Boris Khazanov
Khazanov in 2008
Born
Gennady Moiseevich Faibusovich

16 January 1928
Leningrad, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
Died11 January 2022(2022-01-11) (aged 93)
Munich, Germany
NationalityRussian
OccupationWriter

Boris Khazanov (Russian: Борис Хазанов; 16 January 1928 – 11 January 2022) was a Russian writer.[1]

Biography

Khazanov earned a degree in philology from Moscow State University. From 1949 to 1955, he was sentenced to penal labor for anti-Sovietism. After his release, he became a doctor and began writing books.[2] In 1982, he moved to Munich, and from 1983 to 1993, worked for Radio Free Europe. In 1998, the city of Heidelberg awarded him the Hilde-Domin-Preis für Literatur im Exil.[3] In addition to writing, he translated the works of philosopher Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz into Russian.

Boris Khazanov died in Munich on 11 January 2022 at the age of 93.[4]

Publications

  • Mythos Russland: Betrachtungen aus deutscher Zuflucht (1986)
  • Gegenzeit (1986)
  • Die Königsstunde (1990)
  • Unten ist Himmel (1993)
  • Der Zauberlehrer (1996)
  • Vögel über Moskau (1998)[5]

References

  1. ↑ Hazanov, Boris (1928-....) (in French) – via BnF Catalogue général.
  2. ↑ "Chasanow, Boris". inst.at (in German).
  3. ↑ "Hilde-Domin-Preis für Literatur im Exil". Heidelberg (in German).
  4. ↑ "The writer Boris Khazanov died in Munich. He was 93 years old". perild.com. 11 January 2022. Archived from the original on 11 January 2022. Retrieved 12 January 2022.
  5. ↑ "Ergebnis der Suche nach: "119192020" im Bestand: Gesamter Bestand". German National Library (in German).
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