Vladimir Orlov (author)

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In this name that follows Eastern Slavic naming customs, the patronymic is Viktorovich and the family name is Orlov.

Vladimir Viktorovich Orlov (Russian: Влади́мир Ви́кторович Орло́в; 31 August 1936 – 5 August 2014) was a Russian novelist, notable for his fantasy novel Danilov, the Violist.[1]

Orlov was born in Moscow, but during World War II was evacuated to Mari El. Between 1954 and 1959, he was a student at the Faculty of Journalism of the Moscow State University. Subsequently, he took a job as a reporter with the Komsomolskaya Pravda working at the construction of the Sayano-Shushenskaya Dam and Tayshet-Abakan railroad, and at the same time started to write short stories, mainly under influence of Vasily Aksyonov. He published his book of short stories "Doroga dlinoy v sem' santimetrov" (The Seven Centimetre road) in 1960 and the novel "Solyony Arbuz" (The salted watermelon) in 1965.[2]

In 1969, Orlov published his novel, Posle dozhdichka v chetverg(After the Rain on Thursday), and decided to become a full-time writer.[3] Between 1969 and 1975, all the books Orlov submitted for publication were rejected for ideological reasons.[4]

In 1975 he published the novel "Proishestviye v Nikolskom" (An incident in Nikolskoye),[2] a psychological drama about the rape of a girl by her classmates and the legal proceedings afterwards.

In 1980, Orlov published

Master and Margarita.[5]

In the 1990s and the 2000s, Orlov was teaching at the Maxim Gorky Literature Institute in Moscow.[4]

Orlov died on August 5, 2014.[6] He left behind a widow, Lidiya, with whom he had lived for nearly 60 years, and a son, Leonid Orlov, who as of 2014 was working as a television producer.[7]

References

  1. ^ a b Goodman, Walter (22 July 1987). "Books of the Times". The New York Times. Retrieved 5 August 2014.
  2. ^ a b c "Владимир Викторович Орлов".
  3. ^ a b c "В Москве скончался писатель Владимир Орлов, автор "Альтиста Данилова"" (in Russian). News.ru. Retrieved 5 August 2014.
  4. ^ a b Андреева, Ольга (22 April 2009). "Я только сочинитель". Russian Reporter (in Russian). Retrieved 5 August 2014.
  5. JSTOR 4241285
    . Retrieved 2 September 2022.
  6. ^ "Скончался автор "Альтиста Данилова" Владимир Орлов". TASS. Retrieved 2 September 2022.
  7. ^ Boykova, Marina. "Орлиное гнездо". Журнал Story (in Russian). Retrieved 10 October 2022.
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