Dmitry Bavilsky
Dmitry Vladimirovich Bavilsky (Russian: Дмитрий Владимирович Бавильский; 19 January 1969 – 17 February 2026) was a Russian writer, literary critic, and journalist.[1][2][3] Some of the novels he wrote, included The Library of Babel, The Nightshade Family, The Potato Eaters, Gagarin's Last Love, and The Red Dot.[4][5]
Early life
[edit]Bavilsky was born in Chelyabinsk on 19 January 1969.[6][5] Both his father Vladimir Favelyevich and mother Nina Vasilyevna were doctors. He graduated from Chelyabinsk State University in 1993. He continued post-graduate studies in foreign literature under Mark Iosifovich Bent at the same university, which he completed in 1996.[6]
Career
[edit]Bavilsky was working as a deputy editor-in-chief of the magazine Uralskaya Nov from 1995 to 1999. He also worked as a supervisor at the Chelyabinsk Academic Theatre of Drama, and headed Vzglyad publications.[4] His articles appeared in Literaturnaya Gazeta and Nezavisimaya Gazeta; as well as in magazines including Znamya, Oktyabr, and Ural. He was a private correspondent and editor for the Russian edition of The Art Newspaper from 2014 to 2017, and for Topos from 2001 to 2012.[5]
Death
[edit]Bavilsky died at a hospital on 17 February 2026, at the age of 57.[5]
References
[edit]- ↑ "Indexing metadata". medbiosci.ru. Retrieved 18 February 2026.
- ↑ Zykhovskaya, Natalia; Medvedeva, Arina (9 September 2025). "Региональная идентичность в литературных сюжетах: «Челябинский текст» Дмитрия Бавильского". Znak: problemnoe pole mediaobrazovanija (in Russian) (3 (57)): 86–97. doi:10.47475/2070-0695-2025-57-3-86-97. ISSN 2949-3641.
- ↑ adam (2 August 2013). "A Conversation with Andrei Bitov By Dmitry Bavilsky". Dalkey Archive Press. Retrieved 18 February 2026.
- 1 2 https://en.iz.ru/en/node/2044364
- 1 2 3 4 "Умер писатель Дмитрий Бавильский" [The writer Dmitry Bavilsky has died]. Meduza (in Russian). 17 February 2026. Archived from the original on 20 February 2026. Retrieved 20 February 2026.
- 1 2 "Bavilsky Dmitry Vladimirovich – Chelyabinsk in the life and works of famous people". Retrieved 18 February 2026.
- 1969 births
- 2026 deaths
- 20th-century Russian journalists
- 20th-century Russian male journalists
- 21st-century Russian journalists
- 21st-century Russian male journalists
- 21st-century Russian male writers
- Russian literary critics
- Russian male essayists
- Russian male novelists
- Russian music critics
- Writers from Chelyabinsk