Denis Osokin

Prose writer, poet, and screenwriter. Author of the books “Ladies of Poplar”, “Silent Souls”, “Celestial Wives of the Meadow Mari”, “Garden Scarecrows from November to March”, “Goldammern / Silent Souls” (in German), “The Oarlock”, and “The Order of Thriftbox”. Screenwriter of Ödya, Shosho, Yu. River. Yakha, Silent Souls, Celestial Wives of the Meadow Mari, Angels of Revolution, Ada, New Berlin, and other films. Winner of the literary prizes Debut, Star Ticket, and the Andrei Bely Prize. For best screenplay: the Nika, the White Elephant, Kinotavr, the Asia Pacific Screen Award, and others. State prizes of the Mari El Republic and the Republic of Tatarstan. A member of the Asia Pacific Screen Academy, the European Film Academy, the Union of Cinematographers of the Russian Federation, and the Russian PEN Centre.