Victor Pelevin

Victor Pelevin
Native name
Виктор Олегович Пелевин
BornVictor Olegovich Pelevin
(1962-11-22) 22 November 1962 (age 61)
Moscow, Soviet Union
OccupationWriter
LanguageRussian, English
CitizenshipRussian
Alma materMoscow Power Engineering Institute
PeriodContemporary
Genres
SubjectUnfreedom[1]
Literary movement
Years activesince 1989
Notable worksChapayev and Void (1996), Generation P (1999)
Notable awardsMultiple

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]

  1. ^ Khagi 2021, pp. 4–6.
  2. ^ a b Khagi 2021, p. 8.
  3. ^ a b "Пелевин, Виктор Олегович" [Victor Pelevin]. Большая российская энциклопедия/Great Russian Encyclopedia Online (in Russian). 2018. Archived from the original on 24 February 2021. Retrieved 8 March 2021.