Zelichenko received the prize for his work "The Snake Pit." This was reported by the representative of the London festival in Central Asia, Zhibek Beishenalieva. Two other representatives from Kyrgyzstan also received prizes in this competition. In the "Translation" category, Alex Sidore took third place. A similar position in the "Illustration" category was awarded to Anastasia Ermolina.
It is noteworthy that the festival featured more than 800 participants from 28 countries. The finalists of the literary competition were selected by a special commission consisting of authoritative experts in art, fiction, and publishing.
We remind you that at the beginning of 2015, Alexander Zelichenko's book "The Serum of Truth" was published in Canada.
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Alexander Zelichenko is a detective writer, police colonel, and candidate of historical sciences. He is a member of the Union of Journalists and the Union of Writers of Kyrgyzstan. He has been publishing for over thirty years. He writes detective stories and journalistic articles on the topics of combating drug crime, terrorism, and illegal migration. He has been published in Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan, Ukraine, Russia, the USA, Israel, Great Britain, and several other countries in Russian, Kyrgyz, English, Serbian, and Polish. He is the author of the books "Narcoexpansion" (1997), "The History of Afghan Narcoexpansion" (2003), "Kosovo Diary" (2003), "Untitled Detective" (2006), "Heroin: Formula 1" (2008), "Saboteur from Murghab" (2010), "Anasha for Rebellion" (2013), "Forty Years Under Oath" (2014).