 Nyora kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Yevgeny Prilepin akaberekwa musi wa7 Chikunguru 1975 mumusha weIlyinka, Ryazan Oblast, mumhuri yemudzidzisi uye mukoti. Mhuri yake yakagara ikoko kusvikira muna 1984, pavakazotamira kuDzerzhinsk. Akatanga basa rake pazera remakore gumi nematanhatu semutoro muchitoro chechingwa. Akapedza kudzidza paFakisheni yeFilology yeNizhny Novgorod State University uye Chikoro chePublic Policy. Akashanda somushandi, murindi, uye akashanda somutungamiri weboka muRussia mapurisa boka OMON, uye gare gare akatora chikamu mukurwisanamuChechnya muna 1996 na1999. 