Elena Nikolayevna Fanailova ( rus, Еле́на Никола́евна Фана́йлова, p=jɪˈlʲɛnə nʲɪkɐˈlajɪvnə fɐˈnajləvə, a=Yelyena Nikolayevna Fanaylova.ru.vorb.oga; born 19 December 1962) is a

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poet. Born in

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, she graduated from the Voronezh Medical Institute and earned a degree in journalism from

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. She worked for six years as a doctor at Voronezh Regional Hospital. In 1995 she became a correspondent for

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, and has lived and worked in

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since the late nineties. She has contributed verse and literary reviews to ''

Znamya ''Znamya'' ( rus, Знамя, p=ˈznamʲə, a=Ru-знамя.ogg, lit. "The Banner") is a Russian monthly literary magazine, which was established in Moscow in 1931. In 1931–1932, the magazine was published under the name of ''Lokaf'' ("Лок� ...

'', the ''New Literary Review'', ''Critical Mass'', ''Mitin Journal'', and other publications. She has also translated the verses of

Serhiy Zhadan Serhiy Viktorovych Zhadan ( uk, Сергі́й Ві́кторович Жада́н; born 23 August 1974 in Starobilsk, Luhansk oblast, Ukraine) is a Ukrainian poet, novelist, essayist, musician, translator, and social activist. Life and career ...

from

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. She received the

Andrei Bely Prize The Andrei Bely Prize (Russian: Премия Андрея Белого; ''Premiya Andreya Belovo'') is the oldest independent literary prize awarded in Russia. It was established in 1978 by the staff of ''Hours'', the largest samizdat literary ...

in 1999 and the Moscow Count Prize in 2003. Her poetry is characterized by its harsh outlook and precise language. During the early 2000s it came to be representative of the new Russian literary preoccupation with the theme of citizenship and the problems of personal historical memory and historical self-image.

Works

* ''The Journey'' (Путешествие), 1994. * ''Extremely Cynical'' (С особым цинизмом), 2000. * ''Transylvania is Disturbing'' (Трансильвания беспокоит), 2002. * ''Russian Version'' (Русская версия), 2005. (Book and CD) * ''Black Suits'' (Чёрные костюмы), 2008.

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