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Людмила Стефановна Петрушевская

  • Lyudmila Petrushevskaya
  • Ljudmila Stefanowna Petruschewskaja
  • Ljudmila Petruschewskaja
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Петрушевская, Людмила Стефановна
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Date of birth
1938-05-26
Place of birth
Moscow

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Lyudmila Stefanovna Petrushevskaya (Russian: Людмила Стефановна Петрушевская; born 26 May 1938) is a Russian writer, novelist and playwright. She began her career writing short stories and plays, which were often censored by the Soviet government, and following perestroika, published a number of well-respected works of prose.

She is best known for her plays, novels, including The Time: Night, and collections of short stories, notably There Once Lived a Woman Who Tried to Kill Her Neighbor's Baby. In 2017, she published a memoir, The Girl from the Metropol Hotel. She is considered one of Russia's premier living literary figures, having been compared in style to Anton Chekhov and in influence to Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn. Her works have won a number of accolades, including the Russian Booker Prize, the Pushkin Prize, and the World Fantasy Award.

Her creative interests and successes are wide-ranging, as she is also a singer and has worked in film animation, screenwriting, and as a painter.

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Russian writer, novelist and playwright.

Last modified: 2023-11-05 (revision #158657)

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