What is Mikhail Shishkin (writer)?
[[File:MichaelShishkin1209n.jpg|thumb|Mikhail Shishkin (2010)]] '''Mikhail Shishkin''' (born 1961<!--The day of birth is in the next paragraph/section-->) is Russian writer.<ref>https://www.aftenposten.no/meninger/debatt/i/EagRWG/paa-vegne-av-russland-og-mitt-folk-oensker-jeg-aa-be-ukrainerne-om-tilgiv. [[Aftenposten]]</ref> He won the Russian Booker Prize (2000), the Russian National Bestseller (2005), and Big Book Prize (2010). His books have been [[translation|translated]] into 30 languages.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://bgs-agency.com/authors/shishkin-mikhail/ |title=Shishkin´s Literary Agency |access-date=2022-03-02 |archive-date=2022-03-02 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220302125722/http://bgs-agency.com/authors/shishkin-mikhail/ |url-status=dead }}</ref> He also writes in German. Early life: Shishkin was born on 18 January 1961 in [[Moscow]] to Irina Georgievna Shishkina, a Russian literature teacher, and Pavel Mikhailovich Shishkin, an [[engineer constructor]]. He was a student of English and German; He worked as teacher (of [[foreign language]]s) in [[Moskva]]; He moved to Switzerland in 1995.<ref>{{Cite encyclopedia|title=Mikhail Sjisjkin|date=2023-04-21|encyclopedia=[[Great Norwegian Encyclopedia|Store norske leksikon]]|url=https://snl.no/Mikhail_Sjisjkin|first=Ingunn|last=Lunde|accessdate=2023-04-21|language=no}}</ref> He writes novels. He also writes in German. ==Related pages== *[[List of Russian novelists]] ==References== {{reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Shishkin, Mikhail}} [[Category:Writers from Moscow]] [[Category:Russian novelists]] [[Category:1961 births]] [[Category:Living people]] {{bio-stub}}