Lyudmila Ulitskaya - World Literary Awards

Profile

Gender: Female
Born: 1943-02-21 （Davlekanovo）
Nationality: Russia
Languages: Russian, German, French, English
Residence History: Davlekanovo (until 9 months old) → Moscow (mainly) → Israel (part-time until 2022) → Berlin (since 2022)

Career

Occupations: novelist, short-story writer, script writer, geneticist
Active Years: 1990-
Affiliations: Hebrew Theatre of Moscow
Nominations: Sonechka (1993, Russian Booker shortlist), Medea and Her Children (1997, Russian Booker shortlist), Man Booker International Prize nominee (2009)

Education

Institution	Faculty	Department	Degree	Period	Country
Moscow State University	—	Genetics	学位	—	Russia

Moscow State University

Genetics

Degree: 学位

Country: Russia

Degree in genetics

Awards

Year	Award	Work	Category	Organization	Result
2001	Russian Booker Prize	The Kukotsky Enigma	—	—	winner
2014	Austrian State Prize for European Literature	oeuvre	—	—	winner
2012	Park Kyong-ni Prize	—	—	—	winner
1998	Prix Médicis	—	—	—	winner

Russian Booker Prize

2001

Work: The Kukotsky Enigma

Result: winner

Austrian State Prize for European Literature

2014

Work: oeuvre

Result: winner

Park Kyong-ni Prize

2012

Result: winner

Prix Médicis

1998

Result: winner

Awards & Nominations

Russian Booker Prize 5 appearances

Prix Médicis 1 appearances

Edition 25 (1996, held 2 times in year) Winner

Park Kyong-ni Prize 1 appearances

Edition 2 (2012) Winner

Austrian State Prize for European Literature 1 appearances

Edition 49 (2014) Winner

Works

Major Works

Sonechka

1992 Fiction

Story of Sonechka

religious tolerancewomen's roles

Medea and Her Children

1996 Novel

Story of Medea and her children

familymyth

The Kukotsky Enigma

2001 Novel

The enigma of Kukotsky

Soviet cultureintelligentsia

Daniel Stein, Interpreter

2006 Novel

Novel about Holocaust and reconciliation between religions

HolocaustJudaismChristianityIslam

The Big Green Tent

2010 Novel

Story of intelligentsia

Soviet eraeveryday life

Bibliography

Sonechka
Medea and Her Children
The Funeral Party
The Kukotsky Enigma
Daniel Stein, Interpreter
Jacob's Ladder

Translations of Works

Translated into over 25 languages

Style & Themes

Literary Style: Observes characters at equal distanceLittle use of dialogueCapsule descriptions
Recurring Motifs: Religious and racial toleranceIntelligentsia in Soviet cultureWomen shaping gender rolesEveryday life

Legacy

Internationally acclaimed modern Russian novelist. Works translated into 25+ languages, numerous awards.

In Popular Culture

Known for anti-war activism and political statements

Trivia

Studied genetics at Moscow State University
Fired for samizdat
Married three times
Two sons
Lives in Berlin since 2022