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Clandestinus (real name – Sergey Isaev, born May 2, 1973 in Klaipeda (Lithuania) is a writer, poet, screenwriter, translator, journalist, and social activist, living and working in Lithuania. He is best known as a translator, essayist and author of gothic and horror novels.

Biography
Clandestinus was born May 2, 1973 in Klaipeda. He finished the primary school of M. Gorky, took special English language courses in Lithuanian Christian College, philosophy at Vilnius seminary for Catholic priests, studied Christian (Catholic) theology (St. Jodard, France), Islamic law and Sharia in Jinan University (Lebanon, Tripoli). For about 8 years he was a monk of Catholic Orders – the Dominicans and Franciscans, 2 years of which he worked at the Education Center for Disabled Children in Vilnius, and another 2 years he taught the Law of God at the Catholic school in Kretinga.

After coming back from monastery to the world, Clandestinus was an editor of the culture department in the newspaper “Klaipeda” (2004), editor of literary newspaper “The Word” (2005), and editor of the weekly “Berth – Klaipeda” (2008). Now he is an active correspondent and member of Lithuanian, Russian and other European editions and publishers, such as Lithuanian “Nemunas”, “Baltija”, „Šiaurės Atėnos“, etc, Russian “Baltika”, “Parallels”, the leading Moscow literary portal “Moscow Writers”, “The Age of Translation” of E. B. Witkowsky, etc.). He is also a founder of the literary community/publishing house “ARS MAGNA” (2003).

Clandestinus is a polyglot, a translator from 11 languages. He does not belong to any political parties or movements, and is a convinced cosmopolitan. He started his writing in gothic and horror fiction traditions; nowadays he turned to hard science fiction. In the later works he is turning towards atheistic ideas.

Clandestinus is member of Russian Writers of Germany since 2003, a member of the Union of Russian Writers since 2004, a member of the International Literary Society of S. Dach since 2004, a member of the Lithuanian Association for Writers since 2006, a member of the International Historical and Literary Society K. Donelaitis since 2006, a member of the Journalists' Union of Lithuania since 2008, a member of the Union of Lithuanian Art Creators since 2009, and a chairman of the Union of Russian Writers in Lithuania since 2012.

Hobbies: Astrophysics, theoretical physics, history, biology, music.

Books

 * “Into the depths of sorrow and joy” (Poetry, ed. “Klaipėdos rytas”, 2001)
 * “Lightest and darkest thoughts” (Poetry, ed. “Klaipėdos rytas”, 2002)
 * “Speculum Saeculorum/Mirror of Ages" (Poems, ed. “Druka”, 2002)
 * “In search of the Oneness truth...” (Poems, ed. “Druka, 2002)
 * “Selected Aphorisms” (essays and aphorisms, ed. “Druka”, 2003)
 * “Death of Illusions” (novels and short stories, ed. “Reco”, 2004)
 * “The Last Days of Solitude” (novels, “Publishing Kaliningrad PEN”, 2008)
 * “Summis desiderantes affectibus” (poetry, “Published Kaliningrad PEN”, 2008)
 * “Versum onanicum poeticum” (poetry, short stories, ed. “Druka”, 2008, reprinted in “Publishing Kaliningrad PEN”, 2009)
 * “House of the Damned” (novels, “Published Kaliningrad PEN”, 2011)
 * “Penis oppressus” (poetry, prose, "Published Kaliningrad PEN”, 2011)
 * “A little Pharaoh named Syatya” (children's literature, fiction, “Publisher Kaliningrad PEN”, 2012)

from Lithuanian

 * “By the Footsteps of the Lithuanian Oracles/Anthology of Contemporary Poetry and Prose of Klaipeda’s region” (translations of contemporary Lithuanian poetry, fiction, children's literature, ed. "Reco", 2005)
 * “Stories about Gustas and a Teacher” (prose, translation of R. Černiauskas, ed. “Depository”, 2006)
 * “Interchange flowers” (poetry, translation of D. Molytė-Lukauskene, ed. “Eglė”, 2007)
 * “Between” (poetry, translation of N. Kepenienė-Kliukaitė, ed. “Libra Memelensis”, 2008)
 * “We are to other” (poetry, translation of A. Žalys, “Published Kaliningrad PEN”, 2009)
 * “Out of Darkness” (poetry, translation of D. Sobeckis, “Published Kaliningrad PEN”, 2009)
 * “The Man with the Monkey” (prose translation of A. Kuklys, “Published Kaliningrad PEN”, 2010)
 * “Homo religiosus” (poetry, translation of D. Sobeckis, “Published Kaliningrad PEN”, 2010)
 * “The Times” (poetry, translations of poems, fables, letters and poems “The Times” of a pioneer of Lithuanian Literature K. Donelaitis, “Published Kaliningrad PEN”, 2011)
 * “The Times” (poetry, translations of poems, fables, letters and poems “Times” of a pioneer of Lithuanian Literature K. Donelaitis, second edition, revised and expanded, “Published Kaliningrad PEN”, 2012)

from English

 * J. Qaradawi, Al Halal wal haram fil Islam (2005)
 * M. Abdalati, Islam in focus (2006)
 * S. Hanifah, What everybody must know about Islam and Muslims (2007)

from German

 * K. Donalitius, Gedichte und Briefe (2011)

from French

 * P. Malo, La critique sur le christianisme et judaïsme (2006)
 * D. Jacques, Serviteur de Dieu, qui es-tu? (2006)

from Italian

 * La Regola francescana (OFM) (2004)

Publications and periodicals

 * “Gintaro Lašai”, Lithuania, 2002-2006
 * “Klaipėda”, Lithuania, 2003-2005
 * “Pajurio Žinios”, Lithuania, 2003
 * “Varpai”, Lithuania, 2004
 * “Baltija”, Lithuania, 2005-2006-2010
 * “Nemunas”, Lithuania, 2005-2012
 * "Baltika", Russia, 2006
 * "Islamic Breakthrough", Russia, 2006
 * “Vakarų Ekspresas”, Lithuania, 2006-2007
 * “Vilnius”, Lithuania, 2009
 * “Žemaičių saulutė”, Lithuania, 2010
 * “Parallels”, Russia, 2007-2011
 * “Echo 50”, Russia, 2011
 * “The New Writers of Russia”, Russia, 2011
 * “Murr”, a magazine for children, Russia, 2012
 * “Echo 52”, Russia, 2012

Awards and achievements

 * Winner of various literary awards of Lithuania, Germany, and in particular, contemporary Russian prize for poetry (“Islamic breakthrough”, 2006), and prose (“Russian Gothic novel”, 2007).
 * Government Grant of the Lithuanian Ministry of Culture (2009).
 * Certificate of Russian PEN Club for master-class on translation (Kaliningrad, 2009).
 * A winner of Young Writers of Russia forum in “The New Writers of Russia” nomination (2010).
 * Clandestinus scripts were used in seven documentary films (2005-2012), two of which were nominated in documentary film contest “DAN”, where they took the 1st and 2nd place (Kazan, 2010), and got special prizes from  the Russian TV channel “Star”.
 * Certificate and personal greetings from Minister of Culture of the Russian Federation “For personal contribution to modern literature” (2010).
 * Certificate from Klaipeda’s Mayor “For spreading the culture of Klaipeda” (2010).
 * Laureate of XI Forum of Young Writers of Russia in the “Recognition” nomination (2011).

Interviews

 * Clandestinus: “The cross of romantic I’ll carry to the end” (in Lithuanian)
 * "What is PEN-club?" Interview with the club’s director and members (in Russian)
 * Radio Baltic Plus, Theatre Square (in Russian)
 * Sergejus Isajevas – Clandestinus: “A book for me has a higher value than a human” (in Lithuanian)