Orlando Figes – Expert Writer in Russian History
Orlando Figes wrote a number of books that concentrated particularly on Russian History. Many of his books has brought him many awards, as well as recognition, from major Russian and International award-giving bodies. In 1997 alone, Figes was able to bag five awards for the book, People’s Tragedy: Russian Revolution of 1891-1924. Figes’ book provides a clear understanding about why Russian Revolution happened, particularly for a very complicated generation. The book by Figes was published in the year 1996 and immediately earned immense admiration from a lot of book critics. He gained great respect and admiration from his peers, if only because of his boldness to tackle taboo subjects. Critics and admirers alike marvel about the approach on the summary of his book that he communicated; it clearly leaves a strong impact to millions of modern Russians. The five major prizes for literary work that Figes received are Longman – History Book of a year, W.H. Smith Award, Los Angeles Times Prize, Wolfson Prize and NCR Book Award.
It was in 2009 when Orlando Figes won the prestigious Przeglad Wschodni, which was a Polish Award that was given to the best unfamiliar book tackling East European History. Such award was for his work Natasha’s Dance, Cultural History of Russia. This book is mainly on the enlightenment of the people of Russia. He stressed on the book about the songs of Russia, as well as its books, paintings and poetry. Natasha’s dance is likewise about Russian customs, beliefs and ideas. Figes strongly derives the pretension from the stage in War and Peace by Tolstoy. Here is where Natasha, a beautiful Countess was able to listen to a famous Russian tune and began dancing a farmer’s dance. Natasha’s Dance was likewise short-listed for such awards, like Samuel Johnson and Duff Cooper Prizes, both in 2003.
Apart from Orlando Figes’ Natasha’s Dance, there is a number of books which he authored that were short-listed for literary awards. One of his book Whisperers: Private Life in Stalin was shortlisted for a Samuel Johnson and Ondaatje Prizes; these were both in 2008. Les Chuchoteurs was shortlisted for the 2009 Prix Medicis; on the other hand, Sospetto e Silenzio was shortlisted for Premio Roma in 2010. In his work “The Whisperers,” published in 2007, Figes tackled on the complement of an old Soviet Union that wants to clean out judgments about carrying private lives. The book reveals the organization of the Soviet people who whisper all the time, with the reason that they do such habit because the act of whispering strengthens themselves, as well as their loved ones. “The whisperers,” likewise undertakes the sordid lives of a Soviet people under the restraining leadership of Stalin. In 2010, another of his books, Crimea, was published.
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