Dmitry Glukhovsky
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| Dmitry A. Glukhovsky | |
|---|---|
| Occupation | Journalist, Writer |
| Nationality | Russian |
| Genres | Sci-fi, Horror |
| Notable work(s) | Metro 2033 |
Dmitry A. Glukhovsky (Russian: Дмитрий Глуховский) is a correspondent for Russia Today TV. A native speaker of Russian, he is also fluent in English, French, German, Hebrew and Spanish. Glukhovsky currently lives in Moscow, but has previously lived in Israel, Germany and France. He wrote an amateur cult hit novel on the internet called Metro 2033, which later became a paperback novel.
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[edit] Biography
[edit] Education
Glukhovsky received his primary education at the Moscow School in Russia, where he studied French.[1] Four and a half years later he lived and studied at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and majored in Journalism and Foreign Relations.
[edit] Career
Glukhovsky started his career with Russia Today, where he reports in Moscow and international news around the world.[2] Glukhovsky has kept Russia Today viewers with the latest ground breaking news and major international gatherings. As a news correspondent he also took part in the Russian Polar expedition.[3] Highlights of his career include around-the-clock live appearances from The Hague following the death of former Yugoslav president Slobodan Milošević, and continuous reporting from the closely-watched Ukrainian parliamentary election in March 2006. Dmitry also reported on the Moscow-Kiev gas crisis and its effects on European energy supplies in the winter of 2005-2006. He also wrote a novel that started on the internet called Metro 2033 which garnered 200,000 online readers which turned into a cult hit in Russia. In 2007, Glukhovsky got the Encouragement Award of the European Science Fiction Society in the prestigious Eurocon contest in Copenhagen for his novel Metro-2033". [4].
[edit] Work
[edit] Journalism
Dmitry Glukhovsky is not just the author of two Russian acclaimed bestsellers, "Metro 2033" and "Twilight". At the age of 29, he has already made some impressive accomplishments during his short reporting career.
He worked as a staff journalist for EuroNews TV in France and Russia Today TV in Moscow, reported for Deutsche Welle radio, Sky News and Israel's public radio. Now he stars as anchor for Russia's most reputed public radio station Radio Mayak.
As reporter, Dmitry traveled from Morocco and Guatemala to Iceland and Japan. He was deep in the Chernobyl area to film the destroyed nuclear reactor, watched Russian rockets launch at Baykonur, reported Israel's standoff with Hezbollah under the missiles in Kiryat Shmona and made the world's first live report from the North Pole.
[edit] Metro 2033 Novel
Glukhovsky's first book, Metro 2033, conceived when he was a schoolboy, has sold over 200,000 copies in Russia in less than a year, and his publishers are now printing 100,000 more. The book has inspired two PC video games, and film producers are showing great interest in it. The story repeated itself with the second novel, "Twilight", 100,000 of which were sold in just 4 months time.
Dmitry posted both novels on the Web for free as he preaches freedom of information. The two websites have had hundreds of thousands of visitors, but this did not impede the commercial success of the printed books.
[edit] References
- ^ Biography Retrieved on April 21, 2008.
- ^ Report CorrespondentRetrieved on April 21, 2008.
- ^ Russia Today Official News Website Retrieved on April 21, 2008.
- ^ nibbe-wiedling pageRetrieved on April 20, 2008.
