Aleksandr Nikitin
Prosaic, publicist.
32 y.o., born 1990, Saint-Petersburg, Russia.
Studied Philosophy in Herzen State Pedagogical University of Russia, Saint-Petersburg.
Had a wide variety of low-skilled jobs, such as courier, loader, construction worker etc.
For the last 8 years had mainly worked as a bartender in Russia, Iceland, Norway, Finland and on a cruise ship in Baltic Sea.
Kept on writing a diary and exercising in literature throughout all the above, started to publish in 2018; led an author’s column in “Le Courrier de Russie” French magazine; in 2021 was invited to participate in Peredelkino writer’s residency to work on some contemplations and perform a public lecture about Jack Kerouac’s legacy in terms of modern autofiction.
Writes tragicomical stories inspired by personal experience, mainly focused on the transcendental nature of human’s memory and time.