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Sergei Kostyrko

(Artem, Russia, 1949)

A Philology graduate from the State Pedagogical Institute in Moscow, he is a literary critic, writer of prose and essayist. He is also a member of the editorial board of the literary magazine Novyi mir and editor of the digital version of the same publication.

He has written over 300 articles and criticisms for numerous magazines and websites where he analyses the situation of modern Russian literature. He is also the author of the book of prose Shljagery proshlogo leta (1996, Fashionable songs of last summer) and has published several fictional tales in some of the most outstanding Russian publications.

Pripadok i drugie istorii (2005, The epileptic seizer and other stories) and Spal'nyj rajon (2005, The bedroom community) are his most recent short stories.

http://magazines.russ.ru/novyi_mi/redkol/kostir/kritik.html

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