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| name        = Vladimir Sorokin
| image       = Vladimir Sorokin (2023).jpg
| caption     = Sorokin in 2023
| birth_name  = Vladimir Georgiyevich Sorokin
| birth_date  = {{Birth date and age|1955|8|7|df=y}}
| birth_place = [[Bykovo, Ramensky District, Moscow Oblast|Bykovo]], [[Moscow Oblast]], [[Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic|Russian SFSR]], [[Soviet Union]]
| occupation  = {{cslist|Writer|painter}}
| language    = Russian
| citizenship = Russian
| genres      = {{hlist|[[Novel]]|[[novella]]|[[short story]]|[[sketch story|sketch]]|[[prose poetry|prose poem]]|[[play (theatre)|play]]|[[screenplay|script]]|[[libretto]]}}
| movement    = [[Russian postmodernism]]
| years_active= since 1977
| period      = [[Contemporary literature|Contemporary]]
| notable_works = ''[[Ice (Sorokin novel)|Ice]]'' (2002), ''The Blizzard'' (2010)
| education  = [[Gubkin Russian State University of Oil and Gas]]
| award       = 
| website     = {{URL|https://vladimirsorokin.org/}}
}}

'''Vladimir Georgiyevich Sorokin''' ({{langx|ru|link=no|Влади́мир Гео́ргиевич Соро́кин}}; born 7 August 1955) is a [[postmodern literature|postmodern]] Russian writer of novels, short stories, and plays. 

He has been described as one of the leading and most popular writers in contemporary [[Russian literature]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=2010-02-16 |title=Vladimir Sorokin - Introduction |url=http://www.russianwriters.eu/en/sorokin/sorokin.html |access-date=2024-01-29 |website=web.archive.org |archive-date=16 February 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100216002746/http://www.russianwriters.eu/en/sorokin/sorokin.html |url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2011-03-04 |title=Ice Trilogy by Vladimir Sorokin {{!}} New York Review Books |url=http://www.nybooks.com/books/imprints/classics/ice-trilogy/ |access-date=2024-01-29 |website=web.archive.org |archive-date=4 March 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110304035129/http://www.nybooks.com/books/imprints/classics/ice-trilogy/ |url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last=Aslanyan |first=Anna |title=Revolutions and resurrections: How has Russia's literature changed? |publisher=The Independent |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/books/features/revolutions-and-resurrections-how-has-russias-literature-changed-2264690.html |date=April 8, 2011 |access-date=2024-05-18}}</ref> Sorokin became known for his provocative and satirical works combining elements of [[dystopia]], [[Alternate history|alternative history]] and [[science fiction]], and the [[grotesque]]. One of Sorokin's recognisable literary techniques is stylistic mimicry: he imitates various literary styles, from [[socialist realism]] to classical Russian prose.

In Russia, Vladimir Sorokin's works have many times become the subject of public discussion, including lawsuits.<ref>{{БРЭ|ссылка=https://old.bigenc.ru/literature/text/3637708|автор=С. В. Панов|статья=СОРО́КИН|том=30|страницы=715|архив=https://web.archive.org/web/20190807144038/https://bigenc.ru/literature/text/3637708|архив дата=2019-08-07}}</ref> Since the [[Russian invasion of Ukraine]] in 2022, he has been living in [[exile]] in [[Berlin]].

==Biography==

Sorokin was born on 7 August 1955 in [[Bykovo, Ramensky District, Moscow Oblast]]. In 1972, he made his literary debut with a publication in the newspaper ''Za kadry neftyanikov'' ({{langx|ru|link=no|За кадры нефтяников}}, ''For the workers in the petroleum industry''). He studied at the [[Gubkin Russian State University of Oil and Gas]] in Moscow and graduated in 1977 as an engineer.

After graduation, he worked as [[illustrator]] for one year for the magazine ''Shift'' ({{langx|ru|link=no|Смена}}, Smena), before he had to leave due to his refusal to become a member of the [[Komsomol]].{{fact|date=October 2023}}

Throughout the 1970s, Sorokin participated in a number of art exhibitions and designed and illustrated nearly 50 books. Sorokin's development as a writer took place amidst painters and writers of the Moscow underground scene of the 1980s. In 1985, six of Sorokin's stories appeared in the Paris magazine ''A-Ya''. In the same year, French publisher ''Syntaxe'' published his novel ''Ochered''' (''[[The Queue (Sorokin novel)|The Queue]]'').

Sorokin is a devout [[Christianity|Christian]], having been baptized at the age of 25.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.srkn.ru/interview/arba.shtml|title=Владимир Сорокин: Мы все отравлены литературой|website=Official site of Vladimir Sorokin (srkn.ru)|date=January 2004|location=Moscow|language=ru|trans-title=Vladimir Sorokin: We are all poisoned by literature|access-date=11 April 2020|archive-date=30 July 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200730113606/https://www.srkn.ru/interview/arba.shtml|url-status=dead}}</ref>

Sorokin's works, examples of underground [[Soviet nonconformist art|nonconformist art]], including his first novel ''The Norm'' (1983), were banned during the Soviet pre-''[[Perestroika]]'' period.<ref name="Gillespie">{{cite book |surname=Gillespie |given=David |chapter=Vladimir Sorokin and the Norm |editor-surname=McMillin |editor-given=Arnold |editor-link=Arnold McMillin |title=Reconstructing the Canon: Russian Writing in the 1980s |series=Studies in Russian and European literature, 3 |place=Amsterdam |publisher=Harwood Academic Pub. |year=2000 |chapter-url={{Google books|id=Lam4MvOQVMEC|plainurl=y|page=299|keywords=|text=}} |url={{Google books|id=Lam4MvOQVMEC|plainurl=y}} |pages=299–310 |isbn=90-5702-593-0}}</ref> His first publication in the USSR appeared in November 1989, when the [[Riga]]-based Latvian magazine ''Rodnik'' (Spring) presented a group of Sorokin's stories. Soon after, his stories appeared in Russian literary miscellanies and magazines ''Tretya Modernizatsiya'' (The Third Modernization), ''Mitin Zhurnal'' (Mitya's Journal), ''Konets Veka'' (End of the Century), and ''Vestnik Novoy Literatury'' (Bulletin of the New Literature). In 1992, Russian publishing house ''Russlit'' published ''Sbornik Rasskazov'' (Collected Stories) – Sorokin's first book to be nominated for a [[Russian Booker Prize]].<ref>[http://wordswithoutborders.org/contributor/vladimir-sorokin/ Contributor: Vladimir Sorokin]. ''[[Words Without Borders]]''. Retrieved 11 April 2020.</ref> Sorokin's early stories and novels are characterized by the combination of [[Socialist realism|socialist-realist]] discourse with extreme physiological or absurd content; Sorokin himself has described his early writings as "little binary literary bombs made up of two incompatible parts: one socialist realist, and the other based on actual physiology, resulting in an explosion, and this gave me, the writer, a little spark of freedom."<ref>{{Cite web |title=Законы русской метафизики {{!}} Официальный сайт Владимира Сорокина |url=https://srkn.ru/interview/voznesenski.shtml |access-date=2022-04-05 |website=srkn.ru |archive-date=2 January 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220102102046/https://srkn.ru/interview/voznesenski.shtml |url-status=dead }}</ref> 
[[File:Vladimir sorokin 20060313.jpg|thumb|right|200px|Vladimir Sorokin at the Cologne literature festival in March 2006.]]

In September 2001, Vladimir Sorokin received the [[People's Booker Prize]]; two months later, he was presented with the [[Andrei Bely Prize]] for outstanding contributions to Russian literature. In 2002, there was a protest against his book ''[[Blue Lard]]'', and he was investigated for pornography.<ref>{{cite news| url=https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/2122713.stm | work=BBC News | title=Russian satirist sued over 'gay Stalin' | date=11 July 2002}}</ref>

His 2006 novel, ''[[Day of the Oprichnik]]'', describes a [[Dystopia|dystopian]] Russia in 2028, with a [[Tsar]] in the Kremlin, a Russian language with numerous Chinese expressions, and a "Great Russian Wall" separating the country from its neighbors.<ref>[http://www.dursthoff.de/book.php?PHPSESSID=5a7698e6803e7abf9995bcc3b11ec6d1&m=3&aid=26&bid=88&PHPSESSID=5a7698e6803e7abf9995bcc3b11ec6d1 Vladimir Sorokin » A Day in the Life of an Oprichnik] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110718232705/http://www.dursthoff.de/book.php?PHPSESSID=5a7698e6803e7abf9995bcc3b11ec6d1&m=3&aid=26&bid=88&PHPSESSID=5a7698e6803e7abf9995bcc3b11ec6d1 |date=18 July 2011 }}. ''Literary Agency Galina Dursthoff (www.dursthoff.de)''. Retrieved 11 April 2020.</ref><ref>{{cite news| url=https://www.thenationalnews.com/arts-culture/books/vladimir-sorokin-of-human-brutality-1.416917/| title=Vladimir Sorokin: Of human brutality| author=Sam Munson| work=The National| date= 11 February 2011 }}</ref><ref>{{cite news| url=https://www.nytimes.com/2011/03/13/books/review/book-review-day-of-the-oprichnik-by-vladimir-sorokin.html?scp=1&sq=sorokin&st=cse| title=A Dystopian Tale of Russia's Future| author= Stephen Kotkin | date= 11 March 2011| work=The New York Times}}</ref> In 2015, he was awarded the [[Premio Gregor von Rezzori]] for this novel.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.premiovonrezzori.org/2015-winners/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160621062953/http://www.premiovonrezzori.org/2015-winners/|url-status=usurped|archive-date=21 June 2016|title=2015 Winners|website=Festival degli Scrittori - Premio Gregor von Rezzori|access-date=3 October 2016}}</ref> In 2011 he received the second prize of the Russian [[Big Book (award)|Big Book award]] for ''The Blizzard'' (Метель); three years later, he received another second prize for ''Telluria.''<ref>{{Cite web |title=Russian Literary Awards|url=https://guides.libraries.indiana.edu/c.php?g=220513&p=1459627 |access-date=2023-09-21 |website=Indiana University Bloomington}}</ref> 

In 2016 he was accused by pro-Kremlin activists of "extremism", "pro-[[human cannibalism|cannibalism]] themes" and "going against Russian Orthodox values" because of his satirical short story "Nastya" (2000), which describes how a 16-year-old is cooked alive in an oven and eaten by her family and friends.<ref>{{cite web |title=Dissident Author Sorokin Accused of 'Promoting Cannibalism' in Work |url=https://www.themoscowtimes.com/2016/08/23/russian-activists-petition-police-to-ban-book-which-preaches-cannibalism-a55076 |website=The Moscow Times |access-date=2 December 2021 |date=August 23, 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Рассказ Владимира Сорокина «Настя» попросили запретить за «экстремизм» |url=https://zona.media/news/2016/23/08/proru_sor |website=MediaZona |access-date=2 December 2021 |trans-title="[Activists] asked to ban Vladimir Sorokin's short story "Nastya" for extremism" |language=Russian |date=August 23, 2016}}</ref>
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Sorokin's books have been translated into English, Portuguese, Spanish, French, German, [[Dutch language|Dutch]], Finnish, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Italian, Polish, Japanese, Serbian, Korean, Romanian, Estonian, Lithuanian, Slovak, Czech, Hungarian, Croatian and Slovenian, and are available through a number of prominent publishing houses, including [[Éditions Gallimard|Gallimard]], Fischer, DuMont, BV Berlin, Haffman, Mlinarec & Plavic and Verlag der Autoren.{{Citation needed|date=January 2026}}

In December 2019, Russian filmmaker Ilya Belov released the documentary "Sorokin Trip",<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/release/rl2439480577/weekend/|title=Sorokin Trip|website=Box Office Mojo}}</ref> in which he portrayed and examined the writer's life and work. The film was nominated for Best Documentary for [[The Golden Unicorn Awards]] in 2019.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Golden Unicorn Awards|url=https://www.imdb.com/event/ev0035285/2019/1?ref_=ttawd_ev_1 |access-date=2023-09-21 |website=IMDB}}</ref>{{bsn|date=September 2026}}

===2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine===
[[File:Putin-Scholz meeting.jpg|thumb|right|300px|Putin converses with [[Olaf Scholz]] at the "[[Vladimir Putin's meeting table|totally paranoid table]]" on 15 February 2022]]
Three days after the 24 February 2022 [[Russian invasion of Ukraine]],  Sorokin published a piece highly critical of [[Vladimir Putin]]. In it he compared Putin to [[Ivan the Terrible]] and power in Russia to a medieval pyramid. He wrote: "The idea of restoring the [[Russian Empire]] has entirely taken possession of Putin," and he faulted the destruction of the TV channel [[NTV (Russia)|NTV]] for providing an opening. "Putin didn’t manage to outgrow the KGB officer inside of him, the officer who’d been taught that the [[USSR]] was the greatest hope for the progress of mankind and that the [[Western world|West]] was an enemy capable only of corruption."<ref name="vsvp">{{cite news |last1=Sorokin |first1=Vladimir |title=Vladimir Putin sits atop a crumbling pyramid of power |url=https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2022/feb/27/vladimir-putin-russia-ukraine-power |publisher=Guardian News & Media Limited |date=27 February 2022}}</ref>

{{cquote|Yet another head of a European country flies to the Kremlin so as to listen through their traditional portion of fantastical lies (now at an enormous, totally paranoid table), to nod their head, to say that “the dialogue turned out to be fairly constructive” at a press conference, then to just fly away.|source=<ref name=vsvp/>}}

For Sorokin, Putin's ultimate goal is not Ukraine but the dismemberment of [[NATO]] and the destruction of [[Western civilization]].<ref name=vsvp/> 

In March 2022, Sorokin was among the signatories of an appeal by eminent writers to all Russian speakers to spread the truth inside Russia about the war against Ukraine.<ref name=tttg>[https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/mar/05/eminent-writers-urge-russian-speakers-to-tell-truth-of-war-in-ukraine Eminent writers urge Russian speakers to tell truth of war in Ukraine], theguardian.com, 22-03-05. Retrieved 2022-03-09.</ref>

Following Sorokin's criticism of the Russian government, his books have been withdrawn from a number of Russian booksellers.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Radziwinowicz |first=Wacław |date=28 January 2024 |title=Moskiewska rewolucja kulturalna. Ścigany Akunin, Sorokin i inni |url=https://wyborcza.pl/7,75399,30639582,moskiewska-rewolucja-kulturalna-scigany-akunin-sorokin-i-inni.html |access-date=2024-01-29 |website=wyborcza.pl}}</ref>

==Bibliography==
{{see also|Category:Novels by Vladimir Sorokin}}
{{Incomplete list |date=June 2023}}
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===Novels and novellas===
* ''Норма'' (written 1979–1983, published by Tri Kita and Obscuri Viri, 1994). ''The Norm'', trans. [[Max Lawton]] (New York Review Books, forthcoming)
*''Очередь'' (written 1983, published by Syntaxe, 1985). ''[[The Queue (Sorokin novel)|The Queue]]'', trans. [[Sally Laird]] (Readers International, 1988; New York Review Books, 2008; {{ISBN|9781590172742}})
*''Тридцатая любовь Марины'' (written 1982–1984, published by Elinina, 1995). ''Marina’s 30th Love'', trans. Max Lawton (Dalkey Archive, forthcoming)
* ''Роман'' (written 1985–1989, published by Tri Kita and Obscuri Viri, 1994). ''Roman'', trans. Max Lawton (Dalkey Archive, forthcoming)
* ''Сердца Четырех'' (written 1991, published 1994). ''Their Four Hearts'', trans. Max Lawton (Dalkey Archive, 2022)
* ''Голубое Сало'' (Ad Marginem, 1999). ''[[Blue Lard]]'', trans. Max Lawton (New York Review Books, 2024)
* ''Лёд'' (Ad Marginem, 2002). ''[[Ice (Sorokin novel)|Ice]]'', trans. [[Jamey Gambrell]] (New York Review Books, 2007; {{ISBN|1-59017-195-0}})
* ''Путь Бро'' (Zakharov Books, 2004). ''[[Bro (novel)|Bro]]'', trans. Jamey Gambrell (in ''Ice Trilogy'', 2011).
* ''23'000'' (Zakharov Books, 2005). ''[[23,000]]'', trans. Jamey Gambrell (in ''Ice Trilogy'', 2011).
* ''День опричника'' (Zakharov Books, 2006). ''[[Day of the Oprichnik]]'', trans. Jamey Gambrell (2010; {{ISBN|978-0374134754}})
* ''Сахарный кремль'' (AST, 2008). ''The Sugar Kremlin'', trans. Max Lawton (Dalkey Archive, 2025)
* ''Метель'' (AST, 2010). ''The Blizzard'', trans. Jamey Gambrell (Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2015; {{ISBN|978-0374114374}})<ref>Briefly reviewed in the [https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2016/02/22 February 22, 2016 issue] of ''[[The New Yorker]]'', p.77.</ref>
* ''Теллурия'' (AST, 2013). ''Telluria'', trans. Max Lawton (New York Review Books, 2022)
* ''Манарага'' (Corpus, 2017; {{ISBN|978-5-17-102757-5}}). ''Manaraga''
* ''Доктор Гарин'' (Corpus, 2021; {{ISBN|978-5-17-136253-9}}). ''Doctor Garin''
* ''Наследие'' (Corpus, 2023; {{ISBN|978-5-17-160469-1}}). ''Legacy''

;Omnibus editions
*''Ice Trilogy'' (New York Review Books, 2011; {{ISBN|978-1590173862}}). ''Bro'', ''Ice'', and ''23,000'' published together in one volume.

=== Short fiction ===
'''Collections'''
*''Первый субботник'' (written 1979–1984, published by Russlit, 1992). ''The First Subotnik / My First Working Saturday''
*''Месяц в дахау'' (written 1990, published 1994). ''A Month in Dachau''
*''Пир'' (Ad Marginem, 2000). ''Feast''
*''Заплыв'' (AST, 2008). ''Swim''
*''Моноклон'' (АST, 2010). ''Monoclonius''
*''Белый квадрат'' (Corpus, 2018). ''The White Square''
*''Русские народные пословицы и поговорки'' (Corpus, 2020; {{ISBN|978-5-17-122974-0}}). ''Russian folk proverbs and sayings''
* ''De feminis'' (Corpus, 2022; {{ISBN|978-5-17-149740-8}}).
* ''Red Pyramid and Other Stories'', trans. Max Lawton (New York Review Books, 2024; {{ISBN|9781681378206}})
* ''Dispatches from the District Committee'', trans. Max Lawton (Dalkey Archive, 2024)

'''Stories'''
*{{cite journal |translator=Max Lawton |date=October 4, 2021 |title=Red Pyramid |journal=The New Yorker |volume=97 |issue=31 |pages=56–61 |url=https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2021/10/04/red-pyramid <!--|access-date=2023-06-16-->}}
*{{cite journal |title=Nastya |journal=The Baffler |date=December 2022 |volume=66 |url=https://thebaffler.com/stories/nastya-sorokin |translator=Max Lawton}}

===Plays===
* ''Пельмени'' (1984–1987). ''Pelmeni''
* ''Землянка'' (1985). ''The Dugout''
* ''Русская бабушка'' (1988). ''Russian Grandmother''
* ''Доверие'' (1989). ''Confidence''
* ''Дисморфомания'' (1990). ''Dysmorphomania''
* ''Юбилей'' (1993). ''Anniversary''
* ''Hochzeitsreise'' (1994–1995). ''The Post-Nuptial Journey''
* ''Щи'' (1995–1996). ''Shchi''
* ''Dostoevsky-Trip'' (1997).
* ''С Новым Годом'' (1998). ''Happy New Year''
* ''Капитал'' (2006). ''Capital''
* ''Занос'' (2009). ''The Snow Drift''

===Film scripts===
* ''Безумный Фриц'' ("''Mad Fritz''") (1994). Directors: Tatiana Didenko and Alexander Shamaysky.
* ''Москва'' ("''Moscow''") (2000). Director: Alexander Zeldovich. First Prize in the festival in Bonn; Award of Federation of Russian Film-Clubs for best Russian movie of the year.
* ''Копейка'' ("''Kopeck''") (2002). Director: Ivan Dykhovichny. Nomination for Zolotoy Oven Award for best film script.
* ''Вещь'' ("''Thing''") (2002). Director: Ivan Dykhovichny.
* ''[[4 (2004 film)|4]] ("Four")'' (2005). Director: [[Ilya Khrzhanovsky]]. Grand Jury Prize of [[International Film Festival Rotterdam]].
* ''Мишень'' ("''Target''") (2011). Director: Alexander Zeldovich.

===Other works===
* Photograph album ''В глубь России'' ("''Into the Depths of Russia''"), in cooperation with painter Oleg Kulik.
* Libretto for opera ''Дети Розенталя'' ("''[[The Children of Rosenthal]]''"), with music by [[Leonid Desyatnikov]]; written on request of the [[Bolshoi Theatre]], Moscow.
* ''Нормальная история'' ("A Normal Story") (2019), a collection of Sorokin's essays written in the 2010s.
* Dozens of stories published in Russian and foreign periodicals.

==References==
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==External links==
* {{Commonscatinline}}
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20051229155858/http://www.srkn.ru/english/ Official Webpage].
* [http://www.srkn.ru/bibliography/ Full bibliography] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081221124026/http://www.srkn.ru/bibliography/ |date=21 December 2008 }} {{in lang|RU}}
* {{isfdb name|id=Vladimir_Sorokin|name=Vladimir Sorokin}}
* {{IMDb name|id=0815131|name=Vladimir Sorokin}}.
* [http://www.spiegel.de/international/spiegel/0,1518,463860,00.html "Russia Is Slipping Back into an Authoritarian Empire"], interview to ''[[Der Spiegel]]'', 2 February 2007.
* [http://www.thenation.com/article/wait-vladimir-sorokin "The Wait: On Vladimir Sorokin"], ''The Nation'', Elaine Blair, 25 March 2009
* [http://www.bookslut.com/fiction/2007_02_010611.php "''Ice'' by Vladimir Sorokin"], ''Bookslut'', February 2007
* {{cite news| url=https://www.nytimes.com/2007/04/15/books/review/Kalfus.t.html?_r=1| title=They Had a Hammer | work=The New York Times| first=Ken |last=Kalfus| date= 15 April 2007}}
* [http://shorts.nthword.com/2011/07/review-ice-trilogy-vladimir-sorokin.html "''Ice Trilogy'' by Vladimir Sorokin"] – {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304055507/http://shorts.nthword.com/2011/07/review-ice-trilogy-vladimir-sorokin.html |date=4 March 2016 }}, ''nthWORD Magazine Shorts'', Ryan O'Connor, July 2011
* [https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2021/10/04/red-pyramid "Red Pyramid"] by Sorokin, translated by Max Lawton, 2021 
* [https://thebaffler.com/stories/nastya-sorokin "Nastya"] by Sorokin, translated by Max Lawton, 2022

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