Anton Aleksandrovich Utkine (Russian: Рнтон
Ð Ð»ÐµÐºÑ Ð°Ð½Ð´Ñ€Ð¾Ð²Ð¸Ñ‡ Уткин) is a Russian writer and
director of documentary film born on March 24, 1967 in Moscow.Anton
Utkin was born on March 24, 1967 in Moscow where he has always lived.
During his high school years, he also attended classes at the Gnessine
School of Music. After his military service, he studied at the Faculty
of History of Moscow State University, Department of Source Studies of
Russian History.He started to work on his first novel at the same time
as he was working on his final dissertation. His first novel Horovod
(Round dance), published in the Novy mir literary magazine in 1996,
was one of the six finalists of the Russian Booker Prize in 1997, one
of the most important literary awards in Russia. In 1998 Utkin
released his second novel, SamouÄ ki (The Autodidacts), also published
by Novy Mir. These two novels made his name known. They have been
translated into French, German and Chinese. According to Marc
Weinstein, a French specialist in Russian literature, the two novels
of Anton Outkine "overcome the psychological and social darkness of
the last two decades of the twentieth century and introduce us to an
expression of literary vitalisme".After obtaining a master's degree in
history in 1992, three years later Utkin entered the script department
of the Higher Courses of Scriptwriters and Directors under the State
Television Committee (studio of Natalia Ryazantseva) where he became
interested in documentary films. In 2005, he finished his first
documentary Step (The Steppe).
Ð Ð»ÐµÐºÑ Ð°Ð½Ð´Ñ€Ð¾Ð²Ð¸Ñ‡ Уткин) is a Russian writer and
director of documentary film born on March 24, 1967 in Moscow.Anton
Utkin was born on March 24, 1967 in Moscow where he has always lived.
During his high school years, he also attended classes at the Gnessine
School of Music. After his military service, he studied at the Faculty
of History of Moscow State University, Department of Source Studies of
Russian History.He started to work on his first novel at the same time
as he was working on his final dissertation. His first novel Horovod
(Round dance), published in the Novy mir literary magazine in 1996,
was one of the six finalists of the Russian Booker Prize in 1997, one
of the most important literary awards in Russia. In 1998 Utkin
released his second novel, SamouÄ ki (The Autodidacts), also published
by Novy Mir. These two novels made his name known. They have been
translated into French, German and Chinese. According to Marc
Weinstein, a French specialist in Russian literature, the two novels
of Anton Outkine "overcome the psychological and social darkness of
the last two decades of the twentieth century and introduce us to an
expression of literary vitalisme".After obtaining a master's degree in
history in 1992, three years later Utkin entered the script department
of the Higher Courses of Scriptwriters and Directors under the State
Television Committee (studio of Natalia Ryazantseva) where he became
interested in documentary films. In 2005, he finished his first
documentary Step (The Steppe).
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