The writer Alexander Potemkin became that unique author who unexpectedly broke into the book market with the finest philosophical works. Critics reacted to the author very ambiguously: some were enthusiastic about the adventurous and psychological novels of Alexander, others, on the contrary, were struggling to find fault with his work, attributing to the creator even an imitation of more famous personalities.
Creative features of the author
This is not to say that the opinion of most critics is absolutely wrong, because Potemkin's peculiar proximity with famous and even great predecessors is clearly visible in almost all of his works. Alexander Petrovich was perhaps the only Russian writer of our time who continued a series of familiar Russian social types that were included in classical Russian literature. In fact, in his creations, characters well known to all domestic residents come to life again - a charming adventurer, a skilled seducer, a gambler, a bureaucrat general, cunning bribe takers, influential women, a clever demagogue, an obliging assistant and many others. True, they all live in our time. And that is why, despite such a familiar type, everything happens in a different way.
Biography of the writer Alexander Potemkin
In addition to writing, Potemkin became famous as a scientist, official and military man. Indeed, all his life, Alexander was a doctor of economic sciences, a general, a statesman, a professor at the university, a writer and a scientist. In general, Potemkin is a diversified personality with many achievements in various fields.
The future writer Alexander Potemkin was born in 1949 on the Black Sea coast in the picturesque Georgian city of Sukhumi. After graduating from the Faculty of Journalism in Russia, the author worked for several years in the famous newspaper Komsomolskaya Pravda.
Going to Germany, the first thing Alexander Petrovich took up his education, graduating from the Faculty of Economics at the University of Bonn. There Potemkin mastered the stock market, organized his own business and founded several Soviet projects in the vastness of Germany, the most popular of which was the magazine "Burda".
In the nineties, the activist returned to Russia, where he graduated from graduate school and defended his doctoral dissertation at the Lomonosov Moscow State University at the Faculty of Economics. After that, Alexander devoted all his time to teaching and research.
Career
While abroad, Potemkin, tirelessly, continued his writing and scientific activities. There he was a financial observer of many domestic and foreign publications.
In 1997, Alexander Petrovich received the position of head of department, specializing in working with large payers of the Tax Service of Russia. After receiving his resignation, Potemkin became a leading researcher at the Faculty of Economics at the Russian Academy of Sciences. A well-known figure holds this position today.
Over his life, Alexander has published more than 10 of his books with intellectual prose. His works are known not only in Russia but also abroad, due to which books were translated into many foreign languages.
Creativity Potemkin
The books of the writer Alexander Potemkin are characterized by richness, amusement, irony and a peculiar juiciness. Sometimes the author strikes a satire to describe the internal state of the characters and explain their actions. His prose is able to captivate even the most sophisticated reader, provoking him to the strongest response emotions. Probably, there will be no person who will remain indifferent to the work of this writer.
In addition, due to the diverse activities of the author in the field of economics, science and finance, his works abroad are perceived as intellectual, erudite creativity. Potemkin’s books certainly do not fall into the category of light novels, which occupy the shelves of most bookstores. However, these stories can not be attributed to boring scientific treatises that claim the role of elite literature.
The work of Alexander Petrovich is lively, inspirational, close to absolutely every reader and quite intelligible prose, which, moreover, is quite accurately built psychologically. His works are read easily, in one breath, but leave a deepest trace in his memory.
The most famous works of Potemkin include:
- prose "Passion of the people";
- The Outcast novel
- the story "Demon";
- the novel "Mania";
- the story "The Player";
- the novel "Solo Mono";
- the story "Table";
- "Virtual economy and surreal being";
- the novel "The person is canceled";
- novel "Detached".
Creativity Reviews
Reviews about the writer Alexander Potemkin are quite diverse: critics mostly reproach the writer for imitating the great classics, and readers admire the writing style and the depth of the works.
Many people like the ideas of his books, but readers note that the works themselves in general aroused conflicting feelings. They write that in his works attempts are presented to describe all kinds of segments of the population, separately highlighting the most prominent representatives. However, to know the truth about things happening in the world is not always very pleasant.
Readers consider his books to be quite interesting and unusual works, they like funny scenes and dialogues. However, sometimes the reviews indicate that there are many descriptions of torture in the description, so they do not recommend reading to impressionable people.