Ilya Masodov
Soviet writer
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Ilya Masodov (unknown; some sources state 1966) is a modern Russian writer.[1]
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 Edition of the trilogy The Gloom of Your Eyes (2021) in front of a sculpture of Zoya Kosmodemyanskaya. |
Biography
According to the publisher, Ilya Masodov was born in 1966 in Leningrad. He worked as a school teacher for a while and moved to Germany. There is no trustworthy evidence of the existence of the writer. An agent of the writer, Dmitry Volchek, stated that Masodov is a real person, but Volchek himself is not aware of the fate of the writer after 2003.[2]
Debate over the identity of Masodov and the authorship
There is a discussion about whether Ilya Masodov is a real writer. According to one theory, Masodov is a pseudonym derived from the names of other Russian writers such as "Ma-" for Mamleev, "-so-" for Sorokin and "-dov" for Radov (or less commonly, for "Dovlatov"). Other people consider the name as an anagram from von Sacher-Masoch and Marquis de Sade.[3] It is also argued that Ilya Masodov is a project of Marusya Klimova or her publisher named Dmitry Volchek.[3]
Style and language
Some critics found Masodov uses the "pared to the bones" creative approach of Vladislav Krapivin.[4] Masodov works between two genres, namely "Necrorealism" and "guro"[5] or "vampire horror".[6]
Works
Trilogy of novels 2001:
- The Gloom of Your Eyes (Мрак твоих глаз) - a mocking and surreal story about a teenage undead girl who travels across eschatologic post-soviet Russia to Black Moscow in order to raise Lenin from the dead. [7][8]
In early 2026, the first complete faithful English translation of the novella was released as an unabridged digital edition.[9]
- The Heat of Your Hands (Тепло твоих рук)
- The Sweetness of Your Soft Lips (Сладость губ твоих нежных)
Additionally, a publisher of Masodov has stated that there is at least one unpublished novel by the author.[10]