Grigoriy Sluzhitel

Grigory Sluzhitel was born in 1983 in Moscow. He graduated from the directing department of GITIS (Sergei Zhenovach’s workshop). An actor at the Studio of Theatrical Art and a vocalist with the band O'Casey. Theatrical work: Studio of Theatrical Art: "Marienbad" (Chaim Soroker) "The Down-and-Out Clan" (Count Funkendorf) "The Gamblers" (Krugel) "The Battle of Life" (Mr. Snitchy) "Three Years" (Ivan Gavrilovich Yartsev) "Days of Saveliy" is his first book; the novel was included in the longlist for the NOS Prize. The manuscript was found by Evgeny Vodolazkin, who also wrote the foreword. "Cats in literature is not a new theme. I will not list everyone who has written about these sacred animals — from Ernst Theodor Hoffmann’s Tomcat Murr to Ilya Boyashov’s Muri. And now there is Saveliy. We understand that behind cats people always show through. Sluzhitel’s heroes — whoever they may be, cats or people — are real. Lonely and suffering, laughing and loving. Love in this novel deserves special words. It is — such is the way it has turned out — platonic. The highest of all loves." Evgeny Vodolazkin