Aleksandr Sharonov


 * This is a Mordvin name; the given name is Sandra.

Aleksandr Markovich Sharonov (born 18 February 1942) (Алекса́ндр Ма́ркович Шаро́нов,, alias Sharononj Sandra (Erzya language: Шарононь Сандра, Šaronoń Sandra, ) is a Mordvin (Russian) philologist (Finno-Ugric languages), folklorist, poet and prose writer.

His research and social interests include history, mythology and folklore of Erzya and Moksha peoples.

Works

 * Устно-поэтическое творчество мордовского народа (1977)
 * Mastorava an epic poem based on Mordvin mythology and folklore, written in Erzya (1994), translated in Moksha, Russian, and Hungarian languages
 * Мордовский героический эпос (2001)
 * На земле Инешкипаза (2006)
 * Потехония, a science fiction novel (2012)
 * Эрзя, Меря, Русь в историографии России (2013)
 * Планета Эра, poetry and prose (2014)

Recognition

 * 1997: Matthias Castrén Society Literary Prize, Finland
 * 1996: Mordovia State Prize, Russia