Olga Alexandrovna Slavnikova (russian: О́льга Алекса́ндровна Сла́вникова; born 23 October 1957) is a Russian novelist and literary critic. She was awarded the 2006

Russian Booker Prize The Russian Booker Prize (russian: Русский Букер, ''Russian Booker'') was a Russian literary award modeled after the Booker Prize. It was awarded from 1992 to 2017. It was inaugurated by English Chief Executive Sir Michael Harris C ...

for her novel ''2017''.

Biography

Olga Slavnikova was born and grew up in

Yekaterinburg Yekaterinburg ( ; rus, Екатеринбург, p=jɪkətʲɪrʲɪnˈburk), alternatively romanized as Ekaterinburg and formerly known as Sverdlovsk ( rus, Свердло́вск, , svʲɪrˈdlofsk, 1924–1991), is a city and the administra ...

. She graduated from the Faculty of Journalism at the

Ural State University The Ural State University (russian: Урáльский госудáрственный университéт и́мени А.М. Гóрького, , often shortened to USU, УрГУ) is a public university located in the city of Yekaterinburg, Sve ...

in 1981. Her first works of fiction were published in the late 1980s. She has lived and worked in

Moscow Moscow ( , US chiefly ; rus, links=no, Москва, r=Moskva, p=mɐskˈva, a=Москва.ogg) is the capital and largest city of Russia. The city stands on the Moskva River in Central Russia, with a population estimated at 13.0 million ...

since 2001. She began publishing novels in the 1990s, several of which won awards, including the

Apollon Grigoriev Apollon Aleksandrovich Grigoryev (russian: Аполло́н Алекса́ндрович Григо́рьев, p=ɐpɐˈlon ɐlʲɪkˈsandrəvʲɪdʑ ɡrʲɪˈɡorʲjɪf, a=Apollon Alyeksandrovich Grigor'yev.ru.vorb.oga; 20 July 1822 – 7 Octob ...

Prize, the Polonsky Prize, and the Bazhov Prize. She was awarded the 2006

for her novel ''2017''. Her latest novel ''Light-headed'' was published in 2010. She also writes about contemporary literature and serves as director of the Debut Independent Literary Prize, which receives up to 50,000 entries per year. The prize was founded by the private organization ''Pokolenie'' to help young Russian authors get their works published in Russia and in translations worldwide. Olga has been the director of the Debut Prize since 2001.

Works

English translations

*''2017: A Novel'', Overlook, 2010. . Translated by Marian Schwartz. * ''Light-headed'', Dedalus, 2015. . Translated by Andrew Bromfield. * ''The man who couldn't die : the tale of an authentic human being'', Columbia University Press, 2019 (The Russian Library). . Translated by Marian Schwartz.

References

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