Gromov Alexander Nikolaevich was born in a family of employees on August 17, 1959 in Russia (Moscow). The famous science fiction writer is 59 years old, the zodiac sign is Leo. Marital status - married, has a daughter. In the article we will talk about the biography of Alexander Gromov and his work.
Acquaintance
Alexander Nikolaevich is a Russian science fiction writer, as well as a laureate of literary prizes. His adventure stories were known not only at home, but also in Europe. In 2014, a fantastic film was shot and released on the screens of the book by Alexander Gromov.
Little can be said about the childhood of a talented writer. Alexander never gave his interviews on the subject of early age. But journalists and fans of the writer do not care about this fact.
Youth
At a young age, the guy was fond of mathematics and engineering. Therefore, he did not think long about where to go in the future. It was a metropolitan energy institute. The young specialist graduated from an educational institution with good grades and recommendations. Thanks to this, the leaders of the institute offered the young talent to try themselves at the All-Russian Research Institute of Radio Engineering.
However, after three years, the writer Alexander Gromov decided to go to the RNII of space instrument engineering. At this place, he worked for 16 years as an engineer-researcher.
In an interview, a talented science fiction writer told that in the last couple of years there was little to investigate at the RNII. Therefore, he locked himself in a separate room, where no one interfered with him, and indulged in his favorite work. And already in 2002, he became a popular author of science fiction stories. We must pay tribute - it was read by the whole country. At the same time, Gromov Alexander Nikolaevich makes an important decision in his life: he leaves his job and devotes himself to literary art. For many, this was a huge surprise.
How did it all start?
It is worth saying that in his student days, young Alexander was not fond of science fiction. But somehow he was advised to read the book "The Tale of the Troika", which was written by the Strugatsky brothers. Since then, the writer liked the genre of science fiction, and he fired up with literary work. Three years later, Gromov Alexander sat down to write his first book.
Alexander made the first attempts to write his masterpiece back in the 80s. But the release of his first work took place only in 1991. He wrote the story "Tecodont", which was published in the popular magazine "Ural Pathfinder". After some time, the science fiction writer released the next book - the novel "Between Hours", which was also published in the famous newspaper. And it was from these stories that the dizzying glory of Alexander Gromov began.
In 1995, he introduced the world to the adventure book Soft Landing, which later began to be produced in series. For a unique and interesting work, the science fiction received a literary prize named after A. Belyaev.
In 2008, the European Community will secure the title of best author of the year for writer Alexander Gromov. He writes mainly science fiction and historical science fiction. However, sometimes in his works there are stories with a touch of fantasy.
In the author’s popular bestsellers, heroes undergo tests with money, power, and also develop spiritually and evolve. Gromov Alexander adds a little humor to his novels and novels. Thanks to this, stories are read easily and naturally.
Adaptations
The famous writer Alexander Gromov always wanted to make a film based on his stories. His wish came true in the winter of 2014. It was a sci-fi film directed by Dmitry Grachev “The Calculator”. The main roles were played by such actors as Anna Chipovskaya, Vinnie Jones and Evgeny Mironov.
The sci-fi movie was written in 2009. Sent to several film companies, but no one ever offered to make a film. However, later on his work drew the attention of Dmitry Grachev. It was he who invited the producers to make a film on this story. Gromov Alexander liked the film adaptation of the book, although it underwent strong changes in the script. In addition, he praised the excellent play of the actors and stunning special effects.
Artworks
The science fiction writer has written many novels, short stories and short stories. Among them:
- "The Lord of the Void" (novel, 1997).
- Waterline, Year of Lemming (novels, 1998).
- The Forbidden World (novel, 2000).
- "Turtle Wings" (novel, 2001).
- “Eternity Comes Tomorrow” (novel, 2002).
- "The First of the Mohicans" (novel, 2004).
- "The Feudal" (novel, 2005).
- "Russian Arkan" (novel, 2007).
- The Rebus Factor (novel, 2010).
- “Sand Dam” (novel, 2011).
- "The Calculator" (novel, 2000).
- "Calculator-2" (novel, 2015).
- "Calculator-3" (novel, 2017th).
- "Bobugaby" (short story, 2009).
- “Suddenly flies from somewhere” (short story, 2003).
- “I give you a star” (short story, 2001).
- "Gourmets" (short story, 2010).
- "New Hybrids" (short story, 2005).
- “Fat, Lazy, Dangerous” (short story, 2003), etc.
Personal life and interests of the writer
A talented author of popular books lives with his wife and daughter. Alexander Gromov considers himself a romantic person. He likes fishing, hunting, traveling and spring canoeing along the northern river. Recently, the writer traveled along the route Selizharovka - Volga. Many fans of his work find a similarity of interests between kayaking and book writing. Indeed, in his stories, he also describes the struggle with obstacles.
In addition to the above hobbies, Gromov Alexander Nikolaevich discovered another hobby for himself - astronomy. And even independently made two telescopes. To further immerse himself in the atmosphere of a new hobby, the writer became a member of the All-Union Astronomical and Geodesic Society (VAGO).
The science fiction writer noted other equally talented authors:
- Anatoly Rybakov.
- Svyatoslav Loginov.
- Sergey Lukyanenko.
- Oleg Divov.
- Kurt Vonnegut.
- Robert Heinlein
- Alfred Bester.
Author Alexander Gromov now
The famous science fiction writer to this day pleases his like-minded people with new works. In the spring of 2018, Alexander Gromov completed writing a book from the Star Pyramid series. It is worth noting that the last part of the story was developed jointly with another talented author, Dmitry Baykalov.
At the same time, Gromov Alexander promised his fans that the third book from the series “The Calculator”, which will be called “Orbit for One,” will be released. Also in the summer, the author presented the fans with another work - “Absolute Weapon”.
Russian science fiction writer very often travels to rest in his country house. In addition, he does not stop his tradition in the form of kayaking. In 2017, Alexander Gromov conquered the expanses of the Volga and Big Cauchy. A popular author celebrated his birthday on a trip (Kolomna - Zaraysk - Konstantinovo - Ryazan).
Gromov Alexander Nikolaevich has long been blogging in LiveJournal. There, the writer shares announcements of upcoming bestsellers, political opinions and talks about his daily affairs.