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Xan Mars
Xan (Alexander) Mars (born April 11, 1961) is a Russian–born American writer, artist, cultural researcher. He has written more than a dozen books that are known in Russia.

Xan Mars is an American citizen, resides in the New York City area.

Life and career
Xan Mars (aka Zigfrid K. von Amoreak, mp4k) in 1979-1989 was a well known poet-activist at Moscow cultural underground. After graduating from the Moscow State University, then in the Soviet Union, Mars immigrated to the USA in 1996 at the age of 35.

Xan Mars (pen name mp4k) is the author of the shortest and the most condensed literary work ever created: a single dot which is the beginning and the end of the book ("Untitled"(The Dot, A Dot, Dot), published in 2000 ISBN 0967865522).

Mars's books also include: Xan Mars is also an artist. His most notable work is the First Masterpiece of New Millenium (The Dot), which was created at 11.59 PM 12.31.1999 - 00.01 AM 01.01.2000 on the Times Square, New York City, USA.
 * Untitled: (Hole, (No Matter What Shape Or Form), Zero, Absolute, Nothing, Everything, Atman, Tao, Spirit, Soul, Order, Chaos, Fulness, Emptiness, Body, Nobody, Time, Notime, Everywhere, Nowhere Etc.) (hole in paper). ISBN 0967865557.
 * The Art Of Simultaneous Texts. ISBN 0967865581.
 * Words/Worlds. ISBN 0967865565.
 * Collected Works Vol.1. ISBN 9785448372339.
 * Adventures... ISBN 9785448341526.
 * Non-Third Rome. ISBN 9785448340512.
 * Three Moons of Petersburg and Two Suns of Moscow. ISBN 9785448340352

Mars is also the author of the First Masterpiece of Third Millenium (The Hole), which was created at the "real" point passage between millenniums at 11.59 PM 12.31.2000 - 00.01 AM 01.01.2001 in Soho NYC, USA.

Mars is the founder of Daniil Kharms Prize in the field of Literature and Arts and the researcher of the Soviet cultural life of the 1930th.

External links (in Russian)

 * Российская газета
 * Комсомольская правда
 * Фонтанка.ру
 * Первый канал
 * Вести
 * Телеканал Культура
 * РИА Новости