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Vahur Afanasjev (born: 24 August 1979) is an Estonian writer, filmmaker and musician. Afanasjev graduated from the University of Tartu in 2002, majoring in economic policy. He has been a member of a literary group ''Noorte Autorite Koondis'' (NAK) ((英語:Young Authors' League)) since 1998, and a member of the Estonian Writers' Union since 2006. He has worked as journalist, media analyst, copywriter, creative director and PR officer. 2005-2010 Afanasjev lived in Brussels, Belgium. == Writings == Afanasjev began his writing career with poems and lyrics in 1995. In 1997-98 he published three poetry collections on the internet. His first poems were published in the Estonian literary magazine ''Vikerkaar'' in 1998. He has published three poetry books, one book of short stories and three novels. His works have been published in several collections of various authors in Finnish, Russian, Romanian, Dutch and Hungarian. Poetry: * ''Kandiline maailm'' (''Square World'') 2000 * ''Kaantega viin'' (''Wrapped Vodka'' or ''Folded Vienna'' or ''I Take with Covers'') 2004 * ''Katedraal Emajões'' (''Cathedral in Mother River'') 2006 * ''Eesti vaarao'' (''Estonian Pharaoh'') 2013 * ''Kuidas peab elama'' (''How Should We Live'') 2014 * ''Tünsamäe tigu'' (''Snail from Tünsamäe'') 2015 Novels: * ''Kastraat Ontariost'' (''A Castrato from Ontario'') 2005 * ''Kaadrid otsustavad'' (''Shots Decide'') 2007 * ''Kosmos'' (''Cosmos'') 2008 *''Kanepi kirik'' (''Ganja Church'' or ''The Church of Kanepi Village'') 2002 (a book of short stories) Non-fiction: * ''Minu Brüssel'' (''My Brussels'') 2011 His style is described as socially critical magic realism flavoured with obscurities. His characters include parasite worms, murderers, corrupted journalists, robots and lonely gay men. "...this year saw the publication of his short novel Cosmos. This is a peculiar tale that could be characterised as Brokeback Mountain meets Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas." 〔(Younger Estonian Prose by Peeter Helme )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Vahur Afanasjev」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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