Gennady Martovich Prashkevich was born on March 16, 1941 in the village of Pirovskoye, Yenisei district. Prose writer, poet, translator, essayist. Graduated from Tomsk University with a diploma of a geologist. Participated in various geological and paleontological expeditions (Ural, Kuzbass, Mountain Shoria, Yakutia, the Far East, Kamchatka), worked in the laboratory of volcanology of the Sakhalin Complex Research Institute, In the 1990s he headed the literary journal Prose of Siberia. As a science
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Gennady Martovich Prashkevich was born on March 16, 1941 in the village of Pirovskoye, Yenisei district. Prose writer, poet, translator, essayist. Graduated from Tomsk University with a diploma of a geologist. Participated in various geological and paleontological expeditions (Ural, Kuzbass, Mountain Shoria, Yakutia, the Far East, Kamchatka), worked in the laboratory of volcanology of the Sakhalin Complex Research Institute, In the 1990s he headed the literary journal Prose of Siberia. As a science fiction writer Gennady Prashkevich made his debut in 1957 with the story “Island of the Mists”. Today he is one of the most prolific and versatile authors of the NF, successfully working in various genres and directions: detective fiction, social science, lyrical-philosophical and satirical fiction. G. Prashkevich’s pen belongs to the books “Such a long return” (1968), “People of the Ring of Fire” (1977), “The Stolen Miracle” (1978), “Five bonfires rumbus” (1989), “A False Feat” (1990), “A Cat on a Tree” (1991), “The Great Crabben” (2002). The series “Notes of an Industrial Spy” (1992), “Spy vs. Alchemists” (1994) became very popular. With no less success he works in other areas: G. Prashkevich - the author of poetic books ("Dedications", 1992; "Controversy with the devil", 1996), detective and historical works, essays about poets and scientists, memoirs; translated and published a book by the Korean poet Kim Tsun Son and anthology of Bulgarian lyrics "Poetry of the meridian of roses" (1982).
Member of the International PEN Club. Award winner "Aelita"