| Leonid Yuzefovich | |
|---|---|
 Yuzefovich in 2010. | |
| Born | Leonid Abramovich Yuzefovich (1947-12-18) December 18, 1947 (age 77) Moscow, Russia |
| Nationality | Russian |
| Period | 1970s–present |
| Genre | Crime fiction |
Leonid Abramovich Yuzefovich (Russian: Леонид Абрамович Юзефович, born December 18, 1947, in Moscow) is a Russian writer known for the series of crime fiction stories taking place in pre-Revolution Russian Empire. He also writes non-fiction books about history, and currently adapts his stories for TV serials.
In 1975, he started working as a history teacher at a Moscow school and only retired in 2004 despite being in love with teaching. In 1981 he earned his Ph.D. (Candidate of Sciences) with his thesis on Russian diplomatic etiquette of the 15th-17th centuries.
His early fiction works were occasionally published in the USSR through the late 1970s and 1980s but he mostly owed his initial popularity to the well-distributed non-fiction book The Sovereign of the Desert about Roman Ungern von Sternberg, issued in 1993. It influenced Victor Pelevin's novel Chapayev and Void, issued in 1996.
He gained more popularity when in 2001 he switched to detective stories set in the late 19th century, re-inventing the fame of detective Ivan Putilin.
In 2003 the Russian Booker Prize short-listed Yuzefovich's detective story Kazaroza.
Yuzefovich became the main winner of the 2009 Big Book, the Russian national literary award, for his novel Cranes and Pygmies on November 26.
He won the National Bestseller Literary Prize in 2016 for his book The Winter Road.
Yuzefovich's books have been translated and issued in English, French, German, Italian, Mongolian, Polish, and Spanish languages.
Yuzefovich's daughter Galina is a literary critic, by peers she is considered the most influential in her field.
References
- Title mentioned in acquisitions of the Ohio State University Libraries Archived 2008-07-24 at the Wayback Machine in 2010.
- This year's winner of the Russian Booker Prize, founded by the British Booker, was announced on December 4 «PRAVDA.Ru» December 10, 2003
- View picture of the writer and the award
- "Журавли и карлики" Юзефовича стали главной "Большой книгой - 2009" // English: Cranes & Dwarfs Win Russian National Literary Award, report by RIAN (Novosti National News Agency of November 26, 2009)
- Taplin, Phoebe; RBTH, special to (September 15, 2014). "'These are books I'd like to share with the American audience'". Russia Beyond. Retrieved March 28, 2023.
- "Leonid Yuzefovich". Archived from the original on March 27, 2009. Retrieved March 28, 2023.
- "Литературный критик Галина Юзефович станет хэдлайнером XXIV Книжного салона" (in Russian). Buryatia National Library. August 15, 2019. Retrieved November 13, 2022.