Makanin is a writer of novels and short stories. He graduated from Moscow State University and worked as a mathematician in the Military Academy until the early 1960s. In 1963 he took a course in scriptwriting, and then worked in the publishing house Sovietskiy Pisatel (The Soviet Writer). Makanin's writing style may be categorized as realist. His forte lies in depicting the psychological impact of everyday life experiences.

• 1993 Russian Booker Prize for Baize-covered Table with Decanter
• 1998 Pushkin Prize for his oeuvre
• 1999 State Prize of the Russian Federation
• 2001 Italian Premio Penne

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