The great-grandfather of the famous Russian writer Prilepin was called Zakhar Petrovich, for the Soviet era the name is rare. The young man took the call sign "Zakhar" during business trips to the Caucasus as part of the OMON detachment. With this name, he subscribed to articles in the opposition newspaper Limonka, and performed with him on the music scene. It has so "taken root" that many have already forgotten that at birth the popular writer received the name Evgeny Nikolaevich.
Childhood and youth
Zakhar Prilepin was born in 1975 in the Ryazan region in a simple family. Father taught children at a history school, mother worked as a nurse. A few years later, the family received an apartment in Dzerzhinsk, Nizhny Novgorod region. The teenager began to work early, since his father died. Mother alone had a hard time, most of the time she spent at a chemical plant, so her son’s help was very helpful.
Service
After graduating from school, the young man moved to the regional center, from here he was drafted into the army. Then followed a police school and service in the riot police. The rookie was distinguished by good physical fitness and high growth. In 1996, Prilepin came to Chechnya. Three years later, he had the opportunity to use weapons again in the armed conflict in Dagestan. The OMON’s salary was small, so I had to earn extra money as a security guard in nightclubs or as a laborer. All this time, the future philologist combined service with studies at the University of Nizhny Novgorod.
Literature
In 1999, a graduate graduated from riot police and began literary work. Collaboration with the Delo newspaper made him a popular journalist. It was printed under various pseudonyms, the most popular was Eugene Lavlinsky. A year later, a novice writer headed the editorial board of the publication.
The first works of the writer were published by the Literature Day newspaper in 2003. Readers of Literary Newspaper, magazines Roman-Gazeta, Novy Mir, Aurora got acquainted with his work. During this period, he created the debut novel "Pathology", which raised the theme of the Chechen war. The work was printed in fragments and was published in full only in 2005. This was followed by work: "Sankya", "Sin", collections of "Boots full of hot vodka", "I came from Russia", "Terra Tartarara". Many consider Zakhar the founder of modern military prose.
The fame of the writer grew every year. The new work “The Black Monkey”, the books “Eight”, “Flying Barge Haulers” and “Not Alien Confusion” aroused great reader interest. The novel "The Abode" was recognized as the sales leader and the most sought-after book in Moscow libraries in 2015, and its author took the second line in the rating "Writer of the Year in Russia". Soon, he nevertheless managed to rise to the top step of the literary pedestal. The works of a popular author are published in large numbers in our country and translated into many languages of the world.
Politics
In 2004, Prilepin joined the Nizhny Novgorod National Bolsheviks and even headed their newspaper People's Observer. Soon, Zakhar graduated from the School of Public Policy and became a co-founder of the People movement. He continued opposition activities throughout the following years. He actively participated in mass protest events with the slogans of "the need to change the system" and "removing the country from political freezing." After the events in Crimea, the opposition official declared a "personal truce" to the authorities. He explained this decision by the changes taking place in the country, he dreamed about them for two decades. In 2014, the writer as a military commander personally visited the war zone in southeastern Ukraine, his notes were published in Komsomolskaya Pravda.
Journalism and TV
In the second half of the 2000s, there was an active period of Prilepin's journalistic activity. In Nizhny Novgorod, he led the editors of Novaya Gazeta and the Free Press website. At various times, he published in Ogonyok, Novaya Gazeta, and Izvestia. In 2013, the Prilepin program was broadcast on the Rain radio station. The author’s broadcasts of the writer brought to the audience the NTV, Ren-TV and Tsargrad television channels.
Music and cinema
The writer tried himself in the role of a rap artist, starred in the clip of the group "25/17". In 2011, Prilepin created the band "Elefank", the guys recorded three albums. In the musical biography of Zakhar there are several collaborations with popular Russian rock artists.
His film debut took place in 2012 in the film "Inspector Cooper." The following year, director Alexei Uchitel offered the writer a small role in the film adaptation of his novel The Eight. According to the creator of the picture, the aspiring actor showed exceptional comedic talent.
