Alexander Karasyov

Aleksandr Karasyov (Russian — Александр Владимирович Карасёв, transl. Aleksandr Vladimirovich Karasyov) is a Russian writer living in St. Petersburg, Russia.

Biography

Aleksandr Karasyov was born in Krasnodar, Russia, in 1971. He received degrees in history and law from the Kuban State University and worked as a mechanic, engineer, teacher, and legal advisor. He served in the army, taking part in the fights in Chechnya.

Since 2003 he has been published in literary journals. He was awarded the Bunin Prize (2008) and the Second O. Henry Prize "Dary Volhvov" (The Gift of the Magi) (New York, 2010). He is the author of the books "The Chechen Stories" (Chechenskye Rasskazy) and "Traitor" (Predatel').

Aleksandr Karasyov is known for Russian military prose. Some critics describe him a representative of the Russian "new realism" movement of the 21st century, continuing the tradition of the "lieutenant prose" of the 1960s and 1970s and military prose of the 1990s,

Books

Сhechen Stories (Russian — Чеченские рассказы, transl. Chechenskiye Rasskazy). — Moscow: Literary Russia, 2008. . Traitor (Russian — Предатель, transl. Predatel'''). — Ufa: Vagant, 2011. .

In his Chechen Stories and Traitor, which are regarded as examples of modern Russian military prose, Alexander Karasyov gives insights into life in the Russian army during the Second Chechen War. Presenting a modern war and modern warfare,

Publications in anthologies

Народ мой — большая семья: Литература наших дней. (My People — A Big Family. Literature of Our Days) (2007). Moscow: Literaturnaya Rossiya. Четыре шага от войны (Four Steps from War) (2010). Sankt Saint Petersburg: Limbus Press. Дары волхвов 2.0 (The Gift of the Magi) (2012). New York.