Fiction writer Fyodor Berezin: biography, works

Now quite a few authors write in the style of fiction, but it is especially possible to note the novels written by Fyodor Berezin. They have surprisingly accurately transferred all the technical details, and this is what attracts some of his fans. His books are fiction, but if these events really happened, then most likely they would have evolved in this way.

Biography of the writer

Fyodor Berezin was born on February 7, 1960 in the city of Donetsk (Ukraine). In this place, the future science fiction writer lived until 1977, when he graduated from high school, entered the Engels' Higher Antiaircraft Missile Command School of the Air Defense of the USSR (EVVRKU). Then he moved to the Saratov region, to the city of Engels, where he lived until 1981. It was in this year that he graduated from college.

Then fate threw him to Kazakhstan, and then - to the Far East. It was in these places that he served until 1991, until he retired to the reserve in the rank of captain. After that, he moved to his hometown - Donetsk, where he lives today. Family life of Berezin did not work out. He was married, he has two children, but his wife is now divorced. The former wife lives with her children in Italy.

After the writer retired, he went through many activities - went down into the mine, working as a sinker of vertical trunks, was also an entrepreneur. However, not one activity did not satisfy him.

Political activity

Fyodor Berezin did not remain indifferent to the events in his native Donetsk. When a change of power took place in the city and the region, and the Donetsk People's Republic was proclaimed, the writer was not out of the way. He went to the militia as an ordinary soldier. But after a while he was appointed Minister of Defense of the People's Democratic Republic of Germany. This happened on June 4, 2014. In this position he stayed until November of the same year, and then became assistant to the commandant of Donetsk.

In light of these facts, it is noteworthy that long before the conflicts in Ukraine Berezin wrote a novel about the military conflict in the country. It can not be said that this is a precise prediction, since the events in the book are somewhat different from the real ones, but the essence remains the same. The author himself speaks of contradictions that accumulate with each year, and as a result of inept administration of the country lead to disaster.

Creativity of Berezina

Let's talk more about his work. He writes in the style of "Russian fantasy thriller" with a bias on the detailed description of the technique used by the heroes. Some critics consider his works a genre of turbo-realism, and the writer himself claims that he writes in the style of a fantasy-philosophical technotriller, and many consider him the founder of this style of writing for Russian-speaking authors. The author was fond of fantasy since his youth, he dreamed of writing his novel. This opportunity was presented to him only in thirty-eight years, when he tried many activities, decided to do really what the soul lay for.

During his writing, he wrote more than fifteen full novels. Some are independent works, some are included in cycles (only four cycles for the author). In addition, Fedor Dmitrievich wrote several novels and novels, quite often typed his articles in magazines and published on the Web. Also, Fyodor Berezin, whose books are so popular, is a laureate of many prizes during his writing activity, a member of the Writers' Union in Russia.

Literary awards

Fyodor Berezin is writing books that are really interesting and fascinating, because he is not a laureate of a number of awards that he received at the International Festival of Fiction "Star Bridge", which takes place in Kharkov:

• In 2001, he won first place and received the "Golden Caduceus" in the nomination "Best Debut" for his first novel "Ashes".
• In 2002, won the second place and "Silver Caduceus" in the nomination "Cycles, serials, novels with sequel" immediately after two novels: "Counter Cataclysm" and "Parallel Cataclysm."
• In 2005, he won the third place in the same category and the "Bronze Caduceus" for the next two novels. The first was "War 2030. Red Dawn." The second was a logical continuation. His gasping - "War 2030. Fire in the metropolis."
• In 2006, he had another third place. He received it in the same nomination for the novel "War 2030. Attack of the Rocky Mountains".
• In 2007, the same award was for the novel "The Creator of the Black Ship."

"Ashes" - Berezin's first novel

The first novel, written by Berezin Fedor Dmitrievich, was "Ashes." According to the author, he waited a whole year, until it was printed. They released it in ten copies, and only after a while noticed.

So, what is this novel about? The first thing that strikes the reader is the abundance of military operations, a large amount of technology described so precisely that those with a highly developed imagination may think that he was transferred to the scene for a moment. Some critics believe that the human images in the novel are not described as deeply as is done with the technique. Of course, this is an amateur.

The plot of the book lies in the tragic twist of the fate of one pilot, Hadas Kium, who, due to a breakdown in his ship, was forced to sit on an uninhabited planet. However, as it turned out, it is not uninhabitable at all. There remains the remains of civilization that lead a meaningless war, living deep underground. The pilot was captured and survived torture, acquaintance with the tyrant ruler, then he was able to stop a senseless war.

The author in the novel describes both large-scale battles, and small ones, all with the same zeal and scrupulousness. The description of the interplanetary nuclear attack, which in the book occupies more than a hundred pages, is striking. In addition, here you can find stories about human destinies, which were broken by the war.

In general, the novel is quite complex on the plot and has its own philosophical idea. It is rather difficult to read the book, because there are no easy and relaxing moments in the text, the reader is kept in suspense throughout the whole time. Thanks to all these advantages, Berezin received his first prize.

A series of novels "Red Stars"

In the same year as the previous work, Fyodor Berezin started "Red Stars" - a series of novels about the cataclysm. The first work that was published in 2001 was the book "Counter Cataclysm", and the second, that is, the sequel, was published under the title "Parallel Cataclysm" in 2002. It is written in the genre of alternative history, the essence of which is the following. When aircraft carriers come to our reality, on the wings of which there are signs of a country that has not existed for a long time, namely the USSR, the Americans were worried. Not only that an attack was made on their base, which was completely destroyed, so there was a threat from outside.

The governments of Russia and America found the opportunity to get into another world and sent a scout there. After studying the situation, he saw that there was no hostile world at all. Just the story there is somewhat different, as in our reality, so there are very different events. And again, grandiose wars with high-tech potential are shown. True, the weapons described in the book are practically modern and quite real.

After a long time, in 2013, Berezin continued the series and wrote another book - "Nuclear Dawn." For it, he won the award in 2014 - "Silver ROSKON." And until now it is believed that this series is the most popular with the author. It is through her learn his work.

Series "Black Ship"

Fantast Fyodor Berezin continued to write his novels quite an interesting cycle called "The Black Ship." It includes the following works:

• "A huge black ship."
• "Crew of a Black Ship."
• "The creator of the black ship."
• "In the sight of a black ship."

The cycle of these books, according to the author, was conceived together with the first novel. Obviously, that's why the plot in terms of large-scale military operations and the original technology is similar to it. The action takes place on a planet where there are two superpowers that are preparing for a big war. Of course, after a while it begins. And the author shows how this happens, with an amazing style and details describing the smallest details. In general, the plot is quite interesting and unusual.

A series of novels "Wars of the Future"

Another interesting cycle of novels by Fedor Berezin is "War 2030". The series itself is called "The Wars of the Future", but every book begins with this. So, the list of novels that are included in the cycle:

• "Red Dawn".
• "Fire of the metropolis."
• "Attack of the Rocky Mountains".

Action in the book occurs in the near future. America unleashes a war on the African continent, whose inhabitants aim at appropriating all the remaining oil reserves for themselves (and they are coming to an end). However, as it turned out, not everything is so simple. After a while, the third enemy is identified, who does not like what is happening. It turns out to be an organization whose goal is to restore Russia's former greatness.

In principle, we can say that this novel is one of the many patriotic opuses that Russian writers began to create. This direction unites one thing - the whole world against Russia, but it always gets out of position, defeats opponents and creates better living conditions for its citizens. The difference between this novel is that it describes (as is already traditional for the author) not people, but increasingly a technique.

Novels in the series "Inhabited Island" and "Zone of Death"

What literature do you like to read? Probably many fans of the fantastic genre read the story of the Strugatsky brothers "Inhabited Island". It was a continuation of many authors, on this topic began to make films. Berezin also did not stay away from this topic and in 2011 he wrote the novel "The Atomic Fortress", and in 2012 - "Golovan". Like all previous works of Berezin, the two abound with descriptions of the technology of the future, as well as global catastrophes and events.

Also recently, the series "Zone of Death" is popular, where many authors have already distinguished themselves. The subject of the Chernobyl nuclear power plant, namely, the explosion on it, is all disturbing the minds of writers and suggests what and what could happen if the radiation influenced the objects, changing their properties. There are a lot of very diverse books on this subject, but here you can note two story lines: the Chernobyl nuclear power plant with mutants from the engineering (these are tanks, trucks, etc.) and the Chernobyl NPP with mutant animals. Each line found its fans. Of course, Fyodor Berezin chose the first line in his desire to describe fantastic details. The work was written in 2011 and is called "Interrogation with addiction."

A series of books "War 2010"

The writer did not ignore the events that unfolded in his native country - Ukraine. Quite a complicated political situation, which every year became more complicated, forced to take up the pen, from under which came two novels:

• "War 2010. Ukrainian Front" (2009).
• "The war 2011. Against NATO" (2010).

It should be noted that very many, proceeding from today's political events, call the book written by Fyodor Berezin, the "Ukrainian Front", a prophetic one. She talks about military events in Ukraine, but, as the author himself says, reality was much worse than fiction. Since the writer lives in the area where the fighting takes place directly, he saw the war not by hearsay, he can compare. Of course, the events in the book are somewhat different. For example, the aggressor is Turkey, and it is supported by NATO, as well as by the authorities of Kiev.

Conclusion

In conclusion, it should be said that Fyodor Berezin is a rather interesting author, whose books, though rather specific, are worth reading. They can find a lot of strong people who sincerely support their country, and, of course, extremely unique and detailed technology. For fans of this genre, the pieces are simply amazing.