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Born in Moscow in 1938, Ludmilla Petrushevskaya is a prominent contemporary Russian writer known for her impactful prose and plays. With over fifteen collections to her name, her notable works include the short novel "The Time: Night," which was shortlisted for the Russian Booker Prize, and "Svoi Krug," a significant portrayal of the 1980s Soviet intelligentsia. A celebrated playwright since the 1980s, she has had her works performed by leading Russian theater companies and received the esteemed Triumph Prize for lifetime achievement in 2002.
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There Once Lived a Woman Who Tried to Kill Her Neighbour's Baby: Scary Fairy Tales, Ljudmila Stefanovna Petruševskaja
- Language
- Released
- 2011
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- Language
- English
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Released
- 2011
- Format
- Paperback
- Pages
- 224
- ISBN13
- 9780718192075
- Series
- Tags
- Fiction, Children's Books, Fantasy, Science Fiction, Short Stories, Fairy Tales & Stories, Russia, Russian Literature, Scary Stories, World Fantasy Award (Prize)
- First published
- 2009
- Original title
- Жила-была женщина, которая хотела убить соседского ребёнка (Žila-byla ženščina, katoraja chatela ubit‘ sosedskovo rebjon
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- Born in Moscow in 1938, Ludmilla Petrushevskaya is a prominent contemporary Russian writer known for her impactful prose and plays. With over fifteen collections to her name, her notable works include the short novel "The Time: Night," which was shortlisted for the Russian Booker Prize, and "Svoi Krug," a significant portrayal of the 1980s Soviet intelligentsia. A celebrated playwright since the 1980s, she has had her works performed by leading Russian theater companies and received the esteemed Triumph Prize for lifetime achievement in 2002.