Anya Ulinich (born 1973) is a contemporary
Russian American
Russian Americans ( rus, русские американцы, r=russkiye amerikantsy, p= ˈruskʲɪje ɐmʲɪrʲɪˈkant͡sɨ) are Americans of full or partial Russian ancestry. The term can apply to recent Russian immigrants to the United Stat ...
writer and visual artist. She is the author of ''Petropolis'' (Viking, 2007), and ''Lena Finkle’s Magic Barrel,'' a graphic novel (Penguin, 2014).
''Petropolis'', a Sami Rohr Prize Finalist,
presents the American dream as no longer a matter of material success, or even educational opportunities but of “finding a place for one's misfit heart”.
''Lena Finkle’s Magic Barrel'' has been described as "a late-life bildungsroman that somehow combines a great Russian heaviness of spirit with invigorating humour, moving effortlessly from Chekhov to OkCupid clichés."
Ayelet Waldman's review in the New York Times describes hers as a "rare, indeed magical, talent.”
Awards
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National Book Foundation
The National Book Foundation (NBF) is an American nonprofit organization established, "to raise the cultural appreciation of great writing in America". Established in 1989 by National Book Awards, Inc.,Edwin McDowell. "Book Notes: 'The Joy Luc ...
's "5 under 35" Winner'' (2007)
Selected works
* ''Petropolis'' (Viking, 2007)
* ''Lena Finkle's Magic Barrel'' (Penguin, 2014)
References
External links
Anya Ulinich , Penguin Random House *
ttps://www.latimes.com/books/jacketcopy/la-ca-jc-anya-ulinich-20140720-story.html ''Lena Finkle's Magic Barrel'' in the Los Angeles TimesKatie Roiphe on ''Lena Finkle's Magic Barrel''Kevin Kinsella interviews Anya Ulinich about 'Petropolis'
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1973 births
Living people
American graphic novelists
21st-century American novelists
American women novelists
21st-century American women writers
Russian emigrants to the United States