Mikhail Shishkin (writer)
Mikhail Shishkin | |
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Cafe Odeon in Zürich 2010 © Evgeniya Frolkova | |
| Born | 18 January 1961 Moscow, Russian SFSR |
| Occupation | writer |
| Nationality | Russian |
| Citizenship | Russia, Switzerland |
| Genre | Fiction, non-fiction |
| Notable awards | Russian Booker Prize (2000), Russian National Bestseller Award (2005) and Big Book Prize (2006, 2010) |
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Mikhail Pavlovich Shishkin (Russian: Михаил Павлович Шишкин, born 18 January 1961) is a Russian-Swiss writer and the only author to have won the Russian Booker Prize (2000), the Russian National Bestseller (2005), and the Big Book Prize (2010). His books have been translated into 30 languages. He also writes in German.