Serguei Lebedev
From 9 February to 7 April 2021

Sergei Lebedev was born in Moscow in 1981 and worked for seven years on geological expeditions in Northern Russia and Central Asia. Lebedev is a poet, novelist, essayist, and journalist. Since 2010 Lebedev has written several novels on the secrets of the Soviet Union’s history, the violence of Stalinism and its impact on modern Russian life. Lebedev’s books have been translated into 17 languages and were shortlisted for the major Russian and European book prizes. New Vessel Press has brought out in English Oblivion (2016), The Year of the Comet (2017), The Goose Fritz (2019), and Untraceable (2021).