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- Barukh Klain
"Vesti" Newspaper, Israel, May 17 2001
We come from a land that was proudly called the most "well-read" country in the world. Without commenting on this statement, I would like to say that by coming here we have turned this country into the one that "writes" the most...
- Interview
"Slaviane" Magazine, Spain, December 2005
Vadim Babenko was born in Russia. He has lived and worked in Moscow, Washington D.C., and Madrid. In 1992 he published his first book of poetry, "To Gudvin and Kate", and nowadays dedicates most of his time to prose. His books have been published in Russia, Israel and the United States. Vadim Babenko is considered one of the most "intellectual" Russian prose writers. I met him at his country house close to Madrid...
- From Physics To Lyrics
Newspaper "Komsomolskaya Pravda - Spain", May 2006
When he entered the prestigious Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology, Vadim was full of the boldest ambitions. And they were all connected with science. He planned to make mankind happy with two or three fundamental discoveries that might not be capable of turning the world upside down, but would at least change it. The first couple years every student at the institute is like that - completely aware of their inborn brilliance...
- Living Against the Rules
Newspaper "Moskovskiy Komsomoletz - Spain", July 2006
Vadim is restrained and polite. Wears dark glasses. Is tanned thanks to hours on the tennis court. Speaks English. Just another young Nabokov. But no: he's not going to make any kind of Nabokov out of himself. There's no posturing about him: he gives all his energy to work. And the focus of Vadim Babenko's work, as he sees it, is to write books...
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