Игорь Баранов-Полетаев

About the author:

Igor Baranov-Polietayev was born in 1960, in the city of Pskov, Russia. He graduated from two higher educational establishments and has specialties of engineer – “electrician” and “social work”. He worked as an engineer-designer at the plants of his native city, a sociologist in Pskov regional juvenile rehabilitation centre, an analytic in a commercial bank in the government bodies and party structures of the Pskov region. He was engaged in analytics and political consulting, took part in election campaigns in various regions of the country. Now he lives in Sochi, Krasnodar region. He has been engaged in literary activity since 1980ies. He is attracted by philosophic love, civic and spiritual lyric poetry, as well as mystical plots. Igor writes stories in the genre of fantasy, memoirs, prose, publicist essays. Most of his texts deal with love, which is a gift of the celestial/heavenly world. Igor is a member of the Russian union/league of writers (RUR). His works were published in almanacs of RUR. He is a member of the International contest “Open Eurasia 2020, 2021, 2022”, «Voices of Friends 2023, 2024», a nominee of the literary prize “Legacy” and of the national reward “Poet of the Year”. He is also a member of the Eurasian Creative Guild. He is awarded a public decoration – “Aphanasiy Fet 200 years old” for contribution in development of Russian Literature. Bibliography. Pskov, 2011 “Gift of Celestials, or the Brest of Jeanne”. Sochi, 2020.