German Sadulayev is a writer, publicist and politician who became famous thanks to his premier collection of short stories and short stories "I am a Chechen." Later, several more works were written, enthusiastically received by the public, received prestigious awards and translated into different languages.
Childhood and adolescence: the beginning of a biography
German Sadulayev was born in 1973 in the small village of Shali in Chechen-Ingushetia. The boy’s father was a purebred Chechen, and his mother was a Terek Cossack. Later, the family moved to Grozny, where German graduated from high school. While still a student, he began to write essays published by a local youth newspaper.
Having received a certificate of secondary education, Sadulaev left for Leningrad, planning to enter the university. At first he was going to the faculty of journalism, but at the last moment he changed his mind and filed documents for legal.
The path to literature
Herman wrote his first work, “One Swallow Does Not Make Spring, ” in 2001. Publishers did not show interest in the unknown author, so Sadulaev posted the story on the Internet. She became interested in Ilya Kormiltsev: he promised German to publish the manuscript, but only together with other works that would need to be written as quickly as possible.
Sadulayev enthusiastically set to work, in 2006 at the Ultra publishing house. Culture "a collection was published with a rather provocative title, " I am a Chechen! "Tales and stories are based on the author’s personal experience and describe the events of the civil war in Chechnya. The book was enthusiastically received by critics, translated into several languages, and the stories are included in anthologies of Russian literature, published in the UK and the USA.
In the wake of success, Sadulayev wrote a new autobiographical novel, The Tablet. The work was liked by the public and critics and was included in the shortlist of the Russian Booker Prize. A year later, the writer introduced the new novel "AD", recognized as the best book of the month by GQ magazine.
Today Sadulayev lives in St. Petersburg, successfully collaborates with the magazines "Spark", "Star", "Friendship of Peoples", is a permanent author of the independent publishing house "AD Marginem".
