Gennady Prashkevich

Gennadiy Prashkevich (leftmost) and Bel Kaufman (second from right). Gennadiy Martovich Prashkevich (; born May 16, 1941, in Pirovskoye, Krasnoyarsk Krai) is a Russian science fiction writer, critic, editor, translator and International PEN member. He won the Aelita Prize (1994) and Garin-Mikhaylovsky Prize (1999). He is also a poet, translator and essayist.

Prashkevich graduated from Tomsk University and participated in various geological and paleontological expeditions to Ural, Kuzbass, Yakutia, Far East and Kamchatka. As a science fiction writer Prashkevich debuted with the story Ostrov Tumanov (The Island of Mists) in 1957, having close ties with Ivan Yefremov by that time.

Works Razorvanoye chudo (The Torn Miracle, 1978) Pyat kostrov rombom (Five Bonfires In A Rhomb, 1989) Shpion protiv alkhimikov (A Spy Versus Alchemists, 1994) Shkatulka rytsarya (The Knight's Casket, 1996) Verse books Posvyashcheniya (The Dedications, 1992) Spor s dyavolom (A Dispute With Devil, 1996)