H. L. Oldie

Oleg Ladyzhensky and Dmitry Gromov

Oleg Ladyzhensky left to Dmitry Gromov
Born 1963
Ukraine, Soviet Union
Pen name H. L. Oldie
Occupation Writer
Language Russian
Citizenship Ukraine
Genre Science fiction, fantasy
Notable works The Abyss of Hungry Eyes, Kabir Cycle, Achaean Cycle
Notable awards «Best Author» (Eurocon-2006), «Golden caduceus» - twice(Звёздный мост 2000, 2005), «Golden Roskon» (Роскон 2006)
Website
oldie.ru

Henry Lion Oldie or H. L. Oldie (Russian: Генри Лайон Олди, Г. Л. Олди) is the pen name of Ukrainian science-fantasy fiction writers Dmitry Gromov and Oleg Ladyzhensky. Both authors reside in Kharkiv, Ukraine, and write in Russian. At Eurocon 2006 in Kyiv, the European Science Fiction Society named them Europe's best writers of 2006.[1] Oldie collaborated with other Russophone Ukrainian writers, such as Andrey Valentinov, Marina and Sergey Dyachenko.

The "H. L. Oldie" pen name was invented as a merger of their names, Oleg and Dmitry, respectively, and the initials are derived from their family names in Cyrillic (Громов and Ладыженский). They eventually decided that H. L. should stay for "Henry Lion". Choice of a "western" pseudonym was common during the early post-Soviet era, when Russian and Ukrainian publishers and readers preferred foreign science fiction and fantasy to Russian one.

Dmitry Gromov bio

Dmitry Yevgenyevich Gromov (Ukrainian: Дмитро Євгенович Громов, Russian: Дмитрий Евгеньевич Громов) was born March 30, 1963, in Simferopol, Crimea, Soviet Union. His family moved to Kharkiv when he was 11. There he graduated from Kharkiv Polytechnical Institute in 1986 and worked as chemistry engineer. Married, he has a son (born 1989). Since 1991 he has been pursuing a full-time writer career.

Oleg Ladyzhensky bio

Oleg Semenovych Ladyzhensky (Ukrainian: Олег Семенович Ладиженський, Russian: Олег Семёнович Ладыженский) was born March 23, 1963, in Kharkiv, Soviet Ukraine. He graduated from Kharkiv institute of culture in 1984. After that he became a theatre director. It is Ladyzhensky who's responsible for H. L. Oldie's poetry, he publishes his verse separately from Oldie books as well, under his real name.

Bibliography

(By September 2012)

The Abyss of Hungry Eyes

Novelettes "The Eighth circle of Subway" (1990), "The Monster" (1990), "Tiger" (1990), "Nobody's home" (1990), "Master" (1991), "Broken circle" (1991), "Annabel Lee" (1991) published separately were included in the novellas of the cycle "The Abyss of Hungry Eyes"

Kabir's Cycle

Achaean Cycle

World of Oikoumene

Fantasy World

Hening Cycle

Other Books

Awards

Preceded by
Marina and Sergey Dyachenko
ESFS award for Best Author
2006
Succeeded by
Sándor Szélesi

References

  1. http://www.esfs.info/esfs-awards-2000.html#2006