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Dmitry Glukhovsky | |
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| Native name | Дмитрий Алексеевич Глуховский |
| Born | Dmitry Alekseyevich Glukhovsky (1979-06-12)12 June 1979 (age 45) Moscow,Russian SFSR,Soviet Union |
| Occupation | Author |
| Alma mater | Hebrew University of Jerusalem |
| Genre | Science fiction,magic realism,dystopian,post-apocalyptic |
| Years active | 2001–present |
| Notable works | Metro 2033,Metro 2034,Metro 2035 |
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Dmitry Alekseyevich Glukhovsky (Russian:Дми́трий Алексе́евич Глухо́вский, born 12 June 1979) is a Russian author, best known for the science fiction novelMetro 2033 and its sequels.[1][2][3][4] As a journalist, Dmitry Glukhovsky has worked forEuronews,RT in its early years, and others. Aside from his native Moscow, Glukhovsky has also lived in Israel, Germany, and France. He currently lives abroad due to his wanted status and prison sentence in Russia for hiscriticism of theRussian government and theinvasion of Ukraine.
Dmitry Glukhovsky was born and raised in Moscow.[5] His Jewish father Alexei worked as an editor for Gosteleradio, an agency that ran television and radio programming in the USSR, while his Russian mother Larisa worked as a photo editor forTASS agency.[6] He graduated from a school inArbat District, and having already decided to become a writer, conceived the idea for the post-apocalyptic novelMetro 2033 at the age of 15.[5] At the age of 17, he left Russia to study in Israel and lived there for four and a half years.[7] While living in Israel, he learnedHebrew and earned a university degree in Journalism and International Relations at theHebrew University in Jerusalem. He completed this degree in Hebrew, no differently to native-language Israeli students most of whom were five years older than him.[5] While talking about the experience, he said: "Not that I started feeling myself a Jew, but I definitely started feeling an Israeli."[8]
The writer was married to producer Elena Glukhovskaya, whom he met while working atRussia Today. The couple have two children.[9] OnvDud, Glukhovsky revealed he and Elena divorced earlier in 2020.[10]
In 2021, Glukhovsky publicly denounced the arrest of Russian opposition activistAlexei Navalny and demanded his release in an online video. In the wake of theRussian invasion of Ukraine, Glukhovsky has shown support to Ukraine, including a public statement aired onArte.[11] On 7 June 2022, Glukhovsky revealed he was placed on the Russian federal wanted list; he wrote on hisTelegram channel that he was accused of discrediting theRussian Armed Forces due to a post he made onInstagram.[12] After a Moscow district court ordered Glukhovsky'sarrest in absentia, he faces up to 10 or 15 years in prison.[13] The arrest in absentia was issued on 13 May.[14] In October, Glukhovsky was added to the list offoreign agents by thejustice ministry.[15] On 7 August 2023, Glukhovsky was handed an 8-year prison sentence.[16][17]
Glukhovsky began writingMetro 2033 as his first novel at the age of 18, and then published it on his website in 2002, available for all to read for free as an interactive experiment. First published in print form in 2005, the book and its sequels turned intoa multimedia franchise including a video game series. Glukhovsky collaborated with Ukrainian game company4A Games in the development ofMetro 2033. While he did not write the game's story, it is based on his novel. WhileMetro: Last Light is not based on his novelMetro 2034, because the developers felt it was less fit for a game than the original book, Glukhovsky helped to write the story and dialogue for the game. He published his extended version of the game's story in novel form asMetro 2035.[18]
From 2002 to 2007, he worked at the global European media platformEuronews inLyon, France, after which he returned to Russia and continued his career at the newly created Russia Today (RT). Over the course of three years he traveled halfway around the world, was aKremlin pool journalist, visited theBaikonur Cosmodrome and the exclusion zone of theChernobyl Nuclear Power Plant, as well as theNorth Pole, and covered the2006 Lebanon War as a war correspondent.[5] He has also worked with the German radio stationDeutsche Welle and the British television channelSky News. From 2007 to 2009, he worked atRadio Mayak.
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| Animal Tales | |
| Metro 2033 | Metro 2033 is a 2002 post-apocalyptic fiction novel byDmitry Glukhovsky. The first part of a three book series,Metro 2033 is about the survivors of a nuclear holocaust living inside theMoscow metro system. The novel brought in the creation of theMetro game series:Metro 2033,Metro Last Light andMetro Exodus. |
| Infinita Tristessa | |
| The End of the Road | |
| Dusk | The novelDusk was published in 2007. It is a dark tale of the translator Dmitry who receives an order for translations of a dozen pages cut out of what seems to be a several centuries-old Spanish book. He discovers that the book is a journal of an expedition of theConquistadors dating back to the 16th century. Dmitry is reading this story chapter by chapter, collecting the full translation at home. Finally, the story starts penetrating his reality and threatening his life.Dusk was also an online experiment as Glukhovsky was publishing it chapter by chapter in his blog.[19] |
| Metro 2034 | Metro 2033 was followed byMetro 2034 in 2009, which was also available for free online, both as text and as a collaborative art-project with Russian electronic performerDolphin and visual artist Anton Gretchko. |
| Tales About the Motherland | |
| Futu.re | Futu.re is a dystopian novel published in September 2013 in Russia. The story is set in Europe in the 25th century when humanity has invented a way to stop aging. In order to keep Europe from overflowing, the government was forced to introduce a policy whereby if a couple decide to have a child either the mother or the father would have to give up their immortality. The story is built around a young man who is part of a squad in charge of stopping the overpopulation of Europe by punishing those who do not register their child. |
| The Gospel According to Artyom | In 2013, the publisherDark Horse Comics announced a short tie-in comic set in between the gamesMetro 2033 andMetro: Last Light. It was exclusively available for customers who pre-orderedMetro: Last Light onSteam. However, despite the initial announcement and the involvement of the game's developer4A Games on the comic, the comic itself cited the story as being set in between the novelsMetro 2033 andMetro 2035. Glukhovsky is credited for the story, whileLandry Walker is cited as being responsible for the script, with Paul Azaceta handling the art. |
| Metro 2035 | |
| The Outpost | |
| Text | Text is Glukhovsky's first realistic (not the typical sci-fi) novel, published in 2017. It won the 2020 film award Nika in the category Best Screenplay. |
| Three Astronauts | |
| Swamp | |
| Post | |
| Metro Exodus | Novelisation of the video gameMetro Exodus. |
| Shooting Star |
| Year | Title | Screenwriter | Adaptation | Notes |
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| 2019 | Текст | Yes | Yes | Film |
| 2020 | Sulfur | Yes | Yes | Short film[20] |
| Топи | Yes | TV series[21] | ||
| Canceled | Metro 2033 | Yes | Yes | Film; also creative producer[22][23][24] |
