Dmitry Glukhovsky

Dmitry Glukhovsky
Glukhovsky in 2018
Native name	Дмитрий Алексеевич Глуховский
Born	Dmitry Alekseyevich Glukhovsky (1979-06-12) 12 June 1979 Moscow, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
Occupation	Author
Alma mater	Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Genre	Science fiction, magic realism, dystopian, post-apocalyptic
Years active	2001–present
Notable works	Metro 2033, Metro 2034, Metro 2035
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Dmitry Alekseyevich Glukhovsky (Russian: Дми́трий Алексе́евич Глухо́вский, born 12 June 1979) is a Russian author, best known for the science fiction novel Metro 2033 and its sequels. As a journalist, Dmitry Glukhovsky has worked for Euronews, RT in its early years, and others. Aside from his native Moscow, Glukhovsky has also lived in Israel, Germany, and France. He currently lives abroad due to his wanted status and prison sentence in Russia for his criticism of the Russian government and the invasion of Ukraine.

Biography

Personal life and activism

Dmitry Glukhovsky was born and raised in Moscow. His Jewish father Alexei worked as an editor for Gosteleradio, an agency that ran television and radio programming in the USSR, while his Russian mother Larisa worked as a photo editor for TASS agency. He graduated from a school in Arbat District, and having already decided to become a writer, conceived the idea for the post-apocalyptic novel Metro 2033 at the age of 15. At the age of 17, he left Russia to study in Israel and lived there for four and a half years. While living in Israel, he learned Hebrew and earned a university degree in Journalism and International Relations at the Hebrew University in Jerusalem. He completed this degree in Hebrew, no differently to native-language Israeli students most of whom were five years older than him. While talking about the experience, he said: "Not that I started feeling myself a Jew, but I definitely started feeling an Israeli."

The writer was married to producer Elena Glukhovskaya, whom he met while working at Russia Today. The couple have two children. On vDud, Glukhovsky revealed he and Elena divorced earlier in 2020.

In 2021, Glukhovsky publicly denounced the arrest of Russian opposition activist Alexei Navalny and demanded his release in an online video. In the wake of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, Glukhovsky has shown support to Ukraine, including a public statement aired on Arte. On 7 June 2022, Glukhovsky revealed he was placed on the Russian federal wanted list; he wrote on his Telegram channel that he was accused of discrediting the Russian Armed Forces due to a post he made on Instagram. After a Moscow district court ordered Glukhovsky's arrest in absentia, he faces up to 10 or 15 years in prison. The arrest in absentia was issued on 13 May. In October, Glukhovsky was added to the list of foreign agents by the justice ministry. On 7 August 2023, Glukhovsky was handed an 8-year prison sentence.

Career

Dmitry Glukhovsky signing a copy of Metro 2033 at SFeraKon 2012

Glukhovsky began writing Metro 2033 as his first novel at the age of 18, and then published it on his website in 2002, available for all to read for free as an interactive experiment. First published in print form in 2005, the book and its sequels turned into a multimedia franchise including a video game series. Glukhovsky collaborated with Ukrainian game company 4A Games in the development of Metro 2033. While he did not write the game's story, it is based on his novel. While Metro: Last Light is not based on his novel Metro 2034, because the developers felt it was less fit for a game than the original book, Glukhovsky helped to write the story and dialogue for the game. He published his extended version of the game's story in novel form as Metro 2035.

From 2002 to 2007, he worked at the global European media platform Euronews in Lyon, France, after which he returned to Russia and continued his career at the newly created Russia Today (RT). Over the course of three years he traveled halfway around the world, was a Kremlin pool journalist, visited the Baikonur Cosmodrome and the exclusion zone of the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant, as well as the North Pole, and covered the 2006 Lebanon War as a war correspondent. He has also worked with the German radio station Deutsche Welle and the British television channel Sky News. From 2007 to 2009, he worked at Radio Mayak.

Literature

Name	Notes
Night
Animal Tales
Metro 2033	Metro 2033 is a 2002 post-apocalyptic fiction novel by Dmitry Glukhovsky. The first part of a three book series, Metro 2033 is about the survivors of a nuclear holocaust living inside the Moscow metro system. The novel brought in the creation of the Metro game series: Metro 2033, Metro Last Light and Metro Exodus.
Infinita Tristessa
The End of the Road
Dusk	The novel Dusk was published in 2007. It is a dark tale of the translator Dmitry who receives an order for translations of a dozen pages cut out of what seems to be a several centuries-old Spanish book. He discovers that the book is a journal of an expedition of the Conquistadors dating back to the 16th century. Dmitry is reading this story chapter by chapter, collecting the full translation at home. Finally, the story starts penetrating his reality and threatening his life. Dusk was also an online experiment as Glukhovsky was publishing it chapter by chapter in his blog.
Metro 2034	Metro 2033 was followed by Metro 2034 in 2009, which was also available for free online, both as text and as a collaborative art-project with Russian electronic performer Dolphin and visual artist Anton Gretchko.
Tales About the Motherland
Futu.re	Futu.re is a dystopian novel published in September 2013 in Russia. The story is set in Europe in the 25th century when humanity has invented a way to stop aging. In order to keep Europe from overflowing, the government was forced to introduce a policy whereby if a couple decide to have a child either the mother or the father would have to give up their immortality. The story is built around a young man who is part of a squad in charge of stopping the overpopulation of Europe by punishing those who do not register their child.
The Gospel According to Artyom	In 2013, the publisher Dark Horse Comics announced a short tie-in comic set in between the games Metro 2033 and Metro: Last Light. It was exclusively available for customers who pre-ordered Metro: Last Light on Steam. However, despite the initial announcement and the involvement of the game's developer 4A Games on the comic, the comic itself cited the story as being set in between the novels Metro 2033 and Metro 2035. Glukhovsky is credited for the story, while Landry Walker is cited as being responsible for the script, with Paul Azaceta handling the art.
Metro 2035
The Outpost
Text	Text is Glukhovsky's first realistic (not the typical sci-fi) novel, published in 2017. It won the 2020 film award Nika in the category Best Screenplay.
Three Astronauts
Swamp
Post
Metro Exodus	Novelisation of the video game Metro Exodus.
Shooting Star

Filmography

Year	Title	Screenwriter	Adaptation	Notes
2019	Текст	Yes	Yes	Film
2020	Sulfur	Yes	Yes	Short film
	Топи	Yes		TV series
Canceled	Metro 2033	Yes	Yes	Film; also creative producer

External links

• Dmitry Glukhovsky's blog
• Dmitry Glukhovsky on Instagram