Andrey Butorin: biography, books

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Andrey Butorin is a well-known domestic writer working in the science fiction genre. He has been working in art since the mid-1990s. Author of a large number of short stories, short stories and novels. Fame brought him participation in the literary projects "Metro 2033" and "S. T. A. L. K. E. R." In this article, we will talk about his biography and creative career.

Childhood and youth

Andrey Butorin was born in the Murmansk region in 1962. He was born in Monchegorsk. He still lives in his small native town, although he has recently become a famous writer.

In 1979 he graduated from high school and entered the Leningrad Institute of Aviation Instrumentation. Received a diploma in the speci alty "electromechanical engineer".

After graduation, he got a job at the Izmeritel plant in Smolensk.

Employment career

Andrey Butorin worked in his speci alty for a long time, without being seriously engaged in creativity. After working for some time at Izmeritel, he returned to his native Monchegorsk in the Murmansk region. He became an employee of the Severonickel plant. He worked in the nickel electrolysis shop as an electronic engineer. In the early 90s, he became a software engineer, starting to master the speci alty that was fashionable at that time.

In 1997, he left his job at the plant, where by that time they had practically not paid wages. Got a job at Monchebank in the commercial department.

In the 2000s, when the situation in the country and industry stabilized, Andrey Butorin returned to the plant. By that time, the enterprise was part of the open joint-stock company "Kola Mining and Metallurgical Company". The hero of our article was a leading specialist in the Information Technology Center that existed under this organization.

He remained in this post until the summer of 2008, when the unit was reorganized into a separate enterprise - InformKolaService Limited Liability Company.

In 2013, the company again became part of the Kola Mining and Metallurgical Company. Butorin still works in the same position.

Literary debut

Andrey Butorin started writing books at school age. At first, these were poems, but the hero of our article quickly lost interest in poetry, in principle, considering it a frivolous activity, nothing more than gymnastics for the mind.

His early work competed in competitions held by regional and local publications. In 2000 wontelevision at the contest of the political ditty "I'll sing in a moment!", which was held by the newspaper "Komsomolskaya Pravda".

Prose

Butorin has been experimenting with prose since the mid-80s. It was during that period that he wrote the first work, which, in his opinion, deserved attention. This is a fantastic story "The Gap of Time".

Soon he was commissioned to write a fantastic environmental story. So his second work appeared under the name "Revenge of the Dead Lake". It told about a reservoir contaminated with industrial waste, in which a mutant fish appeared that began to eat people.

After that, a long break in his literary activity followed. Only in the late 90s did prose again begin to occupy a significant place in the biography of Andrei Butorin. Since then, he has been seriously interested in literary work. But so far his works are read only by family and friends. It is not published anywhere.

Finally, in the early 2000s, he decided to present his stories to the public to hear public opinion. Andrei assumed that he would be able to improve his skills in this way. On the Internet, they have collected a lot of positive reviews. He decided to continue to create in the same way.

Success

Today the list of Andrey Butorin's books looks very impressive. It all started with sending out his stories to the editors of various magazines that publish fantastic works. In 2001, the magazine "Star Road" for the first timepublished his work. It was called "The mother of the astronaut." After that, about a dozen more journal publications came out. And not only in Russia, but also in Canada, America, Great Britain, Israel, Latvia, Ukraine.

In 2004, the publishing house "AST" publishes his first novel, en titled "Work on mistakes". After that, in various Moscow publishing houses, one after another, his other novels and collections of short stories are published. In particular, the writer took part in the literary projects "S. T. A. L. K. E. R." and Metro 2033.

Butorin is a participant in various literary competitions. In 2006, his fantasy novel series was shortlisted for the Dream Dream Award in the Best Science Fiction category.

He also participated in the popular science fiction festivals "EvRosCon", "Silver Arrow". In 2009, Butorin was admitted to the Union of Writers of Russia.

Currently popular are his novels "Heir to the Throne", "Beyond Heaven and Earth", "No Miracles", "Wedge", "Worse than Pain", "Wormhole", "Play or Die", "Felled into the Zone. Forced landing." His novels "Entangled Souls", "A Name for the Unborn", "Letter to Nowhere", "Shell", "Three Times in the Same River…" were published.

You can also get acquainted with his stories "One less meanness", "Sensationalinterview", "Tract of Fiery Spirits".