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Lyudmila Ulitskaya

Born

in Davlekanovo (Bashkiria), Russian Federation

February 21, 1943

Genre

Literature & Fiction, Short Stories, Nonfiction

Influences

Fyodor Dostoyevsky, Leo Tolstoy

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Russian profile here Людмила Улицкая

Lyudmila 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 for the Russian Booker Awa ...more

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Average rating: 3.93 · 32,140 ratings · 3,047 reviews · 126 distinct works • Similar authors

	The Big Green Tent by Lyudmila Ulitskaya, Bela Shayevich (Translator) 4.05 avg rating — 4,603 ratings — published 2010 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Казус Кукоцкого by Lyudmila Ulitskaya, Людмила Улицкая 4.09 avg rating — 3,241 ratings — published 2000	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Sónechka 3.61 avg rating — 3,295 ratings — published 1992 — 56 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Medea and Her Children 4.07 avg rating — 2,670 ratings — published 1996 — 12 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Scara lui Iakov by Lyudmila Ulitskaya, Gabriela Russo (trad.), Ludmila Uliţkaia 4.26 avg rating — 2,480 ratings — published 2015 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Даниэль Штайн, переводчик by Lyudmila Ulitskaya, Людмила Улицкая 4.20 avg rating — 2,310 ratings — published 2006 — 15 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A fost doar ciumă by Lyudmila Ulitskaya, Gabriela Russo (trad.), Ludmila Uliţkaia 3.56 avg rating — 2,602 ratings — published 2020 — 23 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Funeral Party by Lyudmila Ulitskaya, Lyudmila Ulitskaya 3.66 avg rating — 2,187 ratings — published 1999 — 55 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Искренне ваш Шурик by Lyudmila Ulitskaya, Людмила Улицкая 4.08 avg rating — 1,523 ratings — published 2003 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Minciunile femeilor by Lyudmila Ulitskaya, Gabriela Russo (Translator), Ludmila Uliţkaia 3.79 avg rating — 1,090 ratings — published 2002 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Series by Lyudmila Ulitskaya

Малыш (2 books)
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4.30 avg rating — 10 ratings

Quotes by Lyudmila Ulitskaya (?)

“Literature is the best thing humanity has. Poetry is the heart of literature, the highest concentration of everything that is the best in the world and in man. It is the only true food for your soul”
― Lyudmila Ulitskaya, Зеленый шатер

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“... we live in a society of larvae--immature human beings, adolescents disguised as adults.”
― Ludmila Uliţkaia, The Big Green Tent

tags: curmudgeons, evolution, maturity, society, youth

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“The insomnia I am talking about results from a mild state of possession, harmless to those around you, who sometimes even fail to notice it. It usually comes when you are completely engrossed in your work and overtakes you so completely that every aspect of your daily life becomes mechanical and provides only a colorless backdrop to action occurring only in your mind. It matters not whether at this time you are asleep or awake. The secret life pulses within you, and when you wake in the middle of the night you realize there is no way to stem its flow.”
― Ludmila Ulitskaya

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The Big Green Tent by Lyudmila Ulitskaya

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