Maria Rybakova
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Maria Rybakova (Russian: Мария Рыбакова) (b. 1973 in Moscow) is a Russian writer. She is a granddaughter of Russian writer Anatoly Rybakov and a daughter of literary critic Natalia Ivanova.
Rybakova studied Classics since she was 17 years old when she started at the Moscow University. She moved to Germany when she was 20 to continue her studies at the Humboldt University. She got her Ph.D degree in Classics from Yale University in 2004. Over the years she worked and travelled a number of places, including Geneva, Munich, Mekong River region in Thailand, and Northeast China. She was awarded Sergei Dovlatov Award in 2003 for the best Russian language short story.
Most recently (in 2005) Maria Rybakova was a writer in residence at Bard College. In 2006-2007 she was teaching at the California State University, Long Beach. Starting Fall 2007 Maria joins the Classics and Humanities faculty of the San Diego State University. [1]
[edit] Major works
- Анна Гром и ее призрак, Глагол, 1999.
- Братство проигравших, Время, 2005.
- The Child-snatching Demons of Antiquity: Narrative Traditions, Psychology and Nachleben, Ph.D. thesis, Yale University, 2004.
[edit] Anna Grom novel
Maria'a picture is on the cover of her first book (Анна Гром и ее призрак). This book has been translated to French, German and Spanish. It was also nominated for Russian "Booker".
