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Linor Goralik (russian: link=no, Лино́р Гора́лик, born Yuliya Borisovna Goralik, russian: link=no, Юлия Борисовна Горалик on 9 July 1975,
Dnipropetrovsk
Dnipro, previously called Dnipropetrovsk from 1926 until May 2016, is Ukraine's fourth-largest city, with about one million inhabitants. It is located in the eastern part of Ukraine, southeast of the Ukrainian capital Kyiv on the Dnieper Rive ...
,
Ukrainian SSR
The Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic ( uk, Украї́нська Радя́нська Соціалісти́чна Респу́бліка, ; russian: Украи́нская Сове́тская Социалисти́ческая Респ ...
) is a Russian-speaking author, poet, artist and essayist.
Biography
She was born on 9 July 1975 in a
Jewish
Jews ( he, יְהוּדִים, , ) or Jewish people are an ethnoreligious group and nation originating from the Israelites Israelite origins and kingdom: "The first act in the long drama of Jewish history is the age of the Israelites""The ...
family in
Dnipropetrovsk
Dnipro, previously called Dnipropetrovsk from 1926 until May 2016, is Ukraine's fourth-largest city, with about one million inhabitants. It is located in the eastern part of Ukraine, southeast of the Ukrainian capital Kyiv on the Dnieper Rive ...
, in the
Ukrainian SSR
The Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic ( uk, Украї́нська Радя́нська Соціалісти́чна Респу́бліка, ; russian: Украи́нская Сове́тская Социалисти́ческая Респ ...
of the
Soviet Union
The Soviet Union,. officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. (USSR),. was a transcontinental country that spanned much of Eurasia from 1922 to 1991. A flagship communist state, it was nominally a federal union of fifteen national ...
(now Dnipro in
Ukraine
Ukraine ( uk, Україна, Ukraïna, ) is a country in Eastern Europe. It is the second-largest European country after Russia, which it borders to the east and northeast. Ukraine covers approximately . Prior to the ongoing Russian inv ...
).
[L. Goralik's personal profile](_blank)
in Livejournal
LiveJournal (russian: Живой Журнал), stylised as LiVEJOURNAL, is a Russian-owned social networking service where users can keep a blog, journal, or diary.
American programmer Brad Fitzpatrick started LiveJournal on April 15, 1999, as ...
From 1982 to 1986 she studied at school #67, and from 1987 to 1989 at school #23.
[Профиль Линор Горалик](_blank)
в социальной сети Мой Круг Since 1989 she has been residing in
Israel
Israel (; he, יִשְׂרָאֵל, ; ar, إِسْرَائِيل, ), officially the State of Israel ( he, מְדִינַת יִשְׂרָאֵל, label=none, translit=Medīnat Yīsrāʾēl; ), is a country in Western Asia. It is situated ...
where she studied computer science from 1991 to 1994 at
Ben-Gurion University of the Negev
Ben-Gurion University of the Negev (BGU) ( he, אוניברסיטת בן-גוריון בנגב, ''Universitat Ben-Guriyon baNegev'') is a public research university in Beersheba, Israel. Ben-Gurion University of the Negev has five campuses: the ...
in
Beersheba
Beersheba or Beer Sheva, officially Be'er-Sheva ( he, בְּאֵר שֶׁבַע, ''Bəʾēr Ševaʿ'', ; ar, بئر السبع, Biʾr as-Sabʿ, Well of the Oath or Well of the Seven), is the largest city in the Negev desert of southern Israel. ...
.
Since the early 2000s she has been working in Moscow as an author, journalist and marketing analyst. She has also translated works of
Etgar Keret
Etgar Keret ( he, אתגר קרת, born August 20, 1967) is an Israeli writer known for his short stories, graphic novels, and scriptwriting for film and television.
Personal life
Keret was born in Ramat Gan, Israel in 1967. He is a third child ...
and
Vytautas Pliura (with
Stanislav Lvovsky) and organized several art exhibitions and projects.
After the
2014 annexation of Crimea she left Russia for Israel and travelled between the two countries until November 2021. She is a vocal opponent to Vladimir Putin's regime and to the
2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine
On 24 February 2022, in a major escalation of the Russo-Ukrainian War, which began in 2014. The invasion has resulted in tens of thousands of deaths on both sides. It has caused Europe's largest refugee crisis since World War II. An ...
.
Anti-homophobia activist
In February 2013 she recorded an address to support the Russian
LGBT
' is an initialism that stands for lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender. In use since the 1990s, the initialism, as well as some of its common variants, functions as an umbrella term for sexuality and gender identity.
The LGBT term is a ...
community.
Works
* The Book of Quotations, "Цитатник" (poems, 1999, )
* Outsiders, "Не местные" (2003, )
* The Tale About The Northern Lights, "Сказка о северном сиянии" (with Yuriy Sorochkin) (2003)
* The Tale About Fairy Metal, "Сказка о волшебном металле". (with Yuriy Sorochkin) (2004)
* No (alternative English title - PG-21), "Нет" (novel, with
Sergey Kuznetsov, 2004, )
* Half the Sky, "Половина неба" (novel, with
Stanislav Lvovsky, )
* Speaks, "Говорит" (2004, )
* Meals not for Kids, "Недетская еда" (2004, )
* The Book of Lonelinesses, "Книга одиночеств" (2004, with
Max Frei
Max Frei (russian: Макс Фрай) is the pen name of Svetlana Yuryevna Martynchik (russian: Светла́на Ю́рьевна Марты́нчик; uk, Світлана Юріївна Мартинчик) (born 1965 in Odesa, Ukrainian SSR, ...
)
* A Hollow Woman. Barbie's World Inside and Outside, "Полая женщина. Мир Барби: изнутри и снаружи" (2005, )
* Martin Isn't Crying, "Мартин не плачет" (fable, 2007, )
* Pull the Hook Hard, Petrusha, "Подсекай, Петруша" (poems, 2007, )
* Meals not for Kids. Without Desserts, "Недетская еда. Без сладкого" (2007, )
* The Hare Named FML, "Заяц ПЦ" (comics, 2007, )
* The Hare Named FML 2.0, "Заяц ПЦ 2.0" (comics, 2008)
* In Short, "Короче" (flash fiction, 2008, )
* Agatha Goes Home, "Агата возвращается домой" (fable, 2008, )
* The Hare Named FML 3.0, "Заяц ПЦ 3.0" (comics, 2008), reissue (2011)
* Valery, "Валерий" (novelette, 2011)
* The Folklore of the Sector M1 Inhabitants, "Устное народное творчество обитателей сектора М1" (flash fiction and poems, 2011)
* The Bible Zoo, "Библейский зоопарк". Серия "Чейсовская коллекция" (М.: Текст, 2012)
* A Guide to Israel (only and exclusively) for Kids, "Путеводитель по Израилю (только и исключительно) для детей" (M.: Текст, 2013)
* Private Persons. Biographies of Poets Told by Themselves, "Частные лица. Биографии поэтов, рассказанные ими самими" (M.: Новое литературное обозрение, 2013)
* So It Was A Whistle, "Так это был гудочек" (poems, Ozolnieki: Literature Without Borders, 2015, )
* Found Life: Poems, Stories, Comics, a Play, and an Interview (Columbia University Press, 2017). Edited by Ainsley Morse, Maria Vassileva, and Maya Vinokour. )
* Agatha Looks Up, "Агата смотрит вверх" (М.: Livebook, 2017)
* The Vespers Beast, "Всенощная зверь" (poems, Ozolnieki: Literature Without Borders, 2019)
* A Guide to Israel, "Путеводитель по Израилю" (М., 2019)
* The 203 Stories About The Dresses, "203 истории про платья" (with Maria Voul) (М., 2019)
* The Cold Water of Venisana, "Холодная вода Венисаны" (young adult fantasy, M.: Livebook, 2019); second edition, 2021
* All Capable Breathing The Breath, Все, Способные дышать дыхание (М.: АСТ, 2019, )
* Martin Isn't Crying, "Мартин не плачет" (fable with illustrations by author, М., 2021).
* The Double Bridges of Venisana, "Двойные мосты Венисаны" (М.: Livebook, 2021).
* The Secret Passages of Venisana, "Тайные ходы Венисаны" (М.: Livebook, 2021)
* Named After That One, "Имени такого-то" 15 (М.: Новое литературное обозрение, 2022 )
* The Black Fire of Venisana, "Черный огонь Венисаны" (М.: Livebook, 2022)
References
External links
Linor Goralik's official site*
at Babylon site
Bibliography of English translations
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1975 births
21st-century essayists
21st-century Russian poets
21st-century Russian women writers
Living people
Writers from Dnipro
Russian activists against the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine
Russian women essayists
Russian women poets