Dmitry Glukhovsky

Dmitry A. Glukhovsky
Glukhovsky in 2011.
Born	Dmitry Alexeevich Glukhovsky (Дмитрий Алексеевич Глуховский) (1979-06-12) June 12, 1979 (age 37)
Occupation	Writer, Journalist, Radio host
Nationality	Russian
Alma mater	Hebrew University, Jerusalem
Genre	Sci-fi, Magic realism, Dystopia
Notable works	Metro 2033, Metro 2034

Dmitry A. Glukhovsky (Russian: Дми́трий Алексе́евич Глухо́вский, born June 12, 1979) is a Russian author and journalist known for Sci-Fi, Magic-Realism, and his exploration of social and political structures. He began writing his first novel, Metro 2033, at the age of 18, and then published it on his website in 2002, available for all to read for free. The novel has become an interactive experiment, drawing in over 3 million readers worldwide. It was published in print form in 2005 in Russia, and 2010 in Great Britain and the U.S. It has since been made into a video game for the Xbox 360 and PC. Most recently, it was optioned by MGM Studios.

Dmitry Glukhovsky was born and raised in Moscow, where he graduated from the school number 1231 in Arbat district, where he studied the French language. He received a university degree in journalism and international relations at the Hebrew University in Jerusalem.

From 2002 to 2005 he worked at the European information EuroNews TV channel in French Lyon, after which he returned to Russia and continued his career on television correspondents newly created Russia Today. Over three years he has traveled halfway around the world, was a "Kremlin pool", visited the Baikonur Cosmodrome, in the exclusion zone of the Chernobyl nuclear power plant, as well as at the North Pole, where in July 2007, he made the world's first direct telecast. Cooperation with the European media – the German radio station Deutsche Welle and the British television channel Sky News. From 2007 to 2009 he worked at Radio Mayak.