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Ludmilla Petrushevskaya was born in Moscow in 1938. Petrushevskaya studied journalism at Moscow State University, and began writing prose in the mid ‘60s. Her first work was published in 1972, only to be followed by almost ten years of officially enforced silence, when the publication of her plays and prose was forbidden. At that time Petrsuhevskaya earned her living by working as a radio and television journalist and contributing to newspapers and literary Magazines. When her somber and disturbing absurdist plays were finally staged, Ludmilla Petrushevskaya became widely recognized as one of Russia’s finest dramatists. A collection of short stories and monologues, Immortal Love, was published in 1988 and met with stunning success among readers and critics alike. In 1992 Petrushevskaya’s novel The Time: Night was short-listed for the Russian Booker Prize; it was translated into more 30 languages and included in college courses as one of the most important novels of the 20th century. Since then, Petrushevskaya has published over 30 books of prose. A 5-volume set of her writings was published in Russia in 1996. Today, award-winning plays by Petrushevskaya are produced around the world, while her prose pieces have been published in more than 30 countries. Ludmila Petrushevskaya is considered to be the only indisputably canonical writer currently at work in Russia today.
Ludmilla Petrushevskaya’s recent publications (A Black Coat, 2002; It Happened In Sokolniki, 2002;Where I’ve Been, 2002; Goddess Of The Park, 2004; Number One, Or In The Gardens Of Other Possibilities, 2004; The City Of Light, 2005) have established her reputation with a new generation of readers as a master of the mystical thriller and short stories of magical realism.
In 1991, Petrushevskaya was awarded the Pushkin Prize by the Alfred Toepfer Foundation in Germany. She has also received prizes from the leading literary journals in Russia. Petrushevskaya’s novels The Time: Night and Number One, Or In The Gardens Of Other Possibilities were short-listed for the Russian Booker Prize. In 2002, Petrushevskaya received Russia’s most prestigious prize, The Triumph, for lifetime achievement. Petrushevskaya’s play BIFEM was awarded the first prize at the New Drama Festival in 2003. In 2003 Ludmilla Petrushevskaya was awarded the State Prize of Russian Federation.
Ludmilla Petrushevskaya has also tried her hand at composing music, singing and drawing. Her watercolors have been displayed in major venues, including the Pushkin Museum of Fine Arts and the Russian Museum in St Petersburg. She released her first album with the indie band Inquisitorium in 2004.
There Once Lived A Woman Who Killed Her Neighbors’ Baby
The selection of mystical short stories
Rights sold to:
Penguin (US)
Penguin Classics (UK)
Berlin Verlag paperback (Germany)
Christian Bourgois (France)
Atalanta (Spain)
Einaudi Stile Libero (Italy)
Relogio d'Agua (Portugal)
Cappelen Damm (Norway)
Forlaget Vandkunsten (Denmark)
Shanghai 99 Culture Consulting (Chinese simplified characters)
Meteor Press (Romania)
Tänapäev (Estonia)
Derin Kitap (Turkey)
Kawade Shobo Shinsha (Japan)
Awards:
The World Fantasy Award 2010
The Little Girl From The Metropol
Malenkaya devochka iz “Metropolia
An autobiographical novella
103 pp
2006
Publishers: Amphora, St Petersburg
Rights sold to:
France: Christian Bourgois Editeur
Lithuania: Vaga
Tartaruga: Italy
Meteor: Romania
Magical-Realistic Stories And Fairy Tales
The City Of Light (Gorod Sveta) – Magical Stories, Amphora, 319 Pp, 2005
The Will Of An Old Monk. Stories From Another Reality (Zaveshanie Starogo Monakha, Rasskazy Iz Inoi Realnosti) – Stories, 160 Pp, Vagrius, 2003
An Incident In Sokolniki. Stories From Another Reality (Sluchai V Sokolnikah. Rasskazy Iz Inoi Realnosti) – Stories, Fairy Tales, 175pp, Vagrius, 2002
A Black Coat. Stories From Another Reality
(Chyornoe Palto. Rasskazy Iz Inoi Realnosti) – Stories And Novellas, 256 Pp, Vagrius, 2002
Where I’ve Been. Stories From Another Reality
(Gde Ya Byla. Rasskazy Iz Inoi Realnosti) – Stories, 304 Pp, Vagrius, 2002
Real-Life Tales
(Nastoyashie Skazki) – Magical Stories And Fairy-Tales, 450 Pp, Vagrius, 1999
Rights sold to:
Penguin US (NA English rights)
Number One, or in the Gardens of Other Possibilities
Novel
336
2004
Publishers: ECSMO, Moscow
Rights sold to:
Denmark: Vandkunsten
Poland: Bertelsmann/Swiat Ksiazki
Chu Chen Books: Chinese simplified characters
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