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Lyudmila Ulitskaya

リュドミラ・ウリツカヤ

Ryudomira Uritsukaya

Aliases: Людмила Евгеньевна Улицкая

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

Moscow State University
Genetics
Degree: 学位
Country: Russia
Degree in genetics

Awards

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

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