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Elena Chizhova


Born
in Leningrad, Russian Federation
May 04, 1957


Elena Chizhova, a former economist, teacher and entrepreneur, finally turned to writing in 1996 after being rescued from a burning cruise ship. Since that time she has been consumed by the need to write, and has enjoyed considerable success as a result. Chizhova’s prose shuns trickery in favour of emotional honesty in order to probe the weeping sores of Russian history that contemporary culture would sooner forget.

Chizhova was born in 1957 in Leningrad, the city which provides the setting for her award-winning novel, The Time of Women, about the secret culture of resistance and remembrance amongst the mothers, grandmothers, aunts and daughters of Russia. Chizhova is the director of the local PEN centre in St. Petersburg. (Source: Academia-R ...more

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The Time of Women
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Muistista piirretty kaupunki
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Крошки Цахес
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Полукровка
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Китаист
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Grzybnia
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Терракотовая старуха
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Лавра
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Орест и сын
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Le grand jeu
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