Aleksandr Sharonov

This is a Mordvin name; the given name is Sandra.

Aleksandr Markovich Sharonov (born 18 February 1942) (Russian: Алекса́ндр Ма́ркович Шаро́нов, [alʲɪksˈandr ˈmarkɐvit͡ɕ ʂaˈronɐf], alias Sharononj Sandra (Erzya language: Шарононь Сандра, Šaronoń Sandra, [ʃɑˈrɔnɔɲ ˈsɑndrɑ]) is a Mordvin (Russian) philologist (Finno-Ugric languages), folklorist, poet and prose writer.

Alexander Sharonov
Sharonon Sandra Шарононь Сандра
Sharonov in 2007
Born	Alexander Markovich Sharonov (1942-02-18) 18 February 1942 Shoksha, Tengushevsky District, Mordovian ASSR, Soviet Union (now Republic of Mordovia, Russia)

His research and social interests include history, mythology and folklore of Erzya and Moksha peoples.

Works

Sharonov at the 5th Erzya People's Congress, Saransk, 2016

• Устно-поэтическое творчество мордовского народа (1977)
• Mastorava an epic poem based on Mordvin mythology and folklore, written in Erzya (1994), translated in Moksha, Russian, and Hungarian languages
• Мордовский героический эпос (2001)
• На земле Инешкипаза (2006)
• Потехония, a science fiction novel (2012)
• Эрзя, Меря, Русь в историографии России (2013)
• Планета Эра, poetry and prose (2014)

Recognition

• 1997: Matthias Castrén Society Literary Prize, Finland
• 1996: Mordovia State Prize, Russia