Andrey Georgievich Bitov - prose writer, essayist, film playwright - was born May 27, 1937 in Leningrad. Father, G.L. Bitov, - architect, mother, O.A. Kedrova, lawyer.
From besieged Leningrad in 1942 exported to the Urals, then to Central Asia, in 1944 returned to his hometown.
In 1955-1962 A. Bitov studied at the geological exploration department of the Mining Institute (with a break, after expulsion - the first prose, the first enrollment by the authorities as unreliable elements - to serve in a construction battalion, in 1957-1958).
The first literary community that Bitov joined was autumn 1956, it turned out to be LITO of the Mining Institute, led by Gleb Semyonov, a poet, mentor of the then Leningrad unengaged debutants. Bitov's poems were published in the second poetry collection of Semyonov LITO, which was burned by decision of the institute party committee summer 1957.
In the first 1-2 years of his literary life, Bitov became friends with L. Ageev, V. Britanishsky, S. Wolf, J. Vinkovetsky, L. Gladkaya, A. Gorodnitsky, E. Kutyrev, A. Kushner, E. Kumpan and others. young authors of that time.
In 1960 he is a participant in the conference of young writers of Leningrad (together with R. Grachev, Ya. Dlugolensky, B. Sergunenkov and others). A special role in shaping Bitov’s inner world was played by his first wife Inga Petkevich, volcanologist Heinrich Steinberg, poet Gleb Gorbovsky, prose writers Viktor Golyavkin, Reed Grachev, Heinrich Shef. Bitov’s relatively successful literary destiny was greatly helped by the fact that the most authoritative Leningrad writers of the older generation among young people were initially confident in his talent: L.Ya. Ginzburg, G.S. Gore, V.F. Panova, L.N. Rakhmanov, M.L. Slonimsky... In particular, the latter headed LITO at the publishing house "Soviet Writer", which Bitov visited in the early 1960s.
Having worked for less than a year after graduation as a drilling foreman for the Nevsky Geological Party on the Karelian Isthmus, Bitov, at the age of 25, embarked on the path of a professional writer.
In 1965 he was accepted into the joint venture, in 1965-1966 studies at the Higher Screenwriting Courses in Moscow and since then divides his life between the two capitals.
The first stories of the Bits were published in the anthology “Young Leningrad” ( 1960 ) - “Grandma’s bowl”, “Foreign language”, “Fig”. First Sat. stories "Big Ball" published in 1963.
The authority of the Bits in the eyes of readers, as happened in the late Soviet years, was confirmed by abusive, official criticism. The story “The Wife Is Not at Home” from the collection “The Big Ball” was included by party ideologists in the same negative list with “The Vologda Wedding” by A. Yashin and “Matryona’s Court” by A. Solzhenitsyn. Bitov, together with Golyavkin, were accused of “excessive humiliation and confusion of the heroes they portray” (Izvestia. 1965. August 14).
First of all, Bitov returned to Russian prose the “little man” who had been stifled during the Soviet years, equated with the “philistine” and “philistine” as a main literary hero. And not in the guise of Akaki Akakievich, but in the guise of Pushkin’s rebellious Eugene from The Bronze Horseman. Moreover, in Bitov’s prose it is not the ruler who is “on horseback,” but Evgeny himself. Neither in the future nor in the past is there a mystery for a writer greater than that hidden in the existence of a simple modern person among everyday hobbies and worries.
The story "Penelope" ( 1962 , publ. 1965 ) - a variation of the same psychological conflict that is reflected in the story “The Wife Is Not at Home.” Bitov turns the inescapable motive of help (or its terrible lack) to the “little man” inside out and interprets it as deceitful. From an object of someone else's influence, the hero of Bitov's prose turns into a subject influencing his own and others' lives. The a priori value is represented by the consciousness inherent in the hero, his reflection, and not being. In the “little man” Bitov recognized a great individualist, a “pearl of creation.”
The mocking correctness of the characters' self-identification is a kind of brand of Bitov's prose, as well as all young Leningrad prose. But it was Bitov who wrote in the story “The Garden” (publ. 1967 ) directly: “"Lord! How small we are all!" - exclaimed the strange author. "It's so! It's so!" - Alexey was happy.”
The plots of Bitov’s short stories and short stories, which fit within the framework of ordinary realistic prose, merge into non-canonical artistic formations. The writer's artistic intuition overcomes the genre, anticipating the ideas of postmodernism. Instead of “genre,” the structure-forming unit of prose is “text.” Seemingly written in a strictly realistic tone, the stories “Life in Windy Weather” and “The Garden” are conceptualized as a whole, either inside the “folding” “Dacha Locality” (with the cinematic subtitle “Double”), or inside the “dotted-line novel” “The Flying Monks” . The degree of reflection on Bits’s own text becomes such that the work itself strives for the author’s commentary and cannot exist without it. Bitov’s “life incident” only imitated the plot familiar to a traditional realistic story. The spirit of poetic comprehension of life, the spirit of essayism becomes Bitov’s self-sufficient creative method.
In books second half of the 1960s- “Such a long childhood” ( 1965 ), "Dacha area" ( 1967 ), "Journey to a Childhood Friend" ( 1968 ), "Apothecary Island" ( 1968 ) - heroes wander towards themselves.
Meetings with Armenia and Georgia turned out to be serious, existentially experienced - not only (or not so much) with people, but with an “unearthly” fatherland, with temples inscribed in nature and “not obscured by man and the works of his hands” (“Lessons” Armenia"), meetings with speculation about the “divine norm”, which ended with the adoption of the creed. Lit has also established itself here. starting point - Pushkin. Pushkin as an a priori, “divine” given, generating a “text”.
Between “Lessons of Armenia” ( 1967-1969 ) and “Georgian album” ( 1970-1973 ) appeared “Pushkin House”, published in fragments in periodicals, but published first in the USA (Ardis publishing house, 1978 ). The novel was published at home in 1987(New World. No. 10-12), and in the canonical full volume only in 1999(SPb.: Ivan Limbach Publishing House). It is significant that “Pushkin House” was written at the same time as another most important work on this topic, “Moscow-Petushki” ( 1969 ) Venedikt Erofeeva. The actual drinking session in the Pushkin House is the only day-night that appears in the novel. In a similar way, Joyce described just one day in the life of Dublin in Ulysses.
Immediately after “Pushkin’s House”, the story-essay “Birds, or New Information about Man” was written ( 1971 ). She became the origin of Bitov’s largest creation in subsequent years - the “roman-journey” “The Catechumens”. The story is written about the dual essence of human existence.
In 1979 Bitov participates as an author ("The Last Bear", "Back Street", "Doctor's Funeral") and compiler (with V. Aksenov, V. Erofeev, F. Iskander and E. Popov) in the Moscow literary almanac "Metropol", formerly according to Erofeev, “an attempt to combat stagnation in conditions of stagnation.” The almanac was not published in the USSR, but it was immediately published in the USA in Russian and translated into English and French. In his homeland, Bitov was excommunicated from the printing press until 1985. Which was immediately “compensated” by publication in Europe and the USA.
During these years, Bitov wrote the story “Man in a Landscape” ( 1983 ), which became the second part of “The Catechumens”.
The characters of the first two stories of “The Catechumens” - the narrator, doctor DD, artist PP - came together in the third, called “Waiting for the Monkeys” ( 1993 ). Heated discussions in an informal setting stretched out and came closer in “Waiting for the Monkeys” to another hot point in our historical landscape - 1984.
The unhidden intention of “The Catechumens” is to see in existence the “little man” - a creator who has not mastered creation, but is still a genius.
If in a totalitarian society Bitov managed to make ends meet with free labor, then in free times the ends were tied to employers: “Perhaps, until 1985, I never wrote on commission, which was something to be proud of. However, it was not so difficult to preserve this honor from a young age: no one asked” (“Robinson and Gulliver”). So Bitov is not exaggerating the severity of the new yoke. For example, he wanted to publish his poems as a separate book, and he immediately did it - in two versions: the collections “Tree” ( 1997 ) and "Thursday after the rain" ( 1997 ). These same poems (part) can be mixed with essays and get another book - another “Tree” ( 1998 ). You can also take up astrology and approve “The Beginnings of Astrology in Russian Literature” ( 1994 ). And release his “first” book, 40 years after writing: “The author’s first book (Aptekarsky Prospekt, 6)” ( 1996 ). The books “The Assumption to Live” are devoted to reflections on Pushkin. 1836" ( 1999 ), "Subtraction of the hare. 1825" ( 2001 ). Etc.
Date of Birth: 27.05.1937
Soviet, Russian writer, prose writer, poet, publicist, screenwriter. Despite the fact that Bitov's prose is relatively little known to the general public, his influence in literary circles is enormous. Bitov is considered one of the first Russian postmodernists.
Born in Leningrad, in the family of an architect. During the blockade, he was evacuated to the Urals, then to Tashkent. During my school years I became interested in mountaineering, and at the age of 16 I received the “USSR Mountaineer” badge. His love for the mountains led him in 1955 to the Leningrad Mining Institute at the Faculty of Geological Exploration. Andrey Bitov began writing as a student. At the institute, he joined the literary association under the leadership of Gleb Semenov. In 1957, the collection of literary associations, which included the first works of A. Bitov, was burned in the courtyard of the institute in connection with the events in Hungary. At the same time, Bitov was expelled from the institute and ended up in the army, in a construction battalion in the North. In 1958, he was demobilized and managed to reinstate himself at the institute, from which he graduated in 1962. Bitov’s first publication took place in 1960 - in the anthology “Young Leningrad” (the story “Grandma’s Bowl”). The first collection of stories, “The Big Ball” (1963), was condemned by official criticism in the newspaper Izvestia “for the excessive humiliation and confusion of the characters.” However, the writer was not banned, Bitov’s books continued to be published, in 1965 he joined the Union of Writers of the USSR, and in 1967 he graduated from the Higher Screenwriting Courses at the Union of Cinematographers of the USSR in Moscow. 1973–1974 were years of postgraduate study at the Institute of World Literature (IMLI), however Bitov never defended his dissertation. From 1960 to 1978, about ten books of Bitov’s prose were published. After the release of the novel “Pushkin House” in 1978 in the USA and participation in the compilation of the uncensored almanac “Metropol” in 1979, it was practically not published until M.S. came to power. Gorbachev. In 1986, Andrei Bitov’s books “Georgian Album”, “Man in a Landscape” and “Articles from a Novel” were published. In 1987, the novel “The Flying Monks” was published. Since 1986, Andrei Bitov became a “travelling” artist, gave lectures and readings in many countries, and participated in many conferences and symposiums. He taught Russian literature abroad, in particular in the USA: Weslyan University, Connecticut (Connecticut, 1988), NYU (New York University, 1995), Princeton (Princeton University, 1996). 
Since 1988, A. Bitov participated in the creation of the Russian Pen Club, and since 1991 he has been its president. In 1990, Bitov became the first laureate of the Pushkin Prize in Germany. In 1992, he was awarded the State Prize of the Russian Federation for the novel “The Flying Monk”. Bitov is the creator of the so-called “Pushkin Jazz”, where reading drafts of A.S. Pushkin is accompanied by jazz improvisation. In 1998–1999, Pushkin Jazz toured in New York, Berlin, St. Petersburg and Moscow. Bitov, together with Rezo Gabriadze, created a number of sculptural works in the genre, which the writer himself calls “mini-monumentalism”: the monument to Chizhik-Pyzhik in St. Petersburg, the monument to the Hare in the village of Mikhailovskoye, etc. He was one of the founders in 1991 of the informal association “ BaGaZh" (Bitov, Akhmadulina, Aleshkovsky, Zhvanetsky and those who joined them, Yu. Rost, A. Velikanov, V. Tarasov, etc.). In addition to the Writers' Union, Bitov is the chairman of the literary commission. legacy of A. Platonov (since 1988), vice-president of the World of Culture association, chairman of the board of the Nabokov Foundation (since 1992). In addition, Bitov is a member of the Council of the F.M. Dostoevsky Society in the USSR (since 1990), the editorial boards of magazines and almanacs (since 1996 public council), “Solo”, “VL” (since 1989), “Reading Circle”, public council (1990-97), editor-publisher. Council of the almanac "Petropol", Board of Trustees of the magazine "Other Shores", jury of the "Triumph" Prize (since 1992), Commission on State. Prizes under the President of the Russian Federation (since 1997). Since 1997, A. Bitov is an honorary doctor of Yerevan State University and an honorary citizen of the city of Yerevan.
A. Bitov is considered the founder of Russian postmodernism, and “Pushkin House” is the first postmodern novel in the USSR.
Bitov’s approach to “writing” major works is unique. His books are gradually compiled from stories from various years and are constantly updated. Not a single major work by Bitov can be said to be “finished,” and subsequent editions often differ from previous ones.
A. Bitov has a wonderful sense of humor and talent as a speaker. Some phrases from just one of his speeches:
- ... the writer is lonely and the reader is lonely. But someone, reading a book, ceases to be lonely for this time.
- In my opinion, he lost at roulette in order to write a novel. (about Dostoevsky)
- I feel like a person who doesn’t know how to write... I’m in complete panic about how this is even possible.
- I am sure that my books will outlive me. For fifty years.
In his book “Solo on Underwood” he describes an episode of Bitov’s fight with Voznesensky. At the comradely trial, Bitov (according to Dovlatov) said: “It was like this. I go to the Continental. Andrey Voznesensky is standing. Now answer,” Bitov exclaimed, “could I not have punched him in the face?!” Both “participants” in the incident subsequently denied the fact of the fight.
A. Bitov is the only writer twice awarded the State Prize of the Russian Federation for works of art.
Writer's Awards
Orders and medals
Order of the Badge of Honor (1987)
Order of Merit in Art and Literature (France, 1993)
Medal of Movses Khorenatsi (Armenia, 1999)
Bibliography
Big Ball (1963)
Such a Long Childhood (1965)
Cottage area (1967)
Journey to a Childhood Friend (1968)
Lifestyle (1972)
Seven Journeys (1976)
Days of Man (1976)
Sunday Afternoon (1980)
Georgian album (1985)
Articles from the Novel (1986)
Book of Travels (1986)
The Last Tale (1988)
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Biography
Andrei Bitov was born in Leningrad, on the Petrograd side. Father is an architect. Mother is a lawyer. He started writing in 1956.
In 1957 he entered the Leningrad Mining Institute, where he participated in the work of the literary association under the leadership of Gleb Semenov. In 1957-1958 he served in a construction battalion in the North. In 1958 he was reinstated at the institute and graduated from the geological exploration faculty in 1962.
He wrote poetry, imitating Viktor Golyavkin, and began writing short absurdist stories, first published in the 1990s. Often in interviews he called himself an unprofessional writer.
From 1960 to 1978, about ten books of prose were published. Since 1965, member of the Writers' Union.
Perestroika opened up new opportunities. Abroad, lectures, symposiums, public, including human rights, activities. In 1988 he participated in the creation of the Russian Pen Club, and since 1991 he has been its president. In 1991, he was one of the founders of the informal association “BaGaZh” (Bitov, Akhmadulina, Aleshkovsky, Zhvanetsky).
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Yuri Karabchievsky about Andrey Bitov:
“Bitov opened a new area of research, while discovering the absolute level in the word. But most importantly, no offense to other wonderful writers, Andrei Bitov is an intelligent person, and this rarely happens. In literature, it seems to me, there are much fewer smart people than talented people. Even reading his not entirely successful works, you feel that you are communicating with an intelligent person. It’s very flattering for the reader, it’s simply irreplaceable.”
Bibliography
1960 - three stories in the anthology “Young Leningrad”
1963 - “Big Ball”
1965 - “Such a long childhood”
1967 - “Dacha area”
1968 - “Apothecary Island”, “Journey to a Childhood Friend”
1972 - “Lifestyle”
1976 - “Seven Journeys”, “Days of Man”
1978 - “Pushkin House”
1980 - “Sunday Afternoon”
1985 - “Georgian Album”
1986 - “Articles from the novel”, “Book of Travels”
1988 - “Man in a Landscape”, “The Last Tale”
1989 - “Tales and Stories”, “Pushkin House”
1990 - “Flying Monks”
1991 - “We woke up in an unfamiliar country”, “Life in windy weather”, S/S in three volumes
1993 - “Waiting for the Monkeys”, “Subtraction of the Hare”
1995 - “Catechumens”
1997 - “The New Gulliver”, “Thursday after the Rain”, “Notes of a Newbie”
1998 - “Justified Jealousy”, “The Inevitability of the Unwritten”, “Tree”
1999 - “Funeral of the Doctor”
2008 - “Symmetry Teacher”
Awards
1987 - Order of the Badge of Honor
1989 - Pushkin Prize of the A. Tepfer Foundation (Germany)
1990 - Prize for the best foreign book of the year (France), for the novel “Pushkin House” and Andrei Bely Prize (St. Petersburg)
1992 - State Prize of the Russian Federation for the novel “The Flying Monk”
1993 - Order of Merit in Art and Literature (France)
1997 - State Prize of the Russian Federation and the Northern Palmyra Prize for the novel “The Catechumens”
1999 - Tsarskoye Selo Art Prize, Movses Khorenatsi Medal (Armenia)
Winner of awards from the magazines “Friendship of Peoples”, “New World”, “Foreign Literature”, “Star”, “Ogonyok”, etc.
Since 1997 - Honorary Doctor of Yerevan State University and Honorary Citizen of the city of Yerevan.
Ecuadorian authorities have denied Julian Assange asylum at the London embassy. The founder of WikiLeaks was detained by British police, and this has already been called the biggest betrayal in the history of Ecuador. Why are they taking revenge on Assange and what awaits him?
Australian programmer and journalist Julian Assange became widely known after the website WikiLeaks, which he founded, published secret documents from the US State Department in 2010, as well as materials related to military operations in Iraq and Afghanistan.
But it was quite difficult to find out who the police were leading out of the building, supporting him by the arms. Assange had grown a beard and looked nothing like the energetic man he had previously appeared in photographs.
According to Ecuadorian President Lenin Moreno, Assange was denied asylum due to his repeated violations of international conventions.
He is expected to remain in custody at a central London police station until he appears at Westminster Magistrates' Court.
Why is the President of Ecuador accused of treason?
Former Ecuadorian President Rafael Correa called the current government's decision the biggest betrayal in the country's history. “What he (Moreno - editor’s note) did is a crime that humanity will never forget,” Correa said.
London, on the contrary, thanked Moreno. The British Foreign Office believes that justice has triumphed. The representative of the Russian diplomatic department, Maria Zakharova, has a different opinion. “The hand of “democracy” is squeezing the throat of freedom,” she noted. The Kremlin expressed hope that the rights of the arrested person will be respected.
Ecuador sheltered Assange because the former president had left-of-center views, criticized U.S. policies and welcomed WikiLeaks' release of secret documents about the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. Even before the Internet activist needed asylum, he managed to personally meet Correa: he interviewed him for the Russia Today channel.
However, in 2017, the government in Ecuador changed, and the country set a course for rapprochement with the United States. The new president called Assange “a stone in his shoe” and immediately made it clear that his stay on the embassy premises would not be prolonged.
According to Correa, the moment of truth came at the end of June last year, when US Vice President Michael Pence arrived in Ecuador for a visit. Then everything was decided. “You have no doubt: Lenin is simply a hypocrite. He has already agreed with the Americans on the fate of Assange. And now he is trying to make us swallow the pill, saying that Ecuador is supposedly continuing the dialogue,” Correa said in an interview with the Russia Today channel.
How Assange made new enemies
The day before his arrest, WikiLeaks editor-in-chief Kristin Hrafnsson said that Assange was under total surveillance. “WikiLeaks uncovered a large-scale espionage operation against Julian Assange at the Ecuadorian embassy,” he noted. According to him, cameras and voice recorders were placed around Assange, and the information received was transferred to the Donald Trump administration.
Hrafnsson clarified that Assange was going to be expelled from the embassy a week earlier. This did not happen only because WikiLeaks released this information. A high-ranking source told the portal about the plans of the Ecuadorian authorities, but the head of the Ecuadorian Foreign Ministry, Jose Valencia, denied the rumors.
Assange's expulsion was preceded by the corruption scandal surrounding Moreno. In February, WikiLeaks published a package of INA Papers, which traced the operations of the offshore company INA Investment, founded by the brother of the Ecuadorian leader. Quito said it was a conspiracy between Assange and Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro and former Ecuadorian leader Rafael Correa to overthrow Moreno.
In early April, Moreno complained about Assange's behavior at Ecuador's London mission. “We must protect the life of Mr. Assange, but he has already crossed all boundaries in terms of violating the agreement that we came to with him,” the president said. “This does not mean that he cannot speak freely, but he cannot lie and hack.” ". At the same time, back in February last year it became known that Assange at the embassy was deprived of the opportunity to interact with the outside world, in particular, his Internet access was cut off.
Why Sweden stopped its prosecution of Assange
At the end of last year, Western media, citing sources, reported that Assange would be charged in the United States. This was never officially confirmed, but it was because of Washington’s position that Assange had to take refuge in the Ecuadorian embassy six years ago.
In May 2017, Sweden stopped investigating two rape cases in which the portal’s founder was accused. Assange demanded compensation from the country's government for legal costs in the amount of 900 thousand euros.
Earlier, in 2015, Swedish prosecutors also dropped three charges against him due to the expiration of the statute of limitations.
Where did the investigation into the rape case lead?
Assange arrived in Sweden in the summer of 2010, hoping to receive protection from American authorities. But he was investigated for rape. In November 2010, a warrant was issued for his arrest in Stockholm, and Assange was put on the international wanted list. He was detained in London, but was soon released on bail of 240 thousand pounds.
In February 2011, a British court decided to extradite Assange to Sweden, after which a number of successful appeals followed for the WikiLeaks founder.
British authorities placed him under house arrest before deciding whether to extradite him to Sweden. Breaking his promise to the authorities, Assange asked for asylum at the Ecuadorian embassy, which was granted to him. Since then, the UK has had its own claims against the WikiLeaks founder.
What awaits Assange now?
The man was re-arrested on a US extradition request for publishing classified documents, police said. At the same time, Deputy Head of the British Foreign Ministry Alan Duncan said that Assange would not be sent to the United States if he faced the death penalty there.
In the UK, Assange is likely to appear in court on the afternoon of April 11. This is stated on the WikiLeaks Twitter page. British authorities are likely to seek a maximum sentence of 12 months, the man's mother said, citing his lawyer.
At the same time, Swedish prosecutors are considering reopening the rape investigation. Attorney Elizabeth Massey Fritz, who represented the victim, will seek this.
Andrey Georgievich Bitov. Born on May 27, 1937 in Leningrad - died on December 3, 2018 in Moscow. Russian writer. One of the founders of postmodernism in Russian literature.
Bitov himself said that he was a fifth-generation Circassian by nationality. He told about the history of his family name: “In general, I was always looking for its roots, but I almost never met the Bitovs. And then suddenly, in the neighborhood of Anapa, I discovered an entire village with a 200-year history, full of Bitovs. It turned out that they were Circassians.” .
Father is an architect.
Mother is a lawyer.
Brother - Oleg, a famous Soviet international journalist and translator.
In 1954 he graduated from secondary school No. 213 (then located on the Fontanka embankment) - the first school in Leningrad that taught a number of subjects in English.
He started writing in 1956.
In 1957 he entered the Leningrad Mining Institute, where he participated in the work of the literary association under the leadership of Gleb Semyonov.
In 1957-1958 he served in a construction battalion in the North. In 1958, he was reinstated at the institute and graduated from the geological exploration faculty in 1962.
Wrote poetry. Imitating Viktor Golyavkin, he began writing short absurdist stories, first published in the 1990s. Often in interviews he called himself an unprofessional writer.
From 1960 to 1978, about ten books of prose were published. Since 1965, member of the Writers' Union.
Perestroika opened up new opportunities. Abroad, lectures, symposiums, public, including human rights, activities. In 1988 he participated in the creation of the Russian Pen Club, and since 1991 he has been its president. In 1991, he was one of the founders of the informal association “BaGaZh” (Bitov, Akhmadulina, Aleshkovsky, Zhvanetsky). He taught at the A. M. Gorky Literary Institute.
“To be honest, I didn’t like the Soviet system and was never mistaken about it, but somehow I got along. I didn’t even think that I liked this country. But when it was gone, I knew for sure that I liked it. As a result, we have now found ourselves in a completely provincial sphere,” said Bitov.
In 1992-1993, the Berlin Scientific College provided Andrei Bitov with a scholarship.
On March 4, 2011, he “became famous” for the fact that during a dispute about the rules for the privatization of Peredelkinsky dachas, he knocked out the writer Svetlana Vasilenko.
Socio-political position of Andrei Bitov
In 2001, he signed a letter in defense of the NTV channel.
In the fall of 2008, Bitov, together with Mikhail Zhvanetsky, Yuri Mann, Inna Churikova, Mark Zakharov and other scientific and cultural figures, signed a letter of appeal to State Duma deputies with a proposal to again move the monument to Gogol to Gogol Boulevard.
In March 2014, in light of the events surrounding the Crimean crisis, together with a number of other famous Russian scientific and cultural figures, he expressed his disagreement with the policies of the Russian authorities in Crimea. He outlined his position in an open letter published in Novaya Gazeta.
In the intensive care unit of the Moscow Clinical Hospital named after N.E. Bauman. The cause of the writer's death was heart problems.
Personal life of Andrey Bitov:
First wife - Inga Petkevich. The marriage produced a daughter, Anna Bitova.
Second wife - Natalya. The marriage produced a son.
“I never lost my responsibilities, I was friends with my ex-wives. Everything was humane. What’s interesting is that while they lived together, they could hit each other’s faces and throw pots, and when they separated, everything was already humane,” - Bitov said.
Had three grandchildren.
Bibliography of Andrey Bitov:
1960 - three stories in the anthology “Young Leningrad”
1963 - “Big Ball”
1965 - “Such a long childhood”
1967 - “Dacha area”
1968 - “Pharmacist Island”
1968 - “Journey to a Childhood Friend”
1969 - “Lessons of Armenia”
1972 - “Lifestyle”
1976 - “Seven Journeys”
1976 - “Days of Man”
1980 - “Sunday Afternoon”
1985 - “Georgian Album”
1986 - “Articles from the novel”
1986 - “Book of Travels”
1988 - “Man in a Landscape”
1988 - “The Last Tale”
1989 - “Tales and Stories”
1989 - “Pushkin House”
1990 - “Flying Monks”
1991 - “We woke up in an unfamiliar country”
1991 - “Life in windy weather”
1993 - “Waiting for the Monkeys”, “Subtraction of the Hare”
1995 - “Catechumens”
1996 - “The author’s first book”
1996 - “Empire in Four Dimensions”
1997 - “New Gulliver”
1997 - “Thursday after the rain”
1997 - “Notes of a Newbie”
1998 - “Justified Jealousy”
1998 - “The Inevitability of the Unwritten”
1998 - “Tree”
1999 - “Funeral of the Doctor”
2008 - “Symmetry Teacher”
Filmography of Andrey Bitov:
1986 - Alien white and pockmarked - Pyotr Petrovich Startsev, composer
Scripts by Andrey Bitov:
1966 - Little Fugitive
1974 - Closing of the season
1977 - Thursday and never again
1981 - Three days and two years
Awards and titles of Andrey Bitov:
1987 - Order of the Badge of Honor;
1989 - Pushkin Prize of the A. Tepfer Foundation (Germany);
1990 - prize for the best foreign book of the year (France), for the novel “Pushkin House” and the Andrei Bely Prize (St. Petersburg);
1992 - State Prize of the Russian Federation for the novel “Flying Monks”;
1993 - Order of Merit in Art and Literature (France);
1997 - State Prize of the Russian Federation and the Northern Palmyra Prize for the novel “The Catechumens”;
1999 - Tsarskoye Selo Art Prize; medal of Movses Khorenatsi (Armenia);
2014 - Prize of the Government of the Russian Federation in the field of culture for the collection of prose “Empire in Four Dimensions”;
2015 - laureate of the Platonov Prize;
2018 - Order of Friendship;
Winner of awards from the magazines “Friendship of Peoples”, “New World”, “Foreign Literature”, “Star”, “Ogonyok”, etc.;
Since 1997 - Honorary Doctor of Yerevan State University and Honorary Citizen of the City of Yerevan, Honorary Member of the Russian Academy of Arts