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Victor Erofeyev

Born

in Moscow, Russian Federation

September 19, 1947

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Contemporary, Fiction

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Виктор Ерофеев (Russian)
Victor Erofeev (French, Italian, Romanian)
Viktor Erofeev (Italian)
Viktor Jerofejev (Dutch, Hungarian)
Viktor Jerofejew (German)
Viktor Yeroféiev (Spanish)
Viktors Jerofejevs (Latvian)
Wiktor Jerofiejew (Polish)
Βίκτωρ Γεροφέγεφ (Greek)
Віктор Єрофєєв (Ukranian)
Виктор Јерофејев (Serbian)

Viktor Yerofeyev (also transliterated as Erofeyev) was born in Moscow in 1947. The son of a high-ranking diplomat he spent some years of his childhood in Paris. This meant he had access early on to literature banned in the Soviet Union. He was greatly influenced by the works of Vladimir Nabokov and the Marquis de Sade. In the late 1960’s he studied Literature in Moscow. He then worked for the Institute of World Literature. In 1975, he comple Виктор Ерофеев (Russian)
Victor Erofeev (French, Italian, Romanian)
Viktor Erofeev (Italian)
Viktor Jerofejev (Dutch, Hungarian)
Viktor Jerofejew (German)
Viktor Yeroféiev (Spanish)
Viktors Jerofejevs (Latvian)
Wiktor Jerofiejew (Polish)
Βίκτωρ Γεροφέγεφ (Greek)
Віктор Єрофєєв (Ukranian)
Виктор Јерофејев (Serbian)

Viktor Yerofeyev (also transliterated as Erofeyev) was born in Moscow in 1947. The son of a high-ranking diplomat he spent some years of his childhood in Paris. This meant he had access early on to literature banned in the Soviet Union. He was greatly influenced by the works of Vladimir Nabokov and the Marquis de Sade. In the late 1960’s he studied Literature in Moscow. He then worked for the Institute of World Literature. In 1975, he completed his doctorate with a thesis on »Dostoevsky and French Existentialism«. As a literary critic he wrote some essays interpreting the Marquis de Sade’s writing and an article on the philosophy of Leo Shestov. The literary almanac »Metropol« (Eng. »Metropol«, 1982) first created a major scandal in 1979. It was a compilation of politically explosive texts, selected by Victor Erofeyev, Vassili Axionow, Andrei Bitov, Jevgeni Popov and Fasil Iskander, in which both officially established writers and renegade writers were included. The attempt to publish the almanac in the Soviet Union failed because it was judged to be »pornography of the mind«. The work was published in the West. During this period his father, Vladimir Erofeyev, Stalin's former interpreter, was forced to resign and end his diplomatic career. From this time Victor Erofeyev was considered a dissident, and his writings were banned. With the first signs of Glasnost and Perestroika, Victor Erofeyev was able to publish again. In 1990 his first novel appeared, »Russkaia Krasavitsa« (Eng. »Russian Beauty«, 1992). Through the story of the beautiful Irena, a high-class prostitute in Moscow, the reader is transported into the world of the dark, grotesque aesthetics of sex, violence and death. In two essays, »Pominki po sovyetskoi literatur« (1990; t: An epitaph of Soviet literature) and »Russkie tsvety zla« (1993; Eng. »Russia’s Fleurs du mal«, 1995) Victor Erofeyev announced the death of the literature of Socialist Realism. At the same time he set out a radical artistic manifesto for a new literature of evil. He was also the editor of the first Russian edition of Nabokov's work, together with other anthologies of Russian literature. His story »Zhizn s idiotom« (1991; Eng. »Life With an Idiot«, 1992) was adapted for the operatic stage by Alfred Schnittke. Victor Erofeyev writes regularly for »The New Yorker« and the »New York Review of Books«. After his well-received autobiographical novel »Khoroshii Stalin« (2004; t: The good Stalin), he recently published a collection of stories »De Profundis« (2006). Victor Erofeyev lives in Moscow.

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	استالین خوب by Victor Erofeyev, زینب یونسی (Translator) 3.66 avg rating — 316 ratings — published 2004 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Russian Beauty by Victor Erofeyev, Andrew Reynolds (Translation) 3.12 avg rating — 198 ratings — published 1990 — 36 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Энциклопедия русской души: роман с энциклопедией by Victor Erofeyev, Виктор Ерофеев 3.52 avg rating — 157 ratings — published 1999	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Life With An Idiot by Victor Erofeyev, Andrew Reynolds 3.52 avg rating — 132 ratings — published 1980	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Miehet by Victor Erofeyev, Viktor Jerofejev, Jukka Mallinen (Translator) 3.32 avg rating — 59 ratings — published 1997 — 15 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Русские цветы зла by Victor Erofeyev, Виктор Ерофеев 3.80 avg rating — 45 ratings — published 1995 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	De profundis by Victor Erofeyev, Draginja Ramadanski (Translator), Viktor Jerofejev 3.11 avg rating — 37 ratings — published 2001 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Ciało by Victor Erofeyev, Wiktor Jerofiejew 2.95 avg rating — 39 ratings — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Die Akimuden 3.38 avg rating — 32 ratings — published 2009 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Rosyjska apokalipsa. Próba eschatologii artystycznej by Victor Erofeyev, Wiktor Jerofiejew 3.12 avg rating — 34 ratings — published 2007 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“официална Русия
Наивност в помислите; садизъм в постъпките.”
― Victor Erofeyev, Энциклопедия русской души: роман с энциклопедией

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“Народ, останал архаично образувание, след като е излетял в космоса и разполага с ядрено оръжие, е опасен и безпощаден.”
― Victor Erofeyev, Энциклопедия русской души: роман с энциклопедией

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“Имаше предложение да се намери обединяваща идея. Намерихме само разединяващи.”
― Victor Erofeyev, Энциклопедия русской души: роман с энциклопедией

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