Ludmila Ulitskaya

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born

February 21, 1943

place of birth

Davlekanovo, Russian Federation

genre

Literature & Fiction, Short Stories, Nonfiction

influences

Fyodor Dostoyevsky, Leo Tolstoy

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Ludmila Ulitskaya is a critically acclaimed modern Russian novelist and short-story writer. She was born in the town of Davlekanovo in Bashkiria in 1943. She grew up in Moscow where she studied biology at the Moscow State University.

Having worked in the field of genetics and biochemistry, Ulitskaya began her literary career by joining the Jewish drama theatre as a literary consultant. She was the author of two movie scripts produced in the early 1990s — The Liberty Sisters (Сестрички Либерти, 1990) and A Woman for All (Женщина для всех, 1991).

Ulitskaya's first novel Sonechka (Сонечка) published in Novy Mir in 1992 almost immediately became extremely popular, and was shortlisted ...more

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avg rating: 3.87 | 371 ratings | 30 reviews | 32 distinct works | 3 fans

	The Funeral Party: A Novel by Ludmila Ulitskaya, Людмила Улицкая avg rating 3.79 — 66 ratings — published 2000 6 editions	my rating:
	Medea and Her Children by Ludmila Ulitskaya, Людмила Улицкая avg rating 3.89 — 57 ratings — published 2002 4 editions	my rating:
	Sonechka and Other Stories by Ludmila Ulitskaya, Людмила Улицкая avg rating 3.92 — 39 ratings — published 2002 3 editions	my rating:
	Казус Кукоцкого by Ludmila Ulitskaya, Людмила Улицкая avg rating 3.88 — 32 ratings — published 2005 4 editions	my rating:
	Даниэль Штайн, переводчик by Ludmila Ulitskaya, Людмила Улицкая avg rating 4.29 — 28 ratings — published 2006 3 editions	my rating:
	Искренне ваш Шурик by Ludmila Ulitskaya, Людмила Улицкая avg rating 3.73 — 22 ratings — published 2003 4 editions	my rating:
	Бедные родственники. Рассказы by Ludmila Ulitskaya, Людмила Улицкая avg rating 4.00 — 13 ratings — published 1994 2 editions	my rating:
	Бедные, злые, любимые by Ludmila Ulitskaya, Людмила Улицкая avg rating 4.11 — 9 ratings — published 2005	my rating:
	Sonechka by Ludmila Ulitskaya, Людмила Улицкая avg rating 4.12 — 8 ratings — published 2006 2 editions	my rating:
	Девочки by Ludmila Ulitskaya, Людмила Улицкая avg rating 3.86 — 7 ratings — published 2002 2 editions	my rating: