Fyodor Dmitrievich Berezin (Russian:Фёдор Дмитриевич Березин;Ukrainian:Федір Дмитрович Березін,romanized: Fedir Dmytrovych Berezin;[4] born February 7, 1960) is ascience fiction writer and politician. He has published 3 novel series, and 2 separate works, scoring him awards at the International Science Fiction Festival.
Fyodor Berezin was born Fedir Berezin inStalino (now Donetsk) on 7 February 1960.[4][8] He lived there until 1977 when he entered theEngelsanti-aircraft training school. He graduated in 1981 and served as an AA officer first inKazakhstan and then in theFar East.
In 1991, Berezin left the military at the rank ofcaptain 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.
During thewar in Donbas, he served as the Deputy Minister of Defense of the pro-Russian separatist region of theDonetsk People's Republic in 2014.[11][12][5] In November 2014, he led an armed seizure of the Donetsk branch of theWriter's Union of Ukraine, declaring the establishment of a new union of writers of the DPR.[13]
1st place – Golden Caduceus – International Science Fiction Festival "the Golden Bridge" inKharkiv; nominated for the "Best Debut" award for the novelAsh (2001).
2nd place – Silver Caduceus – nominated for the "Series and Novels with Sequels" award for the novelsIncoming Cataclysm andParallel Cataclysm (2002).
Soviet Union
Donetsk People's Republic
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