Pen name Pavel Shumil Genre Hard science fiction Occupation Author Name Pavel Shumil | Nationality Russian Role Science fiction author Period 1994-today | |
Pavel Shumil (Па́вел Ро́бертович Шуми́лов) is a Russian science fiction author.
Biography
Shumilov was born on 22 July 1957. In 1974 he entered the Electrotechnical Institute in Leningrad (ЛЭТИ), and graduated in 1980 as a computer engineer. He then worked in the research computing center of the Academy of Sciences in Leningrad (ЛНИВЦ АН СССР), where he operated computers of all classes as an operating engineer, application and system programmer, and systems analyst. His hobbies are cycling, boating, and FIDO.
Shumilov began writing in 1994. His first published work appeared in 1999 - The Word about a Dragon («Слово о драконе») series. Currently he lives in Saint-Petersburg, where he is an active member of the seminar of Boris Strugatsky.
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