The Fiery One

Pavel Vladimirovich Tuzhilkin was born on October 17, 1953, in the village of Plyukhino, Semyonovsky District of the Gorky Region. He graduated from the Arzamas State Pedagogical Institute.

Member of the Union of Writers of Russia since 2003. Chairman of the literary association “Sarovskie Klyuchi.” In the city of Sarov, 32 collections of poetry and prose have been published.

Publications in almanacs: “Poetry” (M., 1987), “Origins” (M., 1989), “Contemporaries” (Gorky, 1982), “Volga XXI Century” (Saratov, 2005), “Nizhny Novgorod” (1997, 1998), “Compatriots” (Nizhny Novgorod, 2008, 2010), “Nizhny Novgorodians” (2009, 2010, 2012), “Arzamas Side” (2010); in journals: “Worker-Peasant Correspondent” (M., 1988), “Novel-Magazine XXI Century” (M., 2006, 2008, 2009); “Crocodile” (1991), “Chayan” (Kazan, 1993), “Fisherman” (2001), “Children’s Novel Newspaper” (2008), “Bereginya” (2012, 2013).

Laureate of the regional poetry competition named after Boris Kornilov (Gorky, 1983), laureate of the International Arts Competition “Pure Childhood” (N. Novgorod, 2006, 2011), laureate of the national award of the Union of Writers of Russia “Imperial Culture” named after Eduard Volodin for the novel-hypothesis “Fiery” about the life of Serafim of Sarov (2011).

The book is written in the genre of a novel-hypothesis. As a basis, the legends about the Reverend Serafim of Sarov were used, along with posthumous stories about him by his contemporaries. “Fiery” is not a historical reconstruction, but rather reflections on the spiritual experience of the Sarov wonder-worker, filtered through the prism of the spiritual worldview of a contemporary Russian writer. The life of the Reverend, presented for a modern reader, may become for someone the beginning of a path toward his or her own holiness. The book is intended first of all for the younger generation… and for everyone who has not stopped being able to dream and believe.