies while carrying conventions of the science fiction genre. Some critics relate his prose to the New sincerity literary movement.[3]