Writer Yuri Nikitin: biography, photo, reviews

Yuri Nikitin (born in 1939) is a Russian science fiction writer known to his admirers also under the pseudonym Guy Julius Orlovsky. It was under this name from 2001 to 2004 that the writer published a series of fantastic novels about Richard Long Hands.

Yuriy Nikitin: biography

A native of Kharkov, whose childhood fell on the terrible years of the Great Patriotic War, and the biography repeats the destinies of most Soviet people, he spent his youth in the Far North (Far East, Primorye, Ussuri taiga, Sikhote-Alin), working there on logging and geological prospecting , Mastering the jungle of the Sikhote-Alin Range. In Ukraine, Nikitin, who was almost killed by physical strain, returned as a prominent and strong man in 1964, went to work at the plant as a caster. In Kharkov took up canoeing, became a master of sports, got several first classes in sambo, track and field athletics and boxing. He took part in the education and activities of fantasy fans' clubs and at the same time began to write fantastic stories and publish them.

How it all began

Perhaps the fascination with mythology - a child from childhood, when relatives often told little Yurochka interesting stories about evil spirits, ghouls crawling out of the graves of the dead, brownies and witches. By the way, the future writer did not develop his school education: at first he was left for the second year for constant absenteeism, in the eighth grade three times excluded for hooliganism and fights from school. Therefore, Yuri was forced to receive secondary education in absentia, in his native Kharkov. Trying to find a worthy use for his creative abilities, Yuri Nikitin (pictured in the review) worked as an artist and learned to play the violin. Then he decided to test himself in the writers' field, starting his career with fantasy, which was his favorite reading.

The first steps in literature

For some time he was a member of a group of science fiction writers, later transformed into the "School of Ephraim." "The man who changed the world" is the first publication of Yuri Nikitin, which includes a collection of fantastic stories and immediately attracted the attention of the readership.

Official recognition to the author came in 3 years, after the publication of the production novel "Firemen" (about the harsh everyday life of casting workers). It was for this work that Yuri Nikitin was admitted to the Union of Writers of the USSR and was awarded high literary prizes. Published in 1979 adventurous historical novel "The Sword of Alexander Zasyadko" provoked persecution, which was subjected to Yuri Nikitin. The responses of Soviet censorship led to his expulsion from literary life for a whole seven years, before the start of perestroika.

Life in the capital

In Moscow, where the writer Yuri Nikitin moved from Kharkov, he graduated from the Literary Institute of Higher Literary Courses. In 1985 he published another book, "The Far Light Tower," which included light, sad-nostalgic stories. Worked for some time in the publishing house "Fatherland" editor-in-chief.

In the early 90's, together with his wife Lilia Shishkina organized his own publishing house "Serpent Gorynych", engaged in publications of foreign fiction and gradually began to print the works of Yuri Nikitin himself. Currently, the publishing house is not functioning, and Nikitin's books are published by "Exmo" and "Tsentrpoligraf."

At the peak of popularity

On the account of Yuri Nikitin - a writer, in a general circulation comparable to the famous science fictionists Sergei Lukyanenko and Vasily Golovachev, more than 60 published books. In addition to fantasy, in which Nikitin is an ace, the writer has brilliantly performed in the genre of the philosophical novel ("Strange novels"), historical fantasy from the series of classics ("Three Kingdoms"), a hysterical thriller ("The Russians are coming" series). The most popular works of the science fiction are the first publications from the cycle "Three from the Forest", written in the genre of Slavic fantasy and laid the foundation of its all-Russian glory. Nikitin sold the rights of the studio "Santa Claus" to shoot films for this cycle.

In the work of the writer, whose admirers often call him Yuan, in addition to fantastic novels, among which there is a children's series, there is a manual "How to become a writer" and an autobiography "I'm 65".

Based on the works of Yuri Nikitin, a computer game "Three Kingdoms" was created. This is a browser-based role-playing product, the game universe is sustained in the Old Russian style, and a significant part of the world belongs to the belligerent states of Kuyavia and Artania.

Books by Yuri Nikitin

The cycle "Three from the Forest" brought the author the greatest glory. Started in the style of adventurous heroics, eventually grew into mythological fiction. In the center of the plot are the adventures of three heroes who are the descendants of the forest tribe and expelled from it. This caused them to go see the world.

The Megamir cycle. A hard science fiction about the development by scientists of the technology of reducing a person to the size of insects in order to prevent overcrowding of the planet. The created megamore conceals a large number of dangers and opens a lot of new opportunities. The cycle touches upon the problems of a moral, ethical and scientific-practical nature.

The Hyperborea cycle. Historical fiction, which includes conditional related novels "Golden Sword", "Ingvar and Alder", "Prince Vladimir", "Prince Rus". The author in his manner interprets the history of Russia in its various periods.

The cycle "The Russians are coming." Works of an alternative-patriotic character, closely connected with historical events of Russia in the recent past.

The cycle "Princely feast". Two novels in the style of historical fantasy, the action of which unfolds in Kievan Rus, which is under the rule of Prince Vladimir Krasno Solnyshko. This is the time of such heroes as Dobrynya, Muromets and a couple of hundred others like them, ready to defend their land from the myriad hordes of cruel and treacherous steppe people.

The cycle "Teeth is wide open". In it, the author in a humorous style parodied the stamps of commercial fiction, Hollywood insurgents and computer games.

The cycle "Three Kingdoms". Adventure-epic fantasy.