Background
Iskander, Fazil’ was born in 1929 in Sukhumi.
Iskander, Fazil’ was born in 1929 in Sukhumi.
Graduated from the Moscow Gorkii Literary Institute.
First poems published, 1952. Became known for his novel Sozvezdie Kozlotura, published in the magazine Novyi Mir in the mid-1960s. Best known for his humorous novel Sandro iz Chegema, USA, 1979, a censored version of which has been published in the USSR.