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Olga Martynova

オルガ・マルチノワ

Oruga Maruchinowa

Profile

Gender
Female
Born
1962 (Dudinka, Krasnoyarsk Krai, Russia)
Nationality
Russian, German
Languages
Russian, German
Religion
Unknown
Residence History
Dudinka → Leningrad (now Saint Petersburg) → Berlin → Frankfurt

Career

Occupations
writer, poet, essayist
Active Years
1989-2025
Influenced By
Elena Shvarts
Nominations
Longlist German Book Prize (2010, Sogar Papageien überleben uns), Long list of the Russian Prize (2009, O Vvedenskom. O Chvirike i Chvirke)

Awards

Hubert Burda Preis für junge Lyrik
2000
Organization: Hubert Burda Foundation
Result: winner
aspekte-Literaturpreis
2010
Work: Sogar Papageien überleben uns
Organization: ZDF
Result: shortlist
Adelbert von Chamisso Prize
2011
Result: winner
Roswitha Prize
2011
Result: winner
Ingeborg Bachmann Prize
2012
Work: Ich werde sagen: "Hi!"
Result: winner
Berliner Literaturpreis
2015
Result: winner
Peter Huchel Prize
2025
Result: winner

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

Sogar Papageien überleben uns

2009 novel

Tells in short sketches the story of a St. Petersburg literary scholar in Germany because of a literary conference, and seeking to reconnect with her former lover.

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Der Engelherd

2016 novel

Chetyre vremeni nochi

1998 poetry

Poems in Russian.

Bibliography

  • Postup´yanvarskikh sadov
  • Sumas´shedshiy kuznechik
  • Chetyre vremeni nochi
  • Frantsuzskaia biblioteka
  • O Vvedenskom. O Chvirike i Chvirke
  • Brief an die Zypressen
  • Wer schenkt was wem
  • In der Zugluft Europas
  • Sogar Papageien überleben uns
  • Zwischen den Tischen
  • Von Tschwirik und Tschwirka
  • Mörikes Schlüsselbein
  • Der Engelherd
  • Über die Dummheit der Stunde
  • Rom liegt irgendwo in Russland

Style & Themes

Literary Style
Poems in Russian, prose and essays in German
Recurring Motifs
cultural historyerotic feelingspoetry

Legacy

Russian-German writer known for poems in Russian and prose/essays in German. Winner of Ingeborg Bachmann Prize and others.

Trivia

  • Married to Russian poet Oleg Yuriev (1959–2018).
  • Lives in Frankfurt with son Daniel.