Biography, creativity and the best books of Andrei Belyanin

The work of Andrei Belyanin, who works in the genre of humorous fantasy, has long been known to the Russian reader and managed to fall in love with him. About the life and work of this writer, we'll talk in this article.

Biography

He was born in January 1967. The birthplace of Andrei Belyanin is Astrakhan. His mother was a medical worker, his father a simple worker. He graduated from his native city eight-year school and enrolled in the picturesque and pedagogical department of the Art College. Vlasov. Already on the fourth year Belyanin was carried away by poetic creativity.

After graduation from the school, the writer went to serve as a border guard on the border with Turkey. In the army, Andrei Olegovich continued to engage in poetry. Many of the poems of this period were included in the collection "Shepherd of the Bears".

After the service, he lived alternately in Moscow and St. Petersburg, but did not stay in any of the cities. He worked as a teacher, was deputy chairman of the Writers' Union of Russia, produced a newspaper, headed a literary studio. As a result, he returned to Astrakhan, where he lives to this day. In a small homeland Belyanin was given the rank of a captain in a local Cossack army. In his spare time he is engaged in ceramics and painting.

Creativity and awards

Member of the Writers' Union since 1994. By this time, Belyanin had written three poetic collections and two tales: "Order of Porcelain Knights" and "Red and Striped."

Under the title of his book "The Sword Without a Name", the publishing house "Alpha-book" established a prize for young authors. Twice awarded with the diploma of the Ministry of Internal Affairs for "creating a positive image of the police" Andrey Belyanin ("Secret search of the king of the Pea", character - Nikita Ivashov).

In 2009 he received a medal named after N. Gogol. In 2013 he became a fantastist of the year (RosKon festival).

"My wife is a witch"

The first book of the dilogy was published in 1999 and had the same name as the whole series. The second book of the cycle is called "Sister from the Underworld".

The diary of Andrei Belyanin tells about the adventures of the main character - the poet Sergei Gnedin - and the wife of his Natalia - a librarian and part-time witches. In the first book, fate brings a couple in the Middle Ages, where the poet is to find the disappeared wife. In the second they go already to the magical City, where the sister of Natalya threw a magic amulet.

"Sword Without a Name"

In 1997, Andrei Belyanin began writing this work. "Sword Without a Name" - the first book of the cycle, its name gave the name not only of the entire series, but also a literary prize for novice science fiction writers.

The cycle tells about the adventures of the protagonist Andrew, who fell into a parallel world, arranged in the image of the Middle Ages. It is here that the character finds his love and vocation. However, the native world calls back, and Lord Skimnoku (this title was appropriated to the protagonist for his exploits) has yet to travel, torn between reality and the parallel universe. About what ended the story of Andrew, described in two subsequent books of the trilogy: "Ferocious Landgraf" and "The Age of St. Skimnok."

Jack the Crazy King

The first book of the trilogy with the same name was published in 1999. This is not the first work written by Andrei Belyanin. Books of this series, however, stand out against the background of others with their unique hero. This is a prince, but not simple, and nicknamed the Madman, and for good reason. This insane hero in the company of no less expressive friends gets from one story to another. Their tireless struggle against evil and impure force invariably ends in victory.

Books, like all the works of the writer, with the exception of poems, are imbued with humor, optimism and indomitable faith in a bright future.

"Secret search of the King of Peas"

To date, this is the longest cycle, which includes nine books. And, judging by the end of the last novel, Andrei Belyanin is not going to stop at this. King of the Peas, Baba Yaga, Koschey the Immortal and other fairy-tale characters led by the main character Nikita Ivashov so fond of readers that every new story about secret detectives is accepted with incredible delight.

The main character, a police lieutenant, accidentally falls into the fairy-tale Russia of the times of King Pea. And not just anyhow, but to the cellar to Baba Yaga herself, a nice old woman with a dark past. Contrary to expectations, the policeman is in demand in those ancient times. From this moment, the adventures of Nikita Ivashov and his operatic group in the composition of Baba-Yaga and the village fool Mitenka begin.

Do not forget this series and periodically writes new stories Andrei Belyanin. "The Black Sword of Tsar Koshchei" is the last novel to date. This time, the operative group will face not only the eternal enemy of Koshchei, but also with a much more dangerous opponent - Snake Gorynych, whose skin can not be penetrated by any weapon.

"Baghdad Thief"

The trilogy is devoted to descriptions of the adventures of the famous Baghdad thief. However, the hero is far from being described in oriental tales. And all the fault is the excessive love of Khayyam ibn Omar to the hot drinks. And now the underground genie fulfills the main desire of the writer rubai and the fighter for justice - to find him a worthy successor. They turn out to be the blue-eyed Muscovite of our time with the noble family Obolensky. From that moment on, the one who proclaims that everything is calm in Baghdad will be wrong as well.

Eastern color in combination with Russian humor - that's what the cycle about the Baghdad thief. Not to mention the wonderful author's stylization of speech characters and descriptions of the terrain.

Aargx

This time, he departed from the typical positive characters in the role of protagonists Andrei Belyanin. The books of the series are not dedicated to the prince, not to the knight, and not to the policeman. This time in the center of attention is a half-human-half-trillion named Aargh. However, this stout fellow with a stupid face and unimaginable muscles is not as simple as it might seem at first glance. Although he himself stubbornly pretends to be a stupid barbarian, incapable of anything other than physical labor in all its manifestations. Yes, and work at Aargha, too, not so hot - he's a simple mercenary. For what they paid, then do it.

Nevertheless, books about the adventures of this outstanding character are read in one breath, full of humor and positive. In addition, as in any fairy tale, good, even with a troll's face, always wins evil.

"Professional werewolf"

This cycle was written together with Galina Chernaya. Nevertheless, he is very similar to all books of Andrei Belyanin humor and memorable characters.

In the center of the story is Alina, a young girl accidentally bitten by a werewolf. The special task force, consisting of Alex Orlov and the talking cat, managed on time and destroyed the monster. However, now the girl must inevitably turn into a monster. The special task group could not leave Alina in trouble, so she was immediately included in the detachment to find the medicine. Now the heroes have to visit many parallel worlds and different epochs to achieve their goal.