Weller, Michael

MICHAEL Weller - Born in 1948. He spent his childhood in Siberia. In 1972. graduated from the Philological Faculty of Leningrad University. He worked as a logger in the taiga, the hunter-fishers in Taimyr, Cattle in the Altai mountains, journalists, teachers - all changed about thirty professions.
The first book of short stories I want to be a janitor "was published in 1983. and immediately attracted the attention of critics and readers of the accuracy and flexibility of style and surprise stories. It was followed by "Razbivatel Hearts" (1988), "Technology of the story" (1989), "Rendezvous with a celebrity" (1990). Best-sellers were "Bildungsroman", "The Adventures of Major Zvyagina" (1991) and critics called "the funniest book of recent years" "Legends of Nevsky Prospect" (I993).
Literary scandal has caused a mini-novel "Knife Sergei Dovlatov". Last bestseller novel "The messenger of Pisa" (2000) stand for the year 11 publications.
Most published today from the Russian "non-commercial" writers - only in 2000. His book came out 38 times with a total circulation of about 400 thousand. ind.
. Published in such publications as the Literary Gazette, "The Banner", "October", "Friendship of Peoples", "Ogonyok etc.
. He has lectured on contemporary Russian prose in the universities of Milan, Jerusalem, Copenhagen.
. In his spare time, lives in Moscow, but continues to work in Tallinn.