Eugene Vodolazkin was born in Kiev in 1964.
A scholarly expert in the old Russian literature, since 1990 Vodolazkin has worked in the department of the Old Russian Literature at the Pushkin House.
Prof. Dmitry Likhachev’s pupil, Eugene Vodolazkin has numerous academic published titles and articles to his name and has been awarded fellowships for research and lectureship in Germany from Toepfer Foundation and Alexander von Humboldt Foundation.
Vodolazkin’s debut novel, Solovyov and Larionov, became an immediate success, shortlisted to Andrei Bely Prize (2009) and The Big Book Award (2010).
Laurus, Eugene Vodolazkin’s second novel, became an international bestseller, translated into 35 languages, and awarded with The Big Book Award and Yasnaya Polyana Prize in 2013.
Eugene Vodolazkin lives with his family in St Petersburg, Russia.
Selected books
Bibliography
2022 — Chagin, novel
2020 — A History of the Island, novel
2020 — Sister of Four, play
2019 — Brisbane, novel
2016 — The Aviator, novel
2012 — Laurus, novel
2009 — Soloviev & Larionov, novel
Literary awards
Longlisted for the International Dublin Award 2024
The Big Book Award 2023
Longlisted for the International Dublin Award 2023
Shortlisted for the Big Book Award 2019, 2021
The Alexander Slozhenitsyn Prize 2019
The Big Book Award 2016
Shortlisted for the New Literature Award 2016
The Gorky Prize, Sorrento 2016
The Big Book Award and Yasnaya Polyana Prize 2013
Shortlisted for the National Bestseller Prize 2013
The Booker Prize 2013
The Big Book Award 2010
Andrei Bely Prize 2009