Andrey Valentinov
| Andréy Valentínovich Shmalkó | |
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Andréy Valentinov at the Parthenit Writing Seminar in 2010
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| Native name | Андрéй Валентúнович Шмалькó |
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March 18, 1958 Kharkiv, Soviet Ukraine |
| Pen name | Andréy Valentínov |
| Occupation | novelist, historian, archaeologist |
| Language | Russian |
| Nationality | Ukrainian |
| Ethnicity | Ukrainian |
| Citizenship | Ukraine |
| Education | PhD in History |
| Alma mater | Kharkiv National University |
| Period | 1995-2014 |
| Genres | science fiction, fantasy, alternate history, cryptohistory |
| Subjects | world history, alternate history, cryptohistory, archaeology, noosphere, lonely honourable heroes fighting against the heartless state system or/and supernatural evil forces |
| Notable awards | “Start” (1997), “Golden Duke” (1997), “Golden Caduceus” (2000), Best Author (Eurocon 2013) |
| Years active | 1995-present |
Andréy Valentínov (Russian: Андрей Валентинов, Ukrainian: Андрій Валентинов) (born March 18, 1958) is the pen name of Ukrainian science/fantasy fiction writer Andréy Valentínovich Shmalkó. He resides in Kharkiv, Ukraine, and writes in Russian. Valentinov collaborates with other Russophone Ukrainian writers, such as H. L. Oldie and Marina and Sergey Dyachenko.
Valentinov's genre is often defined as cryptohistory. He is the author of 40 novels, about 50 stories and more than 60 essays about the problems of contemporary speculative literature. He has 164 science fiction and fantasy literary awards. At Eurocon 2013 in Kyiv, the European Science Fiction Society named Valentinov Europe's best writer of 2013.
Valentinov is a historian and archaeologist, Associate Professor at Kharkiv National University.
Andrey Shmalko was born in Kharkiv, Soviet Ukraine, on March 18, 1958. He began writing poetry in 1970, and wrote his first novel while at school. His first pen name was Alexander Nexø. From 1978 till early 2000s he was participating in different archaeological expeditions exploring the sites of Khazar culture, Scythian burial mounds, Genoese castle and especially his favourite Chersonesus, an ancient Greek colony founded approximately 2,500 years ago in the south-western part of the Crimean Peninsula.
In 1980 he graduated from Kharkiv National University and became a school teacher of history. From 1982 till 1985 he was a post-graduate student at the Department of Ancient and Medieval History of Kharkiv National University. In 1985 he defended his PhD dissertation in Ancient History, Roman Policy in the Southern Black Sea Region in the 1st Century BC. From 1985 to 1992 he taught history at Kharkiv University of Arts, also known as the Kharkiv Conservatory, where he introduced the first course of the Bible Studies in Ukraine that used to be a primarily atheistic state during the Soviet times.
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