Fazil Iskander

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
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
RelativesAbdul Ibragimovich Iskander (father);
Leili Khasanovna Iskander (mother);
Feredun Abdulovich Iskander (brother);
Giuli Abdulovna Iskander (sister)
Signature
Reverse side of a 10 apsar commemorative coin minted on 6 May 2009 to celebrate Fazil Iskander's 80th birthday.

Fazil Abdulovich Iskander[a] (6 March 1929 – 31 July 2016) was a Soviet and Russian[1] 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.

Biography

Early life

Fazil Abdulovich Iskander was born in 1929 in the cosmopolitan port city of Sukhumi, Georgia (then part of the USSR) to an Iranian father (Abdul Ibragimovich Iskander) and an Abkhazian mother (Leili Khasanovna Iskander).[2][3] His father was deported to Iran in 1938 and sent to a penal camp where he died in 1957.[4] His father was the victim of Joseph Stalin's deportation policies of the national minorities of the Caucasus.[2] As a result, Fazil and his brother Feredun and his sister Giuli were raised by his mother's Abkhazian family.[2][4] Fazil was only nine years old at that time.[5][6]

Career

The most famous intellectual of Abkhazia,[citation needed] he first became well known in the mid-1960s along with other representatives of the "young prose" movement like Yury Kazakov and Vasily Aksyonov, especially for what is perhaps his best story,[7] Sozvezdie kozlotura (1966), variously translated as "The Goatibex Constellation," "The Constellation of the Goat-Buffalo," and "Constellation of Capritaurus." It is written from the point of view of a young newspaperman who returns to his native Abkhazia, joins the staff of a local newspaper, and is caught up in the publicity campaign for a newly produced farm animal, a cross between a goat and a West Caucasian tur (Capra caucasica); a "remarkable satire of Lysenko's genetics and Khrushchev's agricultural campaigns, it was harshly criticized for showing the Soviet Union in a bad light."[8][9]

He is probably best known in the English speaking world for Sandro of Chegem, a picaresque novel that recounts life in a fictional Abkhaz village from the early years of the 20th century until the 1970s, which evoked praise for the author as "an Abkhazian Mark Twain."[10] Mr. Iskander's humor, like Mark Twain's, has a tendency to sneak up on you instead of hitting you over the head.[10] This rambling, amusing and ironic work has been considered as an example of magic realism, although Iskander himself said he "did not care for Latin American magic realism in general".[11] Five films were made based upon parts of the novel.[12]

Iskander distanced himself from the Abkhaz secessionist strivings in the late 1980s and criticised both Georgian and Abkhaz communities of Abkhazia for their ethnic prejudices. [citation needed] He warned that Abkhazia could become a new Nagorno-Karabakh. [citation needed] Later Iskander resided in Moscow and was a writer for the newspaper Kultura.[13]

On 3 September 2011, a statue of Iskander's literary character Chik was unveiled on Sukhumi's Muhajir Quay.[14]

Family

Iskander had been married to a Russian poet Antonina Mikhailovna Khlebnikova since 1960. In 2011 the couple published a book of poems entitled Snow and Grapes to celebrate their golden wedding anniversary.[1] They had one son and one daughter.

Death

Iskander died in his home on 31 July 2016 in Peredelkino, aged 87.[15][16][17][18]

Quotes

"Perhaps the most touching and profound characteristic of childhood is an unquestioning belief in the rule of common sense. The child believes that the world is rational and hence regards everything irrational as some sort of obstacle to be pushed aside. . . . The best people, I think, are those who over the years have managed to retain this childhood faith in the world's rationality. For it is this faith which provides man with passion and zeal in his struggle against the twin follies of cruelty and stupidity." (The Goatibex Constellation)

„all serious Russian and European literature is an endless commentary on the gospel.“

(„Reflections of a Writer“ by Fazil Iskander) [19]

Awards and prizes

In 2009, Bank of Abkhazia issued a commemorative silver coin from the series "Outstanding Personalities of Abkhazia", dedicated to Fazil Iskander denomination of 10 apsaras. [citation needed]

Already after the writer's death, the Fazil Iskander International Literary Prize was established in Russia in three nominations: prose, poetry and screenplay based on the works of Iskander. The Fazil Iskander International Literary Award is now in its sixth year.[30] was established on August 3, 2016 by the Russian branch of the International Russian PEN Center.

Works

Works in English translation

  • Forbidden Fruit and Other Stories, Central Books LTD, 1972.
  • The Goatibex Constellation, Ardis, 1975.
  • Lindsey, Byron; Iskander, Fazil; Burlingame, Helen (1976). "The Goatibex Constellation". Books Abroad. 50 (4): 905. doi:10.2307/40131179. JSTOR 40131179.
  • Contemporary Russian Prose (English and Russian Edition), 1980 ISBN 978-0-882-33596-4
  • Sandro of Chegem, Vintage Books, 1983. ISBN 978-0-394-71516-2
  • The Gospel According to Chegem, Vintage Books, 1984.ISBN 978-0-394-72377-8
  • Chik and His Friends, Ardis 1985.
  • Bolshoi den bolshogo doma: Rasskazy, 1986
  • Iskander, Fazil (May 1988). "Fooling with words". Index on Censorship. 17 (5): 19–20. doi:10.1080/03064228808534413. S2CID 146216870.
  • Rabbits and Boa Constrictors, Ardis, 1989. (Co-authored with Ronald E. Peterson) ISBN 978-0-882-33557-5
  • The Old House Under the Cypress Tree, Faber and Faber, 1996.
  • The Thirteenth Labour of Hercules, Raduga, 1997.
  • Rasskazy, povestʹ, skazka, dialog, ėsse, stikhi (Zerkalo) (Russian Edition), 1999 ISBN 978-5-891-78090-3
  • Parom (Russian Edition), 2004 ISBN 978-5-941-17138-5
  • Kozy i Shekspir: [Goats and Shakespear: ], Russian Edition, 2008
  • Put' iz Variag v Greki (The Road from the Varangians to the Greeks), Russian Edition 2008 ISBN 978-5-969-10305-4
  • Zoloto Vil'gel'ma: Povesti, Rasskazy (Gold of Vilgel'm: Stories, tales), 2010.
  • L'energia della vergogna (Italian Edition), 2014.
  • The Mystery of Conscience, 2016. ISBN 978-1-329-31637-9
  • Departures, 2016 ISSN 1066-999X
  • Sandró de Cheguem (Narrativa) (Spanish Edition), 2017 ISBN 978-8-415-50938-7
  • Druzia-priiateli/Detstvo Chika, Russian Edition 2018 ISBN 978-5-928-72977-6
  • Zvezdnyy kamen (Russian Edition), 2019 ISBN 978-5-969-11841-6
  • The Commonwealth Reconstructed ISBN 978-5-871-07810-5
  • Iskander, Fazil (1990). Les lapins et les boas (Littérature étrangère rivages). Rivages. ISBN 978-2-869-30408-6.
  • Iskander, Fazil (1988). Kroliki i udavy. Книжная палата. p. 288. ISBN 978-5-700-00016-1.

Online

Further reading

See also

Notes

  1. ^ Russian: Фази́ль Абду́лович Исканде́р; Abkhaz: Фазиль Абдул-иԥа Искандер, romanized: Fazil Abdul-ipa Isk’ander

References

  1. ^ a b "There's no doubt I'm a Russian writer who praised Abkhazia a lot. Unfortunately, I haven't written anything in the Abkhaz language. The choice of Russian culture was principal to me." It is stifling to live without conscience interview in Rossiyskaya Gazeta, March 4, 2011 (in Russian)
  2. ^ a b c Christine Rydel. Russian Prose Writers After World War II, Volume 302. p 122. Thomson Gale, 2005 ISBN 0787668397
  3. ^ Coalson, Robert (August 2016). "A Remembrance Of Fazil Iskander: 'We Have All Lost A Close Relative'". Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty. RFERL. Retrieved 2023-07-20.
  4. ^ a b Haber, Erika (2003). The Myth of the Non-Russian: Iskander and Aitmatov's Magical Universe. Lexington Books. ISBN 9780739105313. Retrieved 24 October 2014.
  5. ^ "Soviet Literature and Art: Almanac". 1990. Retrieved 11 May 2015.
  6. ^ "On rabbits and boa constrictors: Fazil Iskander: the 'bard of Abkhazia' who produced tragicomic chronicles of Soviet bureaucracy". NI Syndication Limited.
  7. ^ Edward J. Brown, Russian Literature Since the Revolution (Harvard University Press, 1982: ISBN 0-674-78204-6), p. 331.
  8. ^ Karen L. Ryan-Hayes, Contemporary Russian Satire: A Genre Study (Cambridge University Press, 2006: ISBN 0-521-02626-1), p. 15.
  9. ^ "Iranian-Russian author Iskander dies at 88". Iran Daily.
  10. ^ a b Jacoby, Susan. "An Abkhazian Mark Twain". The New York Times. 15 May 1983. Retrieved 24 June 2009.
  11. ^ Haber, Erika (2003). The Myth of the Non-Russian. Lexington Books. ISBN 0-7391-0531-0.
  12. ^ "Fazil Iskander: A Colorful, Lyrical and Deeply Funny Writer". The Moscow Times. August 2016. Retrieved 2023-07-20.
  13. ^ "Fazil' Iskander, "Forbidden Fruit"". Swarthmore College. 8 July 2014. Retrieved 2023-07-20.
  14. ^ "В Абхазии появился первый памятник литературному герою". Regnum. 4 September 2011. Retrieved 23 September 2011.
  15. ^ "Abkhaz writer Fazil Iskander dies, aged 87". euronews. July 31, 2016. Retrieved 2016-07-31.
  16. ^ "Soviet humanist writer Fazil Iskander dead at 87 - The Express Tribune". The Express Tribune. July 31, 2016. Retrieved 2016-07-31.
  17. ^ Polska, Grupa Wirtualna (July 31, 2016). "Pisarz Fazil Iskander nie żyje". wiadomosci.wp.pl (in Polish). Retrieved 2016-07-31.
  18. ^ "Fazil Iskander passes away". vestnikkavkaza.net. July 31, 2016. Archived from the original on 2016-08-01. Retrieved 2016-07-31.
  19. ^ "Literature and the acceptance of faith for Fazil Iskander and other writers".
  20. ^ The Myth of the Non-Russian: Iskander and Aitmatov's Magical Universe, Erika Haber, Lexington Books, UK, 2003. (Page 65: "Iskander was awarded the USSR State Prize in November 1989")
  21. ^ Remaking Russia: Voices from Within, Edited by Heyward Isham, Intro by Richard Pipes, M.E. Sharp 1995. (Intro, page xviii, "USSR State Prize 1989")
  22. ^ "Puschkin-Preis 2005 für Boris Paramonow" (in German). Alfred Toepfer Stiftung F.V.S. 2005-05-26. Retrieved 2009-10-03.
  23. ^ Yeltsin, Boris (2003-12-07). Указ Президента РФ от 7.12.1993 № 2120 (in Russian). Moscow: Официальный сайт Президента Российской Федерации. Retrieved 2009-10-03.
  24. ^ "Winners of the 2013 Russian Federation National Awards announced". Retrieved 29 October 2015.
  25. ^ "abkhaz.org".
  26. ^ Фазиль Искандер награжден высшим орденом Абхазии (in Russian). Kafkas Vakfi. 2002-06-20. Archived from the original on 2012-02-17. Retrieved 2009-10-03.
  27. ^ "Fazil Iskander". Retrieved 29 October 2015.
  28. ^ "Дмитрий Медведев наградил писателя Фазиля Искандера орденом "За заслуги перед Отечеством" IV степени". 17 February 2010.
  29. ^ "Фазиля Искандера наградили премией "Ясная Поляна"".
  30. ^ "Fazil Iskander International Literary Prize".

Read other articles:

David Micevski

David Micevski Informasi pribadiNama lengkap David MicevskiTanggal lahir 25 Februari 1986 (umur 38)Tempat lahir Perth, AustraliaTinggi 1,82 m (5 ft 11+1⁄2 in)Posisi bermain Central MidfielderInformasi klubKlub saat ini Solo FCNomor 10Karier junior Perth SCStirling LionsStirling SunsKarier senior*Tahun Tim Tampil (Gol) 2003–20052005–20082011– Perth SC Perth GlorySolo FC 25 (0) 2 (1) Tim nasional‡2006–2007 Australia U-23 06 (0) * Penampilan dan gol di klub s...

 

Капитан Марвел (фильм)

У этого термина существуют и другие значения, см. Капитан Марвел. Для термина «Марвел» см. также другие значения. Капитан Марвелангл. Captain Marvel Официальный постер для кинотеатрального проката в России Жанры супергероикабоевикнаучная фантастикаприключения Режиссёры А�...

 

طريق E 77 (الإمارات العربية المتحدة)

Road in the United Arab Emiratesقالب:SHORTDESC:Road in the United Arab Emiratesيفتقر محتوى هذه المقالة إلى الاستشهاد بمصادر. فضلاً، ساهم في تطوير هذه المقالة من خلال إضافة مصادر موثوق بها. أي معلومات غير موثقة يمكن التشكيك بها وإزالتها. (January 2021) طريق E 77 (الإمارات العربية المتحدة) البلد الإمارات العربية الم�...

Council area

Questa voce o sezione sull'argomento Regno Unito non cita le fonti necessarie o quelle presenti sono insufficienti. Puoi migliorare questa voce aggiungendo citazioni da fonti attendibili secondo le linee guida sull'uso delle fonti. Council areas della Scozia Le Council area (lett. area consiliare) della Scozia sono la suddivisione territoriale municipale del Paese, istituite nel 1994 con il Local Government etc. (Scotland) Act 1994. Si pongono al di sotto dell'amministrazione region...

 

Flag officer

Basic command officer: i.e., a 'one star' general (Army/Air Corps) or 'commodore' (Navy) Comparative military ranks Armies,air forces (non-Commonwealth) Navies, coast guard Air forces(Commonwealth system)Flag commissioned officers Field marshal Admiral of the fleet Marshal of the air force General orcolonel general orarmy general Admiral Air chief marshal Lieutenant general orarmy corps general Vice admiral Air marshal Major general ordivisional general Rear admiral or Counter admiral Air vic...

 

Mayres (Puy-de-Dôme)

Cet article est une ébauche concernant une commune du Puy-de-Dôme. Vous pouvez partager vos connaissances en l’améliorant (comment ?). Le bandeau {{ébauche}} peut être enlevé et l’article évalué comme étant au stade « Bon début » quand il comporte assez de renseignements encyclopédiques concernant la commune. Si vous avez un doute, l’atelier de lecture du projet Communes de France est à votre disposition pour vous aider. Consultez également la page d’aid...

Masaya Okugawa

Questa voce sull'argomento calciatori giapponesi è solo un abbozzo. Contribuisci a migliorarla secondo le convenzioni di Wikipedia. Segui i suggerimenti del progetto di riferimento. Masaya Okugawa Nazionalità  Giappone Altezza 176 cm Peso 67 kg Calcio Ruolo Centrocampista Squadra  Amburgo Carriera Giovanili 2012-2015 Kyoto Sanga Squadre di club1 2015 Kyoto Sanga5 (1)2015-2017 Liefering64 (8)2017-2018→  Mattersburg27 (5)2018→  Holstein Kiel19 (5)2...

 

趙家驤

追晉陸軍二級上將趙家驤將軍个人资料出生1910年 大清河南省衛輝府汲縣逝世1958年8月23日(1958歲—08—23)（47—48歲） † 中華民國福建省金門縣国籍 中華民國政党 中國國民黨获奖 青天白日勳章（追贈）军事背景效忠 中華民國服役 國民革命軍 中華民國陸軍服役时间1924年－1958年军衔 二級上將 （追晉）部队四十七師指挥東北剿匪總司令部參謀長陸軍�...

 

PTT Rayong F.C.

PTT Rayong ปตท.ระยองNama lengkapPTT Rayong Football Clubสโมสรฟุตบอล ปตท.ระยองJulukanThe Firepower (พลังเพลิง) The Oil Millionaires (เศรษฐีน้ำมัน)Berdiri1998Dibubarkan2019StadionStadion PTTRayong, Thailand(Kapasitas: 12.000)PemilikPTT GroupSitus webSitus web resmi klub Kostum kandang Kostum tandang Kostum ketiga Petroleum Authority of Thailand Rayong Football Club, juga disebut hanya sebagai PT...

Margate F.C.

Association football club in England Football clubMargateFull nameMargate Football ClubNickname(s)The GateFounded1896; 128 years ago (1896)GroundHartsdown ParkCapacity2,100 (400 seated)[1]ChairmanRicky OwenLeagueIsthmian League Premier Division2023–24Isthmian League Premier Division, 19th of 22 (relegated)WebsiteClub website Home colours Away colours Margate Football Club, originally called Margate Town, is an English football club based in the seaside resort of Ma...

 

General Order 40

1928 American reorganization of radio broadcasting frequencies The Federal Radio Commission's (FRC) General Order 40, dated August 30, 1928, described the standards for a sweeping reorganization of radio broadcasting in the United States. This order grouped the AM radio band transmitting frequencies into three main categories, which became known as Clear Channel, Regional, and Local. It also included provisions for coordination with Canadian station assignments. The majority of the reassignme...

 

Anjing liar afrika

Anjing liar afrika Periode Pleistosen Tengah – sekarang (200,000–Saat ini)[1] Lycaon pictus Rekaman Status konservasiGentingIUCN12436 TaksonomiKerajaanAnimaliaFilumChordataKelasMammaliaOrdoCarnivoraFamiliCanidaeGenusLycaonSpesiesLycaon pictus (Temminck, 1820) Tata namaProtonimHyaena picta Distribusi lbs Anjing liar afrika (Lycaon pictus) adalah anjing liar yang penyebarannya hanya terdapat di negara-negara di benua Afrika.[2] Berbeda dengan jenis anjing pada umumnya, anjin...

沙丘 (2021年電影)

沙丘Dune電影海報基本资料导演丹尼·維勒納夫监制 凱爾·波伊特 瑪麗·帕倫（英语：Mary Parent） 丹尼·維勒納夫 编剧 艾瑞克·羅斯 丹尼·維勒納夫 喬·斯派茨 原著《沙丘》法蘭克·赫伯特作品主演 提摩西·夏勒梅 蕾貝卡·弗格森 奧斯卡·伊薩克 喬許·布洛林 史戴倫·史柯斯嘉 巴帝斯塔 史蒂芬·亨德森（英语：Stephen Henderson (actor)） 赞达亚 戴維·達斯馬齊連（英语：David Dastmal...

 

Martin Ritt

American film and theatre director (1914–1990) Martin RittRitt in 1965Born(1914-03-02)March 2, 1914New York City, U.S.DiedDecember 8, 1990(1990-12-08) (aged 76)Santa Monica, California, U.S.OccupationsDirectorproduceractorYears active1950–1990SpouseAdele Ritt (1942–1990; his death)Children2[1] Martin Ritt (March 2, 1914 – December 8, 1990) was an American director, producer, and actor, active in film, theatre and television. He was known mainly as an auteur of so...

 

Tawaran Frankfurt

Artikel ini sebatang kara, artinya tidak ada artikel lain yang memiliki pranala balik ke halaman ini.Bantulah menambah pranala ke artikel ini dari artikel yang berhubungan atau coba peralatan pencari pranala.Tag ini diberikan pada Februari 2023. Prancis dan perbatasan alami-nya pada tahun 1801 Tawaran Frankfurt atau memorandum Frankfurt adalah tawaran dari Menteri Austria Klemens von Metternich untuk mengakhiri Perang Koalisi Keenam. Ia menawarkan usulan ini kepada Kaisar Prancis Napoleon I p...

Hermandad de la Borriquita (Los Palacios y Villafranca)

Hermandad y Cofradía de Nazarenos de la Entrada Triunfal de Jesús en Jerusalén, San Juan de la Palma, Nuestro Padre Jesús de la Esperanza en la Oración en el Huerto y Nuestra Señora de los Ángeles LocalizaciónPaís  EspañaLocalidad Los Palacios y VillafrancaSede canónica Capilla de Nuestra Señora de los ÁngelesDatos generalesFundación 1974Lema ¡A Jerusalén Contigo!Titulares Ntro. Padre Jesús en su Entrada Triunfal, San Juan de la Palma, Ntro. Padre Jesús de la Esper...

 

2023 NCAA Division I Men's Swimming and Diving Championships

American college aquatic sports competition 2023 NCAA Division I Men's Swimming and Diving ChampionshipsHost city Minneapolis, MinnesotaDate(s)March 22–25, 2023Venue(s)Jean K. Freeman Aquatic CenterUniversity of Minnesota← 2022 2024 → The 2023 NCAA Division I Men's Swimming and Diving Championships were contested March 22–25, 2023 at the 99th annual NCAA-sanctioned swim meet to determine the team and individual national champions of Division I men's collegiate swimming and div...

 

Flag of Italy

National flag Italian Republicil TricoloreUseNational flag Proportion2:3AdoptedJune 18, 1946; 77 years ago (June 18, 1946) (founding of the Italian Republic)DesignA vertical tricolour of green, white and red UseCivil ensign Proportion2:3Adopted9 November 1948; 75 years ago (1948-11-09)DesignAn Italian tricolour defaced with a variant of the arms of the Italian Navy and without a mural crown UseState ensign Proportion2:3Adopted24 October 2003; 20 yea...

Keuskupan Agung Piura

Keuskupan Agung PiuraArchidioecesis PiurensisKatedral Santo Mikael Malaikat AgungLokasiNegaraPeruStatistikLuas33.510 km2 (12.940 sq mi)Populasi- Total- Katolik(per 2004)1.302.5511,250,448 (96.0%)InformasiRitusRitus LatinPendirian29 Februari 1940 (84 tahun lalu)KatedralCatedral de San Miguel ArcángelKepemimpinan kiniPausFransiskusUskupJosé Antonio Eguren Anselmi, S.C.V.Peta Keuskupan Agung Piura (bahasa Latin: Piuren(sis)) adalah sebuah keuskupan agung ...

 

Athletics at the 2000 Summer Olympics – Women's 400 metres

Athletics at the2000 Summer OlympicsTrack events100 mmenwomen200 mmenwomen400 mmenwomen800 mmenwomen1500 mmenwomen5000 mmenwomen10,000 mmenwomen100 m hurdleswomen110 m hurdlesmen400 m hurdlesmenwomen3000 msteeplechasemen4 × 100 m relaymenwomen4 × 400 m relaymenwomenRoad eventsMarathonmenwomen20 km walkmenwomen50 km walkmenField eventsLong jumpmenwomenTriple jumpmenwomenHigh jumpmenwomenPole vaultmenwomenShot putmenwomenDiscus throwmenwomenJavelin throwmenwomenHammer throwmenwomenCombined e...