7 modern Russian writers, which should pay attention

1. Ulitskaya

Geneticist by training and writer by vocation. Many worked in the theater, wrote the script. The literature came late: the first book published in 1993, when she was 50 years old. I managed to collect many awards: the French Prix Médicis, Italian Giuseppe Acerbi Prize, "Russian Booker" and "Big Book". Her works have been translated in more than 30 languages.

Ulitskaja considered the most successful and widely read Russian writer. The heroes of her novels often women become, the plot - a love relationship. Some critics consider her works gloomy because all explored themes of life and death, human destiny.

What to read: «Medea and Her Children», «Case of Kukotskiy», «Daniel Stein, Interpreter», «Jacob's ladder».

2. Lyudmila Petrushevskaya

Writer and playwright, a journalist by education and a linguist. He wrote the famous trilogy about a pig Peter, who later became a meme, and the cycle of linguistic tales "Puski byatye" on an imaginary language, vaguely reminiscent of Russian. It debuted at 34 with the story "In the field".

In writer many awards: the Pushkin Prize Foundation Alfred Toepfer, the State Prize of the Russian Federation, the award "Triumph" and the Theater Prize of Stanislavsky. In addition to the literary work, Petrushevskaya plays in its own theater, drawing cartoons, makes cardboard dolls and raps. In her scenario put movies and cartoons. Petrushevskaya works have been translated into 20 languages.

Distinctive features works Petrushevskaya - experiments with language, fantastic and fairy tales.

What to read: «Puski byatye"" The Book of Princesses ","Number One, or other features in the gardens», «Peter pig».

3. Guzel Yakhina

Writer with a big name, and so far only completed one bestseller. Her novel "Zulaikha opens his eyes" was released in 2015 and won the prestigious award "Big Book". Yakhina already began writing a second product, too, the historical and the Soviet era. In her own words, the most interested in it from 1917 to 1957.

Prose Jachin heartfelt and minimalist: short sentences and few parts allow it to hit right on target.

What to read: «Zulaikha opens his eyes».

4. Pauline Zherebtsova

Zherebtsova born in Grozny in mid-1980, so that each of its work - an eyewitness account of three Chechen wars. Studies, first falling in love, quarrels with parents side by side in her diaries from bombing, hunger and poverty. Zherebtsova documentary prose, written on behalf of the Pauline maturing girls, reveals human vulnerability to the system, the vulnerability and fragility of life. However, unlike the other authors of this genre, Zherebtsova writing facile, often with humor.

In addition to the literature, the writer is engaged in human rights activities. Since 2013 he has been living in Finland.

What to read: «donkey race», «Diary of Pauline Zherebtsova"" Ant in a glass jar. "

5. Margaret Hamlin

Finalist Prize "Big Book", "Russian Booker" and "nose" Hamlin debuted in the literature later. The first collection of short stories "Farewell Jewess" is released in 2005, already held the editor and theater critic. Among her works - a historical mystery novels with an unpredictable plot and subtle humor. Like many authors, it comprehends the past, bringing their characters to the 1917-1950 years.

Called a modern author Hamlin can be a stretch: in 2015 she died, and the last book of the writer "Iskalschik" was published posthumously.

What to read: "Klotsvog", "extreme", "Investigator", "Iskalschik».

6. Maria Stepanova

Stepanova, a former chief editor of the online edition and the current chief editor OpenSpace Colta.ru, better known for his poetry, not prose. All premiums received by it - poetic: the name of Pasternak Prize, Andrei Bely Prize Foundation Hubert Burda Award "Moscow expense" Prize Lerici Pea Mosca, Anthologia prize.

However, with the publication of the novel-research "Memory" in 2017 for her and we can talk about how distinctive documentary prose writer. This book - an attempt to write the history of his own family, the answer to the question, is it possible to preserve the memory of the past. Product consists mostly of letters and postcards writer ancestors, alternating reflections of the author.

What to read: «memory».

7. Olga Breyninger

Breyninger lead column in the literary magazine "Literratura" and teaches at Harvard. I managed to write until only one novel - "In the Soviet Union there was Adderall." It was noted by many critics, entered the short- and long lists of several awards. According to the critic Galina Yuzefovich, the writer gave the hope of Russian literature. Check it out, we can only after the publication of a second product Breyninger.

What to read: «In the Soviet Union there was Adderall».