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Nikolai Grozni

Nikolai Grozni
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Nikolai Grozni

Nikolai Grozni began training as a classical pianist at age four, and won his first major award in Salerno, Italy, at the age of ten. Grozni's acclaimed memoir Turtle Feet follows his four years spent as a Buddhist monk studying at the Institute of Tibetan Dialectics in Dharamsala, and later at a monastery in South India. Grozni holds an MFA in creative writing from Brown University. He lives with his wife and their children in France.

Wunderkind will be released on June 12, 2012 in Trade Paperback
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Wunderkind will be released on September 06, 2011 in Hardcover, eBook
Sep 06, 2011
Wunderkind is now available in Hardcover, eBook
Sep 06, 2011
Excerpt:
Chapter 1 from Wunderkind
Sep 02, 2011

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Middletown CT Patch, July 29, 2011
...to his book “Joyful Wisdom” in the car.  I’m also reading a book called “Turtle Feet” by Nikolai Grozni.  It’s a memoir about a piano prodigy who gives up his Western life to become a Buddhist monk in India.  My bathroom read is...
Simsbury Patch, July 5, 2011
...to his book “Joyful Wisdom” in the car.  I’m also reading a book called “Turtle Feet” by Nikolai Grozni.  It’s a memoir about a piano prodigy who gives up his Western life to become a Buddhist monk in India.  My bathroom read is...
Largehearted Boy, September 16, 2011
...« older | Main Largehearted Boy Page September 16, 2011 Book Notes - Nikolai Grozni ("Wunderkind") In the Book Notes series, authors create and discuss a music playlist that relates in some way to their recently published book. Nikolai Grozni's...