Fazil Iskander

Fazil Abdulovich Iskander (6 March 1929 – 31 July 2016) was a Soviet and Russian 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.

In this name that follows Eastern Slavic naming customs, the patronymic is Abdulovich and the family name is Iskander.
Fazil Iskander
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
  • USSR State Prize
    1989
  • Alfred Toepfer foundation's Pushkin Prize
    1992
  • State Prize of the Russian Federation
    1993, 2013
  • Triumph Prize (Russia)
    1999
  • Order "For Merit to the Fatherland"
    1999, 2004, 2010
  • Order of Honour and Glory, 1st class (Abkhazia)
    2002
  • Yasnaya Polyana Literary Award
    2011
  • Ivan Bunin literary award
    2013
RelativesAbdul Ibragimovich Iskander (father);
Leili Khasanovna Iskander (mother);
Feredun Abdulovich Iskander (brother);
Giuli Abdulovna Iskander (sister)
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