About the book: 2020 / This book is about the life and work of the unique and mysterious writer Venedikt Erofeev. Certain phrases from his poem “Moscow - Petushki” instantly became widespread as wise sayings and aphorisms. Therefore, it is not surprising that he is often identified with his hero Venichka. Alexander Senkevich, writer and scientist, convincingly spoke about the spiritual impact on Venedikt Erofeev of both Christianity and Buddhism in its modern interpretation. At the same time, he restored the historical and social context in which the writer lived and worked. The author of the poem “Moscow - Cockerels” and the tragedy “Walpurgis Night, or the Commander’s Steps” appears before the reader as one of many from the generation of the 1960s, to which Alexander Senkevich also belongs. Venedikt Erofeev was a free-thinking person, and in terms of the strength of his feelings he was not inferior to the classic writers of the 20th century. “Venedikt Erofeev: A Man Not From Here” completes the trilogy of worldview biographies of Alexander Senkevich, the previous books of which were “Buddha” and “Blavatsky”, published in the “ZhZL” series».