Background
Aksyonov, Vassily Pavlovich was born on August 20, 1932 in Kazan, Russia. Son of Pavel Vassilievich and Eugenia Solomonovna (Ginzburg) Aksyonov. came to the United States, 1980.
Aksyonov, Vassily Pavlovich was born on August 20, 1932 in Kazan, Russia. Son of Pavel Vassilievich and Eugenia Solomonovna (Ginzburg) Aksyonov. came to the United States, 1980.
Doctor of Medicine, Leningrad Medical Institute, 1956. Doctor of Humane Letters, Goucher College, 1988.
Intern Institute for Tuberculosis Study, 1957-1960. Clarence Robinson professor George Mason University, Fairfax, Virginia, from 1988.
Author: (fiction) Kollegi, 1961 (public as Colleagues, 1961), Zvezdnyi bilet, 1961 (public as A Starry Ticket, 1962, A Ticket to the Stars, 1963), Na polputi k lune, 1962 (public as Halfway to the Moon, 1964), Apel'siny iz Marokko, 1963, Katapul'ta, 1964, Tovarishch Krasivii Furazhkin, 1964, Pora, moi drug, pora, 1965 (public as It's Time, My Friend, It's Time, 1969, It's Time, My Love, It's Time, 1970), Malen'kii kit-lakirovshchik deistvitel'nosti, 1965, Mestnyi "khuligan" Abramashvili, 1966, Zatovarennaia bochkotara, 1968 (public as Surplussed Barrelware, 1985), Zhal', chto vas ne bylo s nami, 1969, Liubov'k elektrichestvu, 1971, Dzhin Grin-neprikasaemii, 1972, Samson and Samsoness, 1972, Kruglye sutki non-stop, 1976, Poiski zhanra, 1977, Stal'naia ptitsa, 1977 (public as The Steel Bird, and Other Stories, 1979), Zolotaia nasha Zhelezka, 1980 (public as Our Golden Ironburg, 1988), Ozhog, 1980 (public as The Burn, 1984), Ostrov Krym, 1981 (public as The Island of Crimea, 1983), Pravo na ostrov: rasskazy, 1983 (public as Quest for an Island, 1987), Bumazhnyi peizazh, 1983, Skazhi izium: roman v moskovskikh traditsiiakh, 1985 (public as Say Cheese!, 1989), Sobranie sochinenii, 1987, Den' pervogo snegopada, 1990, Kapital'noe peremeshchenie, 1990, Rai devu, 1991, Zheltok iaitsa, 1991, Moskovskaia saga, 1991, Ran-devu, 1991, The Winters Hero, 1996, Voltairian Men and Women, 2004, Moskva-kva-kva', 2006. (plays) Kollegi, 1962, Vsegda v prodazhe, 1965, Vash ubiytsa, 1977, Chetyre temperamenta, 1979, Aristofaniana s liagushkami, 1981, Tsaplya, 1984. (screenplay) Bliuz s russkim aksentom, 1986.
(children's) Moi dedushka pamiatnik, 1969, Sunduchok v kotorom chto-to stuchit, 1976. (non-fiction) Geografia liubovi: dialog v 2 chasti, 1975, Progulka v Kalashnyi riad, 1984, Afisha glasila: k 125-letiiu Chekhova, 1985, V poiskakh grustnogo bebi: knigi ob Amerike, 1987 (public as In Search of Melancholy Baby, 1987).
Member French P.E.N., Sweden P.E.N., Denmark P.E.N.
Married Maya Zmeul, May 30, 1980. 1 child, Alex.