Fyodor Berezin

Fyodor Dmitrievich Berezin (Russian: Фёдор Дмитриевич Березин; born February 7, 1960) is a Russian science fiction writer. He has published 3 novel series, and 2 separate works, scoring him awards at the International Science Fiction Festival.

Fyodor Berezin
Born (1960-02-07) February 7, 1960
Donetsk, Ukrainian SSR
OccupationNovelist
NationalityRussian
GenreScience fiction
Military career
Allegiance Soviet Union
 Donetsk People's Republic
Service/branchSoviet Army
Donbass People's Militia
Years of service1981-1991 (Soviet Army), 2014-
Rank Captain
Battles/warsRusso-Ukrainian War
Website
strannik.org.ua

Since 2014 he has been an active supporter of the Donetsk People's Republic, where he was Deputy Minister of Defense in 2014.[1] He is included in sanctions lists in European Union countries and Ukraine, among others. [2]

Biography

Fyodor Berezin was born in Donetsk.[3] He lived there until 1977 when he entered the Engels anti-aircraft training school. He graduated in 1981 and served as an AA officer first in Kazakhstan and then in the Far East.

In 1991, Berezin left the military at the rank of captain and currently lives in his hometown of Donetsk. He has worked as an entrepreneur and tried a multitude of different career fields such as mine construction. Married, he has a son and a daughter.

Berezin has been a professional writer since 1998. He is also the founder and chairman of "Strannik" (English: Wanderer), the Donetsk science fiction club.

Berezin's novels work within the boundaries of hard science fiction and are labeled by some critics as "turborealist". He calls his style of writing "science-fictional/philosophical technothriller". Berezin published his first novel, the science-fiction novel Ash (Russian: Пепел), in 2001. He recognizes the influence of H. G. Wells, Kurt Vonnegut, Stanislaw Lem and Arkady and Boris Strugatsky in his work.[4]

Sanctions

Sanctioned by the UK government in 2014 in relation to Russo-Ukrainian War. [5]

War in Donbas

During the war in Donbas, he served as the Deputy Minister of Defense of the pro-Russian separatist organisation of the Donetsk People's Republic (DPR) for a period in 2014.[6][7][1] In November 2014, he led an armed seizure of the Donetsk branch of the Writer's Union of Ukraine, declaring the establishment of a new union of writers of the DPR.[8]

Novels
  • Separate works:
    • Ash
    • The Lunar Option (Russian: Лунный вариант)
  • Series:
    • The Black Ship (Russian: Чёрный корабль)
      • The Huge Black Ship (Russian: Огромный чёрный корабль)
      • The Crew of the Black Ship (Russian: Экипаж чёрного корабля)
      • The Creator of the Black Ship (Russian: Создатель чёрного корабля)
    • Red Stars (Russian: Красные звёзды)
      • Incoming Cataclysm (Russian: Встречный катаклизм)
      • Parallel Cataclysm (Russian: Параллельный катаклизм)
    • War 2030 (Russian: Война 2030)
      • Red Dawn (Russian: Красный рассвет)
      • Metropolis on Fire (Russian: Пожар метрополии)
      • Attack on the Rocky Mountains (Russian: Атака Скалистых гор)

Awards
  • 1st place – Golden Caduceus – International Science Fiction Festival "the Golden Bridge" in Kharkiv; nominated for the "Best Debut" award for the novel Ash (2001).
  • 2nd place – Silver Caduceus – nominated for the "Series and Novels with Sequels" award for the novels Incoming Cataclysm and Parallel Cataclysm (2002).
  • 3rd place – Bronze Caduceus – nominated for the "Series and Novels with Sequels" award for the novels War 2030: Red Dawn and War 2030: Metropolis on Fire (2005).
  • 3rd place – Bronze Caduceus – nominated for the "Series and Novels with Sequels" award for the novel War 2030: Attack on the Rocky Mountains.

References
  1. Hitt, Jack (7 January 2016). "The Russian Tom Clancy Is on the Front Lines for Real". The New Yorker.
  2. "List of people and organizations sanctioned during the Russo-Ukrainian War", Wikipedia, 2022-07-16, retrieved 2022-07-21
  3. Fyodor Berezin at the Samizdat magazine
  4. Фантастика спасёт мир от катастрофы, 2003 FantLab (Donetsk News), 13 February 2003 (in Russian)
  5. "CONSOLIDATED LIST OF FINANCIAL SANCTIONS TARGETS IN THE UK" (PDF). Retrieved 16 April 2023.
  6. Стрелков назначил писателя-фантаста Березина своим заместителем. Взгляд (in Russian). June 4, 2014.
  7. Dmitry Steshin (June 4, 2014). Замкомандующего обороны ДНР: "У нас тут Испания перед Второй мировой". Komsomolskaya Pravda (in Russian).
  8. "Писатель-террорист Березин "отжал" здание Союза писателей в Донецке". 11 November 2014. Retrieved 14 February 2015.
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