Lyudmila Petrushevskaya wrote at a period when the terms of literature itself were being argued over.
The record lists Lyudmila Petrushevskaya as Russian writer.
Lyudmila Petrushevskaya was born at Moscow in 1938. Her recorded nationality is Russia. She was educated at MSU Faculty of Journalism and Lomonosov Moscow State University.
Twentieth-century writing was shaped by war, exile and translation; many of its major careers were conducted across more than one language and country.
She worked as playwright, children's writer and writer.
The writing is recorded in Russian.
Her name is attached above all to plays, novels, The Time. Books outlive their reviews, and the ones that last are seldom the ones that sold best.
The honours record reads: State Prize of the Russian Federation.
That the work was written from Russia matters: language, censorship and the reach of a publishing industry decide which books travel and which stay local.
Achievements
- State Prize of the Russian Federation
