Sergei Davydov (he/him)
Playwright
Sergei Davydov was born on June 15, 1992, in Togliatti, Russia.
Sergei is a playwright, writer, and poet, holding an MA in Philology from HSE University, Moscow. He is the author of over 30 plays presented on stages throughout the world.
In 2020, his play “Republic” was named Play of the Year at the “Culmination” competition. In 2021, “Republic” was specially noted by the Golden Mask national award as one of the year’s most important theatrical events.
His plays, novels, and poems have been translated into many languages, including English, Japanese, Spanish, Italian, and others.
In 2023, he left Russia. In the same year, Freedom Letters published Sergei Davydov’s novel “Springfield” about queer people in pre-war Russia. The novel became a bestseller in Russian, and various critics called the book “Springfield” “one of the most important texts written in Russian in recent years.”
Davydov’s plays were shown in Moscow, St. Petersburg, San Francisco, London, Belgrade, Berlin, Tbilisi, and other cities.
