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MIKHAIL SHISHKIN (Michail Schischkin, Mikhail Chichkine), born January 18, 1961 in Moscow, based in Switzerland since 1995, is one of the most prominent names in the modern Russian literature. Before becoming a writer he worked as school teacher and journalist.
His writing debut in 1993, Calligraphy Lesson, a short story translated into French and Finnish, has won him the Prize for the Best Debut of the Year. Since then his works – both fiction and non-fiction – have been translated into 8 languages and have received a large number of prestigious national and international awards, including National Bestseller Prize, National Big Book Prize and many others.
Mikhail Shishkin’s prose fuses the best of the Russian and European literary traditions. The richness and sophistication of the language, the unique rhythm and melody of a phrase, the endless play with words and the nuanced psychological undercurrent are reminiscent of Nabokov and Chekhov. The change of narration styles and narrators within a text yield a fragmented, mosaic structure of composition that focuses on the language itself, recalling James Joyce’s genius.
Complete List Of Prizes And Awards:
- Halperine-Kaminski Prize For The Best Translation 2007 (Laure Troubeckoy), France
- Shortlist For Giuseppe Berto Prize 2007, Italy
- Grinzane Cavour Prize 2007, Italy
- Peoples Literature Publishing, Peking: The Best Foreign Book Of The Year Of The 21st Century, China
- Shortlist For Bunin Literary Award 2006, Russia
- National Big Book Prize 2006, Russia
- Shortlist For Andrei Belyi Literary Award 2006, Russia
- National Bestseller Prize 2005, Russia
- Best Foreign Book Of The Year / Le Prix Du Meilleur Livre Etranger 2005 (Essay), France
- Main Literary Prize Of Zurich (Werkjahr) 2002, Switzerland
- Booker Prize For The Best Russian Novel Of The Year 2000, Russia
- Globus Prize 2000, Russia
- Literary Prize Of Canton Zurich 2000, Switzerland
- Prize For The Best Debut Of The Year 1994, Russia
Maiden's Hair
Venerin Volos
Novel
479 pp
Znamya, Moscow, Nr. 4/5/6-2005
Vagrius, Moscow, 2005, 2007
Rights sold to:
Denmark: Batzer & Co, 2009
Estonia: Varrak, 2009
Norway: Forlaget Oktober, 2009
Germany: DVA, 2008
France: Fayard, Paris, 2007
Italy: Voland Edizione, Rome, 2006
Serbia: Paideia, Beograd, 2006
Bulgaria: Fakel, Sofia, 2007
China: People’s Literature, Peking, 2006
The Seizure Of Ismail
Vzyatie Izmaila
Novel, 425 pp
Rights sold to:
Russia: Znamya, Moscow, Nr. 10/11/12-1999; Vagrius, Moscow, 2000, 2006, 2007
France: Fayard, Paris, 2003
Italy: Voland Edizione, Rom, 2007
Serbia: Paideia, Beograd, 2005
China: Peoples Literature, Peking, 2003
Calligraphy Lesson
(Urok Kalligrafii)
Short story collectiion
Rights sold to:
Russia: Znamya, Moscow, Nr.1/1993; Vagrius, Moscow, 2001;
France: Albin Michel, Paris, 1997, published in the anthology Les Fleurs du Mal russe; revised translation 2005, Fayard, Paris in the anthology La prose russe contemporaine
Finland: Carelia Magazine, 1994
Montreux-Missolunghi-Astapowo. Auf Den Spuren Von Byron Und Tolstoj: Eine Literarische Wanderung Vom Genfer See Ins Berner Oberland
(Tracing Byron And Tolstoj In The Alps)
Rights sold to:
Switzerland: Limmat Verlag, Zurich, 2002. (This Book Was Written In German)
France: Noir Sur Blanc, Paris, 2005
Main Literary Prize Of Zurich (Werkjahr), 2002
France Literary Prize For The Best Foreign Book Of The Year / Le Prix Du Meilleur Livre Etranger, 2005 (Essay)
Russian Switzerland / A Literary-Historical Guide
(Russkaya Sveitsaria)
Rights sold to:
Switzerland: Pano-Verlag, Zurich, 2000
Russia: Vagrius, Moscow, 2006
France: Fayard, Paris, 2007.
Literary Prize Of Canton Zurich, Werkbeitrag Des Kantons Zurich, 2000
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