Elena Chizhova
Awards
Russian Booker Prize 2009
Shortlist Russian Booker Prize 2003, 2005
Severnaya Palmira 2001
Award Journal Zvezda 2001
Elena Chizhova, a former economist, teacher and entrepreneur, finally turned to writing in 1996 after being rescued from a burning cruise ship. Since that time she has been consumed by the need to write, and has enjoyed considerable success as a result. Chizhova’s prose shuns trickery in favour of emotional honesty in order to probe the weeping sores of Russian history that...
