Alexander Prokhanov

Alexander Prokhanov
Alexander Prokhanov
Native name
Александр Проханов
BornFebruary 26, 1938 (1938-02-26) (age 87)
Tbilisi, Georgian SSR, Soviet Union
OccupationWriter, chief editor
LanguageRussian
Alma materMoscow Aviation Institute
PeriodContemporary
Genres
Literary movement

Alexander Andreyevich Prokhanov (Russian: Алекса́ндр Андре́евич Проха́нов; born 26 February 1938) is a Russian writer, a member of the secretariat of the Writers Union of the Russian Federation, and the author of more than 30 novels and short story collections. He is the editor-in-chief of Russia's extreme-right (or radical-reactionary) newspaper Zavtra (Завтра, Tomorrow), that combines ultranationalist and anti-capitalist views.