Evgeny Grishkovets: books, films and performances

Evgeny Grishkovets is a well-known Russian writer, as well as a director, playwright, actor and musician. He became famous for his unique, simple literary style. Many books by the author have been awarded various prizes. Among them is the Russian Booker. In addition, Grishkovets entered the Guinness Book of Records and received the title of honorary citizen in his small homeland. But theatrical creativity, cinematographic works and the participation of Yevgeny Valerievich in films and series of colleagues are worthy of special attention.

Biographical Information

Evgeny Grishkovets was born in Kemerovo on February 17, 1967. Received a philological education. The future founder of the independent theater "Lodge" in his hometown lived in Germany, Kaliningrad and Moscow. Married, has three children in a family.

It is interesting that after school Eugene would prefer not to go anywhere, but he chose the philological faculty, since there you can not only read books, but also turn into a professional reader. And better than professional reading can only be writing works. Really happy Grishkovets make his concerts.

Literary works

The book of Grishkovets, at the same time the first and brought celebrity, is called "Shirt". It was published in 2004. After this novel, several dozens of novels, short stories, plays, storybooks, essays, and also books based on entries in LJ came out from the pen of the writer:

1. "Asphalt".
2. "Rivers" (it can be seen in school textbooks on literature).
3. "Ah ... ..a."
4. “Letters to Andrey. Notes on art. "
5. "Strap".
6. "Footprints on me."
7. "Year of Life" and others.

In the stories of the writer, one can feel the influence of Anton Chekhov and famous author’s monologue plays. He creates modern stories about the little things that make up human life and can be both tragic and funny. Any trifle, be it a usual lack of sleep or the story of a young recruit, under the eyes of a writer turns into something special, philosophical, forces you to put off the rush, make a stop and reflect. Deep. No less than the works themselves, which are the best type of therapy for a tired person. And you open the book - and life is already completely different, not so meaningless.

The simplicity of the syllable, penetration, observation and truthfulness of the writer conquer. Readers often note that if they owned the word, they would have written exactly that and what happened with Eugene. Of course, there are those who do not like Grishkovets, considering them to be trivial.

Films Grishkovets

As a movie actor, Eugene Grishkovets made his debut in 2002. It was a film adaptation of the novel by Boris Akunin, "Azazel." Grishkovets worked side by side with Sergey Bezrukov, Marina Neyolova and Ilya Noskov. Eugene Grishkovets in films and TV shows flashed more than once.

• "Money". An incomplete project about events at the radio station “Like Radio”, which is rapidly losing popularity and is undergoing serious personnel changes.
• "Stroll". One day. A walk around Peter, filled with street bustle, tears and laughter, a secret and love drama. Grishkovets got the role of a wealthy man engaged to the main character. He starred with Evgeny Tsyganov and Irina Pegova.
• "Not with bread alone." The drama about the post-war years was nominated for "Nick". Here Eugene played the NKVD investigator.
• "In the first circle." This is a series about the post-war period, combining dramatic and historical genres. It tells about the secret work of scientists prisoners on the order of Stalin. Grishkovets got the role of the writer Galakhov.
• "Thirteen months." Crime drama about how difficult it is to escape from obligations and problems. Starring Gosha Kutsenko. Evgeny Valerievich introduced Stein.
• "Window". Here Grishkovets plays the role of a literary editor in a melodrama.

Finally, in 2010, the film Satisfaction was released, where Grishkovets proved himself not only as an actor, but also as a screenwriter and producer. The writer and actor is also known for his roles in the drama "Blizzard", the thriller "Wake Me Up" and the series "Particle of the Universe". Several times he played himself.

In 2017, the audience was shown the most cherished and unusual work (according to the author's words) - “Evgeny Grishkovets: Whispers of the Heart”. “This is my sixth monologue in seventeen years of work, on the plan of which I have been thinking for more than five years, but I have never been given it,” says Grishkovets.

Theatrical work

The genre, due to which Grishkovets became known, is called a one-man show (with one actor). “How I Eaten the Dog” is the illustrious first performance that the actor staged in the late 1990s. Evgeny Grishkovets also played quite often in performances. Pictures with his participation are many:

• “At the same time;
• "Dreadnought";
• "By";
• “Farewell to the paper”;
• "Libra";
• "Preface" and others.
  

Musical activity

The musical tandem of Grishkovets and the “Curlers” group lasted for almost ten years. They recorded six albums in the genre of electronic music (from "Now" to "Radio for One"). After these works, a new project was launched together with the Mgzavrebi group.

Evgeny Valerievich never hid that the vocals are not his. But his own voice in projects acts on him as a sedative. Grishkovets expresses the hope that these records will equally be able to reassure many people like himself, people who want to sing, but they are not given it.

Evgeny Grishkovets is a popular Russian writer, actor, playwright and musician. In literature, he left a mark (and continues to work on it) as an author with a unique, simple, sincere, deep style. He can write what others cannot articulate.

The result of the theatrical activities of the director, actor and screenwriter was the founding of his own theater and about a dozen solo performances. In the cinema, Grishkovets is known as a good actor, a participant in several dozen projects, in particular the copyright films Satisfaction and Grishkovets Eugene: Heart (Whisper of the Heart).