Victor Olegovich Pelevin is a Russian writer. The author of novels "Omon Ra", "Chapayev and Void" and "Generation P".
Background
Victor Olegovich Pelevin was born on November 22, 1962 in Moscow City, Russian Federation. Son of Zinaida Semenovna Efremova, an English teacher, and Oleg Anatolyevich Pelevin, a teacher at the military department of Bauman University. He lived on Tverskoy Boulevard in Moscow, later moving to Chertanovo.
Education
In 1979 Pelevin graduated from an elite high school with a special English program located on Stanislavskogo Street in the centre of Moscow, now Kaptsov Gymnasium No.1520. After high school, Pelevin received a degree in electromechanical engineering from the Moscow Power Engineering Institute in 1985. From 1987 to 1989 Pelevin attended the MPEI graduate school. In 1989 Pelevin attended Mikhail Lobanov's creative writing seminars at Maxim Gorky Literary Institute, but was expelled from the Institute in 1991.
Career
From 1989 to 1990 Pelevin worked as a staff reporter of the magazine Face to Face. In 1989 he also began to work in the journal "Science and Religion", where he edited a series of articles on eastern mysticism.
Religion
Victor's religious beliefs are described as "Tantric agnosticism".
Politics
Victor's political views are described as "Left of right centrists".
Personality
Pelevin is known for not being a part of the literary crowd, rarely appearing in public or giving interviews and preferring to communicate on the internet. When he gives interviews he talks more about the nature of mind rather than his writings.