Polina Dashkova

Polina Dashkova
Born (1960-07-14) 14 July 1960 (age 64)
Alma materMaxim Gorky Literature Institute

Polina Dashkova (born 14 July 1960) is a successful Russian crime novelist.[1]

Life

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Dashkova was born in Moscow in 1960. She was educated at the Maxim Gorky Literature Institute and then she worked as a journalist and as a translator from English. Her first novel was published in 1996. Since then she has published a series of books which are based upon the recent time of changes in Russia.[2] She has sold over 40 million books.[1]

She has sold 300,000 books in Germany[1] and she won the Krimipreis crime award from Radio Bremen in 2006.[2] At least a dozen of her books have been translated into German.[3] A few of her books have been translated into Chinese, Dutch, French, German, Polish, Spanish.[4]

In 2018 she was identified as one of the most popular women crime writers in Russia together with Darya Dontsova, Alexandra Marinina and Tatyana Ustinova beating many other living writers.[5]

Works

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Russian Title Publication Date German Title[6] Translator Publication Date English Translation of Title
Кровь нерождённых 1996 Lenas Flucht Helmut Ettinger 2004 Lena's Flight
Место под солнцем 1999 Club Kalaschnikow Margret Fieseler 2002 Club Kalaschnikov[7]
Золотой песок 1999 Für Nikita Ganna-Maria Braungardt 2004 Golden Sand[7]
Чеченская марионетка, или Продажные твари 2000 Chechen Marionette
Питомник 2000 Das Haus der bösen Mädchen Ganna-Maria Braungardt 2006 Nursery
Эфирное время 2000 Russische Orchidee Margret Fieseler 2003 A Russian Orchid[7]
Образ врага 2000
Лёгкие шаги безумия 2000 Die leichten Schritte des Wahnsinns Margret Fieseler 2002 Madness Treads Lightly[7]
Никто не заплачет 1998 Keiner wird weinen Ganna-Maria Braungardt 2007 No One Will Cry
Чувство реальности 2002
Херувим 2003 Der falsche Engel Hanna-Maria Braungardt 2007 Cherubim
Качели 2003
Исполнитель 2003 Du wirst mich nie verraten Helmut Ettinger 2005 You Will Never Betray Me
Приз 2004
Игра во мнения 2005 Nummer 5 hat keine Chance Margret Fieseler 2005
Вечная ночь 2006 In ewiger Nacht Hanna-Maria Braungardt 2011 Eternal Night[7]
Источник счастья 2007 Bis in alle Ewigkeit Hanna-Maria Braungardt 2012 The Source of Happiness[7]
Источник счастья. Книга 2. Misterium Tremendum. Тайна, приводящая в трепет 2008
Источник счастья. Книга 3. Небо над бездной 2009
Точка невозврата 2010
Пакт 2012 The Pact[7]
Соотношение сил[8] 2015

References

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  1. ^ a b c Polina Daschkowa, rus-lit.org, retrieved April 2014
  2. ^ a b Polina Daschkowa, Radio Bremen, retrieved 5 April 2014
  3. ^ Krimi Couch, retrieved 6 February 2016.
  4. ^ OCLC WorldCat, retrieved 7 February 2016
  5. ^ Berdy, Michele A. (5 November 2018). "The Women's Century: Five Russian Writers to Watch". The Moscow Times. Retrieved 25 March 2023.
  6. ^ German National Library, retrieved 6 February 2016
  7. ^ a b c d e f g Literary Agency Galina Durtshoff, retrieved 6 February 2016
  8. ^ WorldCat Entry, retrieved 7 February 2016