This page uses content from the Sergei Lukianenko biography page on the English version of Wikipedia and is licensed under the GNU Free Documentation License. This list of authors can be seen in the page history. Rotten Tomatoes disclaims any and all warranties as to the accuracy or reliability of the content.

Sergey Lukyanenko (Russian: Сергей Лукьяненко) (born April 11, 1968) is a science fiction and fantasy author, writing in Russian. He was born in Kazakhstan and educated as a psychiatrist. It is said that he has been heavily influenced by Robert A. Heinlein, Strugatsky brothers, and Vladislav Krapivin in his writings. Sergey Lukyanenko is surprisingly tolerant of fanfiction, going as far as to incorporate some of the better fanfics into canon. He's married and lives in Moscow.

Although his books are often set in harsh worlds Lukyanenko is a humanist writer, and in this sense he follows traditions of Strugatsky brothers. Boris Strugatsky referred to the spirit of his books (on May 2000) as "that goodness with fists, those tortured attempts by the heroes to remain kind while being strong", and added "this is the underlying theme for Lukyanenko: how to preserve your goodness in the world of evil when you are strong and well-armed." http://www.rusf.ru/abs/int0020.htm

Only few of his works were commercially published in English, partially because Western publishers were apprehensive about the state of modern Russian copyright laws. Night Watch translated by Andrew Bromfield was published in the UK on 6 July 2006 by William Heinemann; in the first day 18185 paperbacks http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/0434014125/202-1630630-1631837 and over 1200 hardcovers http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/0434016098/202-1630630-1631837 of this title were sold. The book was published http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1401359795/104-5481739-0872708 in the US on 26 July 2006 by Miramax books. Day Watch will be published http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/0434014435/202-1630630-1631837 in the UK on January 4, 2007 and http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1401360203 in the US on January 10, 2007.

The 2004 film Night Watch (Nochnoy dozor), regarded as "the first Russian blockbuster" was based on the book. The film grossed over $16 million in Russia, a box office record at that time. In the United States, adaptation of the film was http://www.foxsearchlight.com/archive/ released by Fox Searchlight. The film Day Watch (Dnevnoy dozor) was released in Russia on January 1, 2006 and its adaptation is to be http://www.comingsoon.net/films.php?id=9123 released in 2007.

Acclaim for His Work

• 1993:"Aelita" - "Start Award" for his tale Atomny son (Атомный сон - Nuclear Dream)
• 1995:"Interpresscon" - short form "Interpresscon Award" for his short story Fugu v mundire - Poached fugu
• 1995:"Sibcon" - "Sword of Rumatha" Award for "Knights of forty islands" novel
• 1996:"Interpresscon" - "Interpresscon Award" for "Servant" tale
• 1997:"Stranger" - "Sword of Rumatha" Award for "Imperiors of Illusions" dilogy
• 1998:"SF Forum" - "Sigma-F" Award for "Autumn Visits" novel
• 1998:"Zilantkon" - Award "Big Zilant" for "Labyrinth of Reflections" novel
• 1999:"Aelita" - "Aelita" award for general progress in the Science Fiction genre
• 1999:"Stranger" - "Stranger" award in the nomination "Major form" for "Night Watch" novel
• 1999:"Star Bridge" - "Silver Kladutsey" award in the nomination "Serials and sequels" for "False Mirrors" novel
• 1999:"Star Bridge" - "Silver Kladutsey" award in the nomination "Major form" for "Night Watch" novel
• 2000:"Interpresscon" - "Interpresscon" award in the nomination "Major form" for "False Mirrors" novel
• 2000:Special Award - "Best literature murder of Yury Semetsky" for "Genome" novel
• 2000:"Star Bridge" - "Gold Kladutsey" award in the nomination "Serials and sequels" for "Day Watch" novel
• 2000:Special Award - from the "Kharkov's institute crankes" award for outstanding merits in the Science Fiction
• 2001:"Russcon" - "Gold Russcon" award for "Day Watch" novel
• 2001:"Interpresscon" - "Russian S.F." award for "Seekers of the Sky" dilogy
• 2001:"Lituanikon" - 1st place in the nomination "best novel of foreign author"
• 2001:"Star Bridge" - "Silver Kladutsey" award in the nomination "Serials and sequels" for "Morning Nears" novel
• 2001:"Stranger" - "Stranger" award in the nomination "Minor form" for "Evening conference with Mr Separate Deputy" short story
• 2002:"Ruscon" - "Alisa" award for "Dances in the Snow" novel
• 2002:"Interpresscon" - "Interpresscon" award in the nomination "Minor form" for "From fate" short story
• 2003:"Ruscon" - "Gold russcon" award for "Spectrum" novel
• 2003:"Ruscon" - "Silver russcon" award for "Frontier time" short story
• 2003:"Kiyvcon - "Big Urania" award for "Spectrum" novel
• 2003:"SF Forum" - "Sigma-F" Award for "Spectrum" novel
• 2003:"Interpresscon" - "Bronze snail" award in the nomination "Major form" for "Spectrum" novel
• 2003:"Interpresscon" - "Interpresscon" award in the nomination "Major form" for "Spectrum" novel
• 2003:"EuroCon-2003" - Sergey Lukyanenko admitted as the best Europe author
• 2003:"Star Bridge" - "Gold Kladutsey" award in the nomination "Major form" for "Spectrum" novel
• 2004:"Star Bridge" - "Gold Kladutsey" award in the nomination "Serials and sequels" for "Twilight Watch" novel
• 2005:"Ruscon" - "SF writer of the year"

Bibliography

References

External links

• Short annotations of Lukyanenko's books, an extensive biography and bibliography, and excerpts from English translations can be found here: http://www.rusf.ru/lukian/english/
• Official website (Russian)
• Author's LiveJournal can be read at http://doctor-livsy.livejournal.com/ (Russian)
• Sergey Lukyanenko, Night-and-Day-Watching Writer

Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify the biographical information on this page under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1.2 or any later version published by the Free Software Foundation.