Anatoli Kim

Anatoly Andreyevich Kim ( born June 15, 1939 in Sergijewka, Kazakh SSR ) is a Russian-language writers of Korean descent: The ancestors of his family emigrated in the mid-19th century from Korea to Russia and were, like the entire Korean minority in Russia, 1937 deported to Central Asia.

Anatoly Kim was born on 15 June 1939 in Sergijewka ( South Kazakhstan Oblast ), the son of a teacher. Kim first studied at the Art School Pamiati 1905 goda, Moscow. In 1971 he completed his studies at the remote Maxim Gorky Literature Institute. He worked as a crane operator, in a furniture factory, as a projectionist, Designers, headed prose seminars at the Institute of Literature and taught for a time in the South Korean capital Seoul. Since 1996 he is in the editorial board of the journal Yasnaya Polyana. His literary activity Kim began as a poet. His first stories appeared in 1973.

In the other republics of the former Soviet Union Anatoly Kim was relatively well known, his works have been translated into several languages.

Works (selection)

First publication in Russian

• Nightingale Echo ( Соловьиное эхо, short stories, 1980)
• The Nephritgürtel ( Нефритовый пояс, novel, 1981)
• Squirrel ( Белка, novel, 1984)
• The forest father ( Отец - лес, novel, 1989)

German editions

• Moscow Gothic tales Berlin: Upper Tree, 1992
• White grief: narratives Leipzig: Reclam, 1989
• Nightingale Echo q.s. Frankfurt: Suhrkamp, ​​1988
• Squirrels: novel Berlin: Verlag Volk und Welt, 1987
• The Nephritgürtel: 3 small novels Berlin: Verlag Volk und Welt, 1986
• The Lotus: A Novel Frankfurt am Main: Suhrkamp, ​​1986
• Cage with TV: Tales Berlin: Verlag Volk und Welt, 1985

Links / sources

• Biography and Description of the work on the Russian side Schurnalny sal (Russian)
• Biography and Description of the work on the Russian side electrical Well biblioteka (Russian)
• Yes pischu o bessmertii - Interview with Anatoly Kim (Russian)
• Poetitscheski cosmos Anatolija Kima - Work description by E. Balburov (Russian)