{{short description|Russian author (born 1962)}} {{Infobox writer | name = Oleg Postnov | image = Oleg Postnov, portrait.jpg | alt = | caption = | native_name = | native_name_lang = Russian | pseudonym = | birth_name = | birth_date = <!-- {{Birth date and age|1962|MM|DD}} --> | birth_place = | death_date = | death_place = | resting_place = | occupation = Writer | language = Russian, German, Hungarian | nationality = Russian | ethnicity = | citizenship = Russia | education = PhD | alma_mater = Novosibirsk State University | period = 1990-present | genre = | subject = | movement = | notableworks = | spouse = | partner = | children = Nikita Postnov | relatives = | awards = Veteran of Russian Academy of Science (Siberian Branch) <br /> Silver Sigma }} '''Oleg Georgievitch Postnov''' ({{langx|ru|Олег Постнов}}; born 1962, Novosibirsk, USSR) is a Russian author.
Postnov is a novelist most recognized for his fiction about love. The critics have described Postnov's work as an amalgamation of the Russian's classics: "as if Vladimir Nabokov took on a rewrite of Gogol's ''Evenings on a Farm Near Dikanka''"<ref>{{cite journal|last=Tokarchuk|first=Maria|title=Lolita v tyomnykh alleyach|journal=Knizhnoe Obozrenie|date=2001-10-22|volume=43|issue=1845|pages=5}}</ref>—with the added "macabre of Edgar Allan Poe."<ref>{{cite journal|last=Lopushanskaya|first=Elena|journal=Russkaya Mysl'|date=2002-02-21|volume=4397|location=Paris}}</ref> Postnov's novel ''Angst'' has been translated into German.
== Early years and education == Oleg Postnov was born in Russian Akademgorodok. He graduated from the Novosibirsk State University, the Humanities Division, in 1986. In 1990, he received his PhD.
== Family == Oleg Postnov lives in Akademgorodok, Novosibirsk, Russia with his son Nikita.
== Writing career == The Sand Timer ({{langx|ru| Песочное время}}) (Novosibirsk, 1997) Postnov published his first work of fiction—a short story "The Sand Timer"—in 1997.<ref name="The Sand Timer">{{cite journal|last=Postnov|first=Oleg|title=Sand Timer|journal=Oktyabr|year=1990|volume=12}}</ref> The Sand Timer received the distinction of Matador Magazine's prestigious "top ten books 1998." <!-- Deleted image removed: thumb|right|Strah, the German translation 2003 -->
''Angst'' ({{langx|ru|Страх}}) (Amfora 2001) is an "erotic mysticism novel with a detective plot".<ref name="Danilov 94">{{cite journal|last=Danilov|first=Lev|title=Kolyaska: Rukopis, naidennaya Olegom Postnovym|journal=Afisha|date=May 2001|volume=9|issue=55|pages=94}}</ref> In Russia, Postnov's ''Angst'' took the first prize in the "Catch of 1999"<ref>{{cite web|last=Editor's List|first=ULOV (Catch of the Year)|title=Setevoi Literaturny Konkurs|url=http://rating.rinet.ru/ulov/1999/99prose.htm|work=Strakh|accessdate=2014-04-04|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140325092238/http://rating.rinet.ru/ulov/1999/99prose.htm|archivedate=2014-03-25}}</ref> and was nominated for the Russian Booker Prize of 2002;<ref>{{cite web|last=Editorial|title=The News, Booker Prize, Voprosy bez otvetov|url=http://www.gramota.ru/lenta/news/8_757|publisher=Gramota Ru|accessdate=2014-03-22}}</ref> for the National Bestseller Prize,<ref>{{cite web|last=Oleg|first=Postnov|title=Setevaya Slovestnost|url=http://www.netslova.ru/postnov/index.htm|accessdate=2014-03-22}}</ref> shortlisted for the Apollon Grigoriev Prize<ref>{{cite journal|last=Vasilevski|first=Andrei|journal=Russki Zhurnal|url=http://magazines.russ.ru/project/arss/nomin2001.html|accessdate=2014-03-22|title=Литературная премия имени Аполлона Григорьева}}</ref> In Germany, Die Berliner Literaturktitik compared the book to Nabokov's ''Lolita ''and called Postnov a "magician."<ref>{{cite web|last=Die Berliner Literaturkritik|title=Die große, unerfüllte Liebe, Oleg Postnows Romandebüt "Angst"|url=http://www.berlinerliteraturkritik.de/index.php?id=26&tx_ttnews%5Btt_news%5D=4464&cHash=504da5c576|date=December 11, 2003}}</ref>
''The Antiquary'' ({{langx|ru| Антиквар}}) (Lenizdat 2013) *''To Kiss the Harlequin'' ({{langx|ru| Поцелуй арлекина}})(EKSMO2006). Chapters of Harlequin appeared in 2001 in Dmitry Kuzmin's "New Literary Card of Russia" ({{langx|ru| Новая литературная карта России}}). *''Mirgorod'' ({{langx|ru|МИРГОРОД}}) (Azbuka, 2013) *''The Girl That Ran on Ice'' ({{langx|ru|ДЕВОЧКА НА КОНЬКАХ}}) (Azbuka, 2014)
== Academic career and awards== thumb|right|Silver Sigma Oleg Postnov's doctorate explores classic Russian literature of the first third of the 19th century.
Between 1986 and 2007, Postnov worked as senior scientist for the Institute of Philology Academy of Sciences (Siberian Branch). He is a recipient of the medal of the Russian Academy of Sciences (Siberian Branch) and a Silver Sigma.
Postnov has published a number of scholarly books and articles.
=== Scholarly books === *''Esthetics of Goncharov''<ref>{{cite book|last=Postnov|first=Oleg|title=Estetika I.A. Goncharova|year=1997|location=Library of Congress, Jefferson or Adams Building Reading Rooms|editor=Odinikov|language=Russian}}</ref> *''Pushkin and Death''<ref>{{cite book|last=Postnov|first=Oleg|title=Pushkin i smert': opyt semiaticheskogo analiza|year=2000|location=Library of Congress, Jefferson or Adams Building Reading Rooms|editor=N.N. Darvin|language=Russian}}</ref> *''Death in Russia X-XX century''<ref>{{cite book|last=Postnov|first=Oleg|title=Smert' v Rossii X-XX vv.: istoriko-etnograficheskii o sotsiokul'turnyi aspekty|year=2001|location=Library of Congress, Jefferson or Adams Building Reading Rooms|editor=Romodanovskaia|language=Russian}}</ref>
===Scholarly articles=== *Pushkin and Grin (the crossroads of one anthroponym) (Moscow 2003)<ref>{{cite journal|last=Postnov|first=Oleg|title=Pushkin and Grin|journal=Philologica: The Bilingual Journal of Russian and Theoretical Philology|year=2003|volume=7|issue=117/18|pages=195–198|url=https://www.rvb.ru/philologica/07eng/07eng_postnov.htm|accessdate=2014-04-04}}</ref> *Bryus and the Russian Literary Tradition of the 20th Century (Петербург 2004)<ref>{{cite journal|last=Postnov|first=Oleg|title=Obraz Ya. V. Brusa v Russkoy literaturnoy traditsii XX stoletiya|journal=National Scientific Conference, Materials|year=2004|volume=II|pages=103–108|publisher=Voenno-Istorichesky Museum|language=Russian}}</ref> *Russian Military Epitaph, 18th - Early 19th Century (Petersburg 2006)<ref>{{cite journal|last=Postnov|first=Oleg|title=Русская военная эпитафия XVIII - начала XIX веков // Военное прошлое государства Российского: утраченное и сохранённое|journal=Материалы Всероссийской научно-практической конференции, посвящённой 250-летию Достопамятного зала|year=2006|volume=3|pages=38042|url=http://www.philology.ru/literature2/postnov-06.htm|publisher=Изд. Военно-исторического музея|language=Russian}}</ref> *Truth in Literary Text (Novosibirsk 2006)<ref>{{cite journal|last=Postnov|first=Oleg|author2=Boiko, V.A.|script-title=ru:Истина в пространстве художественного текста|journal=Критика и семиотика|year=2006|volume=9|pages=4–23|url=http://www.nsu.ru/education/virtual/cs9boiko.pdf|accessdate=2014-04-04|publisher=ИДМИ|location=Новосибирск|language=Russian|archive-date=2012-05-23|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120523203708/http://www.nsu.ru/education/virtual/cs9boiko.pdf|url-status=dead}}</ref> *The Individual and the Tradition in the Modern World (Novosibirsk 2007)<ref>{{cite journal|last=Postnov|first=Oleg|author2=Boiko, V.A.|title=Личность и традиция в современном мире: Опыт преодоления проблемы "лишнего человека" в русской литературе XIX века|year=2007|volume=11|pages=192–203|url=http://www.nsu.ru/education/virtual/cs11boiko_postnov.pdf=4/4/14|publisher=ИДМИ|location=Новосибирск|language=Russian}}{{Dead link|date=July 2025 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> *Sysoev's Paradox (Moscow, 2009)<ref>{{cite journal|last=Postnov|first=Oleg|script-title=ru:Парадоксы Сысоева (О книге Вячеслава Сысоева "Потешки – не глум, возьми себе на ум"): Рецензия // Словесность 2009: Проза, поэзия, мемуары, публицистика, интервью|journal=Альманах|year=2009|volume=3|pages=138–140|url=https://reading-hall.ru/slovesnost/2009.pdf|publisher=«Библиотека газеты «МОЛ»|language=Russian}}</ref>
== Television and theater== In 2011, The Moscow Theater of Nations opened its production of Albert Camus's ''Caligula''<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://theatreofnations.ru/en/?route=common/shows&show_id=21|title = Театр Наций}}</ref> in translation of Oleg Postnov and E.A. Gorny. In 2012, the production received the most prestigious award in the Russian Federation theater—the Golden Mask. TV channel Moskva 24 reported that "The ever-busy Muscovites not only find the time to watch this four-hour-long play," but even form long lines to buy the expensive tickets.<ref>{{cite news|title=Production of Camus, Theater of Nations|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OtVE63DhvIE|accessdate=April 1, 2014}}</ref>
<gallery> File:The Tour of Caligula in the Theater Olimpico, Theater of Nations, Vicenza, Italy.png|''Caligula'' performance, Theater of Nations, tour in Vicenza, Italy File:Postnov's Caligula, Theater of Nations Tours in Italy, Tom Ilai's photo.png|''Caligula'' performance, Theater of Nations, tour in Vicenza, Italy File:Caligula, translation By Postnov Theater of Nations Tours in Italy, Tom Ilai's photo.png|Tour of Theater of Nations, Italy, performance of ''Caligula'' File:Caligula 2 translation By Postnov Theater of Nations Tours in Italy, Tom Ilai's photo.jpg|Tour of Theater of Nations, Italy, performance of ''Caligula'' File:The Tour of Caligula in the Theatre Olimpico, Vicenza, Italy, photo 5 by Tommy Ilai.png|Theater of Nations, the tour of ''Caligula'' in the Theatre Olimpico, Vicenza, Italy File:The Tour of Caligula in the Theatre Olimpico, Vicenza, Italy, photo 6 by Tommy Ilai.png|Theater of Nations, the tour of ''Caligula'' in the Theatre Olimpico, Vicenza, Italy File:The Tour of Caligula in the Theatre Olimpico, Vicenza, Italy, photo 4 by Tommy Ilai.png|Theater of Nations, the tour of ''Caligula'' in the Theatre Olimpico, Vicenza, Italy </gallery> Postnov’s contribution to the theater, —in addition to his translation of Camu’s ''Caligula'', include an original play called ''Ernst, Theodor, Amadeus''. Postnov’s fairy-tale-like play explores the last year and death of the German Romantic and storyteller best known as E.T.A. Hoffmann (the author of ''The Nutcracker'').
==External links== * {{DNB-Portal|128599820}} * [http://catalog.loc.gov/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?DB=local&Search_Arg=oleg+postnov&Search_Code=GKEY%5E*&CNT=100&hist=1&type=quick Literature by and about Oleg Postnov] in the Library of Congress catalogue * [http://www.goldenmask.ru/fest.php?year=18&area=136 Golden Mask official website, 2012 list of recipients] * [http://emironov.com/ph.php?%20nm=tcaligula ''Caligula'', stage photos] * [https://www.amazon.com/x421-x422-x420-x410-x425-ebook/dp/B00JY42PAQ/ref=tmm_kin_title_0?_encoding=UTF8&sr=&qid= Angst, second edition]
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