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Igor Sakhnovsky was born in 1958 in Orsk where, in his opinion, the offal-filled Piroshki were the biggest attraction and the train station was the most romantic place. He left his family home at the age of 17 to try his luck as a movie actor in Moscow. After study of classical literature he worked as an editor for a publishing house and began to write lyric poetry. As a complete unknown he sent his novel to Novy Mir who published it immediately. In 2002 he received a Hawthornden Fellowship (UK) for his novel which has been translated into English. Igor Sakhnovsky lives in St Petersburg.
2003 First recipient of the "Russky Dekameron" Prize
2003 The Oktyabr Newspaper Prize
Shortlist Russian Booker Prize 2007
Foreign rights: Germany (Reclam Leipzig), France (Gallimard)
