Victor Pelevin

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Full Name	Victor Pelevin
Occupation	Writer
Date Of Birth	Nov 22, 1962(1962-11-22)
Age	62
Birthplace	Moscow
Country	Russia
Horoscope	Scorpio

Victor Pelevin Biography

Victor Pelevin is one of the most popular and richest Writer who was born on November 22, 1962 in Moscow, Russia. Victor Olegovich Pelevin was born in Moscow on the 22nd of November, 1962. His parents were Zinaida Semenovna Efremovawho was an English teacher and Oleg Anatolyevich Pelevin. He was a teacher in the department of military at Bauman University. Pelevin lived on Tverskoy Boulevard in Moscow, then relocated to Chertanovo. In 1979, Pelevin was a graduate of the most prestigious high school that had special English program that was located in Stanislavskogo Street in the centre of Moscow and is which is now Kaptsov Gymnasium #1520.

In 1989, Pelevin took part in Mikhail’s creative writing class at the Maxim Gorky Literary Institute. While at the Institute Pelevin was introduced to the novelist of the time Albert Egazarov and the poet Victor Kulle, later a literary critic. Pelevin was exiled from the Institute in the year 1991. Egazarov and Kulle were able to establish an editorial house, first named The Day, then The Raven and Myth, for which Pelevin been the editor of three volumes from work by Carlos Castaneda.

In 1996, Pelevin participated in the International Writing Program residency at the University of Iowa. That same year, Znamya published Pelevin’s novel Chapayev and Void. Critics called it “the first Zen Buddhist novel in Russian”. The writer himself called it “the first novel which takes place in an absolute vacuum”. In 1997 the novel won Russia’s Strannik Award for science fiction, and in 2001 it was shortlisted for the International Dublin Literary Award.

In 1999, Pelevin’s novel Generation P was published. Over 3.5 million copies have been sold worldwide. The book received a number of awards including Germany’s Richard Schoenfeld prize.

From 1989 to 1990 , Pelevin was a reporter on staff for the publication Face to Face. In 1989, he was also able working for the magazine Nauka i Religiya (Science and Religion) which Pelevin edited a collection of articles on Eastern mysticism. In 1989, Nauka i Religiya published Pelevin’s first short story “Ignat the Sorcerer and the People”.

Victor Pelevin Net Worth

Victor Pelevin is one of the richest Writer from Russia. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Victor Pelevin 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

Victor Olegovich Pelevin (Russian: Viktor Olegovich Pelevin , IPA (IPA: [‘vjikt@r A’ljeg@v born on the 22nd of November in 1962) is a Russian fiction writer and the author of three novels: Omon Ra Chapayev as well as Void as well as Generation P. He has been the winner of several literary awards , including his award for the Russian Little Booker Prize (1993) as well as his Russian National Bestseller (2004). His novels are multi-layered postmodernist works that combine the elements from pop culture with philosophical esotericism while incorporating the conventions in the genre of science fiction. Some critics link his writing style in the context of that of the New Sincerity literary movement.

Then he went to in the Moscow Power Engineering Institute (MPEI) and graduated with a degree in electromechanical engineering in the year 1985. In April of 1985, the MPEI Department of Electrical Transport appointed him as an engineer. Pelevin was a member of his time in the Russian Air Force. From 1987 until 1989, Pelevin was a student at in the MPEI Graduate School.

In 1992 Pelevin published his first collection of stories The Blue Lantern. A year later it received the Russian Little Booker Prize. In 1994 it received InterPressCon and the Bronze Snail awards. In March 1992 Pelevin published his first novel Omon Ra in the literary journal Znamya. The novel attracted the attention of literary critics and was nominated for the Booker Prize. In April 1993, the same journal published Pelevin’s next novel The Life of Insects. In 1993 Pelevin published an essay “John Fowles and the tragedy of Russian liberalism” in Nezavisimaya Gazeta. The essay was the writer’s answer to some negative critics reaction to his work. In the same year Pelevin was admitted to the Russian Union of Journalists.

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Literary critics have noted Pelevin’s postmodernist and absurdist styles, which incorporate Buddhist motifs, esoteric traditions, and satirical science fiction. Pelevin’s books have been translated into many languages including Japanese and Chinese. According to a French magazine, Pelevin is among the 1,000 most significant people in the contemporary culture. A 2009 OpenSpace.ru survey voted Pelevin as the most influential intellectual in Russia.

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Victor Ranked on the list of most popular Writer. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in Russia. Victor Pelevin celebrates birthday on November 22 of every year.

Pelevin is known for not being a part of the literary crowd, rarely appearing in public or giving interviews and preferring to communicate on the internet. When he gives interviews he talks more about the nature of mind rather than his writings. This has given grounds to various rumors. For instance, it has been suggested that the writer does not exist and Pelevin is actually a code name for a group of authors or even a computer. The journalist Alexander Gordon is one of the people who has questioned the very existence of the writer Pelevin. In May 2011 it was reported that Pelevin would personally attend the award ceremony SuperNatsBest, which would have been the writer’s first appearance in public. However, he did not come.