HENRY LION OLDIE
HENRY LION OLDIE = DMITRY GROMOV + OLEG LADYZHENSKY
BIOGRAPHY AND SOME INFORMATION:
OLEG S. LADYZHENSKY:
Home Phone: (0572) 474830.
Address:
Pushkinsky entry,
# 10, apt. 30.
Kharkov-24
61024
Ukraine.
E-Mail: (Internet):
oldie@oldie.kharkov.com
Oleg S. Ladyzhensky
was born at the 23rd of March 1963 in the town Kharkov (Ukraine, former
USSR). Entered the Kharkov Culture Institute in 1980 (the department of
Theatre Producers) and graduated in 1984. Married the same year. His daughter
was born in 1985.
Oleg Ladyzhensky worked
as a theatre producer from 1984 to 1999. He brought more than ten productions
to the stage.
Oleg Ladyzhensky is
a "Black Belt" (second degree) in GOJU-RIU (a kind of Karate-Do). He is
a chief instructor of GOJU-RIU school in Kharkov, as well as a republic
category referee in Full-Contact Karate.
Presently, his main
occupations are writer and editor.
He writes fantasy and
science fiction stories and novels in co-authorship with his friend Dmitry
E. Gromov from 1990.
Their first joint publication
was the story "Happiness in the Written Form" (1991, Russia).
Oleg's main hobbie
is a jazz music.
DMITRY E. GROMOV:
Home Phone: (0572) 478905.
Address:
Pushkinsky entry,
# 10, apt. 28.
Kharkov-24
61024
Ukraine.
E-Mail: (Internet):
oldie@oldie.kharkov.com
NetMail (FidoNet):
2:461/76.2 Dmitriy Gromov
Dmitry E. Gromov
was born at the 30th of March 1963 in the town Simferopol (Ukraine, former
USSR). In 1969 his family migrated to the town of Sevastopol (Ukraine,
former USSR) and in 1974 -- to the town Kharkov (Ukraine, former USSR)
where Dmitry has lived to the present.
In 1980 he entered
the Kharkov Polytechnical Institute (the department of Inorganic Chemistry)
and graduated in 1986. Afterwards, he worked as a chemist-engineer in Scientific-Research
Institute of Main Chemistry (Kharkov). In 1988 Dmitry entered the post-graduate
study of the Chair of General and Inorganic Chemistry in Kharkov Polytechnical
Institute. Graduated from it in 1991.
Since 1992 he has worked
as an editor.
Dmitry Gromov married
in 1989. His son was born the same year.
Dmitry Gromov has been
writing science fiction and fantasy since 1976. From 1990 -- in co-authorship
with his friend Oleg Ladyzhensky. His first publication was the story "The
Co-ordinates of the Death" (1991, Ukraine).
Dmitry trains in Karate
(GOJU-RIU school), and has a "Brown Belt" (2-nd Kiu). His other main hobbie
is hard rock music ("Deep Purple" especially).
H. L. Oldie's
WWW-pages in Internet:
Russia:
http://www.rusf.ru/oldie/
http://www.sf.amc.ru/oldie/
http://kulichki.rambler.ru/sf/oldie/
http://sf.org.kemsu.ru/oldie/
http://sf.convex.ru/oldie/
Ukraine:
http://sff.kharkov.com:8080/
USA:
http://rusf.dhs.org/oldie/
http://sf.eleon.com/oldie/
http://www.kulichki.com/sf/oldie/
Dmitry Gromov
and Oleg Ladyzhensky write under the joint pen-name: "HENRY LION OLDIE".
Since 1991 they
have published 55 solo books (including reprints), 25 original solo books
and some anthologies, 20 novels, 9 long short stories and more than 30
short stories.
Since 1996 Oleg
Ladyzhensky and Dmitry Gromov have been members of "Interpresscon" and
"Bronze Snail" Awards (Russia) ballot committee.
Since 1997 they
have been members of the "Start" Awards (Russia) ballot committee.
Since 1999 Dmitry
Gromov and Oleg Ladyzhensky have been members of "Star Bridge" SF &
Fantasy Festival Organization Committee (Kharkov, Ukraine).
Since 2000 they
have been members of the "Aelita" Awards (Russia) ballot committee.
"FEAR" long short
story and "WAITING AT CROSSROADS" novel by H. L. Oldie got 1-st and 2-nd
places at the Fantasy Competition dedicated to Howard Phillips Lovecraft
in Ekaterinburg (Russia) in 1994.
"FEAR" long short
story listed in "The Best 10 SF & Fantasy Novels and Long Short Stories"
of the former USSR in 1994 (#2). Got the 2-nd place in "STRANGER" Literary
Prize Ballot.
"LIVE FOR THE
LAST TIME" novel by H. L. Oldie listed in "The Best 10 SF and Fantasy Novels"
of the former USSR in 1992 (# 6). The Role Game by this novel carried out
near the St. Peterburg (Russia) in 1994.
"THE TWILIGHT
OF THE WORLD" novel by H. L. Oldie listed in "The Best 10 SF and Fantasy
Novels" of the former USSR in 1993 (# 4). The Role Game by this novel carried
out near the Kharkov (Ukraine) in 1994.
"TO ENTER INTO
IMAGE" novel listed in "The Best 10 SF & Fantasy Novels and Long Short
Stories" of the former USSR in 1994.
"NOBODY'S HOME"
short story declared one of "The Best 10 SF and Fantasy Stories" at the
International SF and Fantasy Authors Meeting in Bijsk (Russia, former USSR)
in 1990 (# 7).
"MASTER" short
story got in 1995 "FANCON-95" Prize as "The Best 1994-95 SF & Fantasy
Short Story".
"HOW THE ATLANTIS
FELL" short story belongs to "The Best 10 SF & Fantasy Short Stories"
of the former USSR in 1994. It gots the 1-st place and "The Great Ring"
Prize.
Some short stories
("Master", "The Eighth Circle of the Underground", "Collapse", "How the
Atlantis Fell", "The Nightmares of Pavel Lavrentievich", "The Grandfather
Vampire Tales") and some parts of "The Way" novel by H. L. Oldie were included
into "Master-Radio" radio show (Kharkov, Ukraine, 1994).
Five H. L. Oldie's
books took high places in "fantastic bestsellers" list in Moscow (Russia):
"The Right of Death" -- #4, January 1996; "The Hero Must Be Alone" -- #4,
March 1996; "The Way of The Sword" -- #2, April 1996; "The Stainglasses
of Patriarchs" -- #5, June 1996; "Black Trouble-Maker" (novel, vol. 1:
"The Thunderstorm in Beznalya") -- #2, September 1997. ("The Book Review"
newspaper, Moscow, Russia, ## 6, 12, 18, 25; 1996; # 32; 1997).
In 1998 H. L.
Oldie's book "Net for World Lords" ("Black Trouble-Maker" novel, vol. 2)
got the 3-rd place in the same hit-parade; and "Go Where You Want" book
("Black Trouble-Maker" novel, vol. 3) got the 5-th place. "I'll Take It
Myself" book by H. L. Oldie took the 4-th place in the same hit-parade
-- and the 5-th place in another SF & Fantasy bestsellers list in Moscow
(Russia) ("The Book Review" newspaper, Moscow, Russia, # 38, September
1998).
H. L. Oldie took
5-th place in Hit-Parade of SF & Fantasy writers of former USSR in
1996 ("The Book Review" newspaper, Moscow, Russia, # 1, 1997).
In 1997 "Messiah
Cleans The Disk" novel by H. L. Oldie took 9-th place in all fiction (not
only SF & Fantasy!) bestsellers Hit-Parade in Moscow ("The Book Review"
newspaper, Moscow, Russia, # 6, 1997).
But the next H.
L. Oldie's book -- "Let Them Die" -- took 3-rd place in this Hit-Parade!
("The Book Review" newspaper, Moscow, Russia, # 17, 1997.)
Two H. L. Oldie's
books ("To Enter into Image" and "The Way") got "START" Prize, as "The
Best Debut SF & Fantasy Books in 1994-95".
In 1997, at "Fancon"
SF & Fantasy Festival in Odessa (Ukraine) Dmitry Gromov and Oleg Ladyzhensky
received three prizes: the Prize named after Moshe Dian of Israel SF &
Fantasy Fan-Club "For Synthesis of Fighting and Art in SF & Fantasy
Literature"; the Prize of Moldavian Pridnestrovye Republic Writers Association
-- for the novel "The Hero Must Be Alone"; and the Prize of Russian Writers
Association of Israel -- for the novel "Messiah Cleans the Disk".
In 1997, at "Stranger"
SF & Fantasy Writers of Russia II-nd Congress, H. L. Oldie received
"MoonSword" prize for "Stepchildren of the Eighth Commandment" novel.
H. L. Oldie took
6-th place in Hit-Parade of SF & Fantasy writers of former USSR in
1997 ("The Book Review" newspaper, Moscow, Russia, # 51, 1997).
In 1999, at "Star
Bridge" SF & Fantasy Festival in Kharkov (Ukraine) H. L. Oldie received
"The Black Belt" (1-st degree) as a "Fan-Do Master" -- for some fighting
fragments from their novel "Messiah Cleans the Disk".
The same year,
at "ZilantCon" SF & Fantasy Festival in Kazan (Russia) H. L. Oldie
received "The Great Zilant" Prize for their novel "The Way of the Sword".
In 2000, at "Star
Bridge" SF & Fantasy Festival in Kharkov (Ukraine) "THE BORDER" novel
by H. L. Oldie, A. Valentinov and M. & S. Dyachenko got 1-st Prize
as "The Best 1999-2000 SF & Fantasy Novel". At the same Festival H.
L. Oldie and Andrey Valentinov got the prize from The Ukrainian Ministry
of Internal Affairs Institute -- for their common novel "WE ARE TO LIVE
HERE".
In 2001, at "RosCon"
SF & Fantasy Festival in Moscow (Russia) H. L. Oldie received "The
Bronze RosCon" Prize for their novel "Odissey, the Son of Laert" (vol.
1: "The Man of Nomos").
The same year
at "Mir Knigi-2001" ("Book World-2001") Festival (3-rd International Bookpublishers
& Booksellers Festival) in Kharkov (Ukraine) H. L. Oldie received "The
Gold Phoenix" Prize "For Upbringing the True Literary Taste to the Readers".
At the same festival
H. L. Oldie received "The 1-st Degree Fluffy Order" for their short story
"Hoanga".
The same year
at "DonCon" SF & Fantasy Festival in Rostov (Russia) H. L. Oldie received
"PiramyDon" prize from SF & Fantasy fan-club of Rostov.
The same year
(2001) at "Star Bridge" SF & Fantasy Festival in Kharkov (Ukraine)
H. L. Oldie received "The Golden Medals of Shao-Lin" (China-Russia, Shao-Lin
U-Shu Association of Russia) for their novel "Messiah Cleans the Disc".
In 2001, at "RosCon"
SF & Fantasy Festival in Moscow (Russia) H. L. Oldie received "The
Readers' Liking Prize" from "F-Hobbie" magazine.
In 1991 Dmitry
Gromov and Oleg Ladyzhensky founded "The Second Pancake" Creative Studio.
Together with assorted Russian, Ukrainian and Lithuanian publishers, The
Second Pancace Creative Studio published about 300 books of fantasy and
science fiction from 1991 to 2002.
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