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'''Maxim Grigoriev''' is a  [[Sweden|Swedish]] writer and translator of Russian origin. He was born in 1980 in [[Moscow]] and only moved to [[Sweden]] in his teens.


'''Maxim Grigoriev''' (1980- ) is a  [[Sweden|Swedish]] writer and translator who was born in [[Moscow]] and moved to Sweden in his teens.
Following the 2022 Russian invasion of [[Ukraine]], Grigoriev organized an "International Public Tribunal on Ukraine" in attempting to prove that it was Ukrainians (and not Russians) who were committing [[war crimes]].<ref name=WesternersHelpingPutin/>
His first book, a short story collection titled ''Städer'' (''Cities'') won the [[Borås Tidning Prize]] for debut authors. In 2016, his first novel ''Nu'' (''Now'') appeared. In 2021, he won the [[EU Prize for Literature]] for his novel ''Europa''.
His first book, a short story collection titled ''Städer'' (''Cities'') won the [[Borås Tidning Prize]] for debut authors. In 2016, his first novel ''Nu'' (''Now'') appeared. In 2021, he won the [[EU Prize for Literature]] for his novel ''Europa''.


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He has lived in Berlin and Porto and now lives in Paris with his wife and two children.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.euprizeliterature.eu/authors/maxim-grigoriev |title=Maxim Grigoriev {{!}} EU Prize for Literature |website=www.euprizeliterature.eu |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210525220419/http://www.euprizeliterature.eu/authors/maxim-grigoriev |archive-date=2021-05-25}} </ref>
He has lived in Berlin and Porto and now lives in Paris with his wife and two children.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.euprizeliterature.eu/authors/maxim-grigoriev |title=Maxim Grigoriev {{!}} EU Prize for Literature |website=www.euprizeliterature.eu |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210525220419/http://www.euprizeliterature.eu/authors/maxim-grigoriev |archive-date=2021-05-25}} </ref>
Following the 2022 Russian invasion of [[Ukraine]], Grigoriev organized the "[[International Public Tribunal on Ukraine]]", in an attempt to document the claim that it is Ukrainians who are committing [[war crimes]], Ukraine.<ref name=WesternersHelpingPutin/>


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Maxim Grigoriev (1980- ) is a Swedish writer and translator who was born in Moscow and moved to Sweden in his teens. Following the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine, Grigoriev organized an "International Public Tribunal on Ukraine" in attempting to prove that it was Ukrainians (and not Russians) who were committing war crimes.[1] His first book, a short story collection titled Städer (Cities) won the Borås Tidning Prize for debut authors. In 2016, his first novel Nu (Now) appeared. In 2021, he won the EU Prize for Literature for his novel Europa.

He is a regular contributor to Svenska Dagbladet and the Swedish magazine Axess. Grigoriev is also a literary translator, and has translated the works of Olga Slavnikova and Venedikt Yerofeyev from Russian into Swedish.[2]

He has lived in Berlin and Porto and now lives in Paris with his wife and two children.[3]

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References

  1. Justin Ling. The Westerners helping Putin’s propaganda war on Ukraine (video), CBC News, June 2022. Retrieved on 2022-08-21. “When it comes to pushing propaganda about the war in Ukraine, Russian President Vladamir Putin has help from a group of Westerners with long histories of peddling disinformation, including John Mark Dougan and Canadian Eva Bartlett.”
  2. Maxim Grigoriev.
  3. Maxim Grigoriev | EU Prize for Literature.