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Sasha Filipenko (b. July 12, 1984, Minsk, Belarus) — belarusan author. Winner of the "Russkaya Premiya" Literary Prize (2016), Yasnaya Polyana Literary Award (2020), finalist of the Big Book Award (2016), "NOS" (2020) and other literary prizes. He is the author of 5 novels "Red Crosses", "Hounding", "Ex-Son", "Blueprint", "Return to Ostrog" and a number of short stories. Sasha Filipenko's novels have been translated into French, German, Czech, Hungarian, Polish, Italian, English, Croatian, Dutch, Spanish, Japanese and Swedish. "The Red Crosses" play based on Sasha Filipenko's novel was stages by Gogol Center Theater in Moscow. Three of Filipenko's plays are expected to premiere at the Alexandrinsky Theater in spring 2021. "Ex-Son" play is expected to premiere in Minsk theatre in spring 2021.

Biography
Sasha Filipenko is Belarusan by nationality. He was born in Minsk. Graduated from the Akhremchik Art Lyceum. Moved to Russia to study at the Faculty of Liberal Arts of St. Petersburg State University (BA in 2007, MA in 2009).

Worked at Russian Channel One from 2009 to 2011, where he wrote scripts for various late-night comedic show. Then he joined the TV Rain channel, where he hosted comedic and travel programs. In 2020, he hosted the weekly program at RTVI channel. He launched his own YouTube channel "Ex-Son" where he held "Solidarity Readings" to support Belarusans prior to the 2020 presidential election.

GQ magazine nominated Filipenko in the "Discovery of the Year" category in 2014. Sobaka.ru magazine nominated Filipenko in the "Books" category. The same year Filipenko became the finalist of the Big Book Award.

Filipenko won the Yasnaya Polyana Literary Award, the Sobaka.ru Magazine Award in the Books category in 2020.

Moscow's, St.Petersburg and Minsk theatres stage plays based on Filipenko's works.

Filipenko writes in Russian and Belarusan languages. He works with the literary magazines of Moscow and St. Petersburg. Filipenko is being published in German, Swedish, Czech, French, English press.