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'''Olga Grushin''' (born 1971) is a Russian-[[United States|American]] [[novelist]].
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'''Olga Grushin''' (born June 1971) is a [[Russian-American]] [[novelist]].


==Biography==
Born in [[Moscow]] to the family of [[Boris Grushin]], a prominent [[Soviet Union|Soviet]] [[sociologist]], [http://bd.english.fom.ru/report/cat/az/N/number_05_01/egur050106], she spent most of her childhood in [[Prague]], [[Czechoslovakia]][http://www.olgagrushin.com/pb/wp_00123021/wp_00123021.html]. She was educated at [[Pushkin Museum of Fine Arts]], [[Moscow State University]], and [[Emory University]]. In 1989 she received a scholarship to [[Emory University]], where she graduated [[summa cum laude]] in 1993. She became a naturalized US citizen in 2002, but still keeps the Russian citizenship[http://www.olgagrushin.com/pb/wp_00123021/wp_00123021.html]. Grushin has worked as an interpreter for [[Jimmy Carter|President Jimmy Carter]], a cocktail waitress in a jazz bar, a translator at the [[World Bank]], a research analyst at a [[Washington, DC]] law firm, and, most recently, an editor at [[Harvard University]]'s [[Dumbarton Oaks Research Library and Collection]].
Born in [[Moscow]] to the family of [[Boris Grushin]], a prominent [[Soviet Union|Soviet]] [[sociologist]],<ref>{{cite web |url=http://bd.english.fom.ru/report/cat/az/N/number_05_01/egur050106 |title=FOM: Public Opinion Foundation (Russia) > Personality: Boris Grushin |accessdate=2009-04-03 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080621063401/http://bd.english.fom.ru/report/cat/az/N/number_05_01/egur050106 |archivedate=2008-06-21 }}</ref> Olga Grushin spent most of her childhood in [[Prague]], [[Czechoslovakia]].<ref name=bio>[http://www.olgagrushin.com/pb/wp_00123021/wp_00123021.html Biography] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080620015712/http://www.olgagrushin.com/pb/wp_00123021/wp_00123021.html |date=2008-06-20 }}, Olga Grushin website.</ref> She was educated at [[Pushkin Museum of Fine Arts]] and [[Moscow State University]] before receiving a scholarship to [[Emory University]] in 1989. She graduated ''[[summa cum laude]]'' from Emory in 1993. She became a naturalized US citizen in 2002, but retains Russian citizenship.<ref name=bio /> Grushin has worked as an interpreter for [[Jimmy Carter]], as a cocktail waitress in a jazz bar, a translator at the [[World Bank]], a research analyst at a [[Washington, D.C.]] law firm, and, most recently, an editor at [[Harvard University]]'s [[Dumbarton Oaks Research Library and Collection]].


Her first novel, ''[[The Dream Life of Sukhanov]]'' written in [[English language|English]], was a [[New York Times]] Notable Book of 2006, won the 2007 [[New York Public Library]] Young Lions Fiction Award, as well as a Top Ten Books of 2006 choice by the [[Washington Post]]. It was reviewed by [[poet]] [[Karl Kirchwey]] in 2006 writing in the ''[[Chicago Tribune]]''.<ref name=twsOctBhjkjj>{{cite news
Her first novel, ''[[The Dream Life of Sukhanov]]'' written in English, was a ''[[New York Times]]'' Notable Book of 2006, won the 2007 [[New York Public Library]] [[Young Lions Fiction Award]], as well as a Top Ten Books of 2006 choice by ''[[The Washington Post]]''. The novel is about an artist&ndash;turned&ndash;party official working for the [[communism|communist]] media as an art critic named Sukhanov whose "past catches up with him during the last days of the [[Soviet Union]]", and reviewing it in the ''[[Chicago Tribune]]'', poet [[Karl Kirchwey]] wrote:

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{{blockquote|Seldom has a first novel so perfectly captured a historical moment that seems most real because it resonates with the disaster of an individual life. There is no escape for Sukhanov, and no going back: There is none for any of us. Time sees to that.<ref name=twsOctBhjkjj>{{cite news
|author= Karl Kirchwey
|author= Karl Kirchwey
|title= 'Sukhanov' a brilliant novel about price of compromise
|title= 'Sukhanov' a brilliant novel about price of compromise
|publisher= ''Chicago Tribune''
|newspaper= Chicago Tribune
|quote= Olga Grushin's brilliant first novel, "The Dream Life of Sukhanov" (Putnam, 368 pages, $24.95), considers the case of 56-year-old Anatoly Pavlovich Sukhanov, whose past catches up with him during the last days of the Soviet Union.
|quote= Olga Grushin's brilliant first novel, "The Dream Life of Sukhanov"... considers the case of 56-year-old Anatoly Pavlovich Sukhanov, whose past catches up with him during the last days of the Soviet Union.
|date= August 3, 2006
|date= August 3, 2006
|url= http://articles.chicagotribune.com/2006-08-03/features/0608020307_1_anatoly-pavlovich-sukhanov-soviet-union-narrative
|url= https://www.chicagotribune.com/2006/08/03/sukhanov-a-brilliant-novel-about-price-of-compromise/
|access-date=October 15, 2010
|accessdate= 2010-10-15
}}</ref>}}
}}</ref> The novel is about an artist&ndash;turned&ndash;party official working for the [[communism|communist]] media as an art critic named Sukhanov whose "past catches up with him during the last days of the [[Soviet Union]]."<ref name=twsOctBhjkjj/> Kirchwey wrote:


==Novels==
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* ''The Dream Life of Sukhanov'', New York: Putnam's Sons, 2006. {{ISBN|0-399-15298-9}}
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* ''The Line'' (published in the United Kingdom as ''The Concert Ticket''), New York: Putnam's Sons, 2010. {{ISBN|978-0-399-15616-8}}
* ''Forty Rooms'', New York: Marian Wood Books/Putnam's Sons, 2016. {{ISBN|978-1101982334}}
* ''The Charmed Wife'', New York: Putnam's Sons, 2021.


==Works==
==References==
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{{Reflist}}

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* ''The Dream Life of Sukhanov'', novel (New York: Putnam's Sons, 2006) ISBN 0-399-15298-9
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* ''The Line'', novel (New York: Putnam's Sons, 2010) ISBN 978-0-399-15616-8


==Sources==
==Sources==
''Contemporary Authors Online''. The Gale Group, 2006. PEN (Permanent Entry Number): 0000165313.
*''Contemporary Authors Online''. The Gale Group, 2006. PEN (Permanent Entry Number): 0000165313.

==References==
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{{Reflist|2}}


==External links==
==External links==
* [http://www.olgagrushin.com/ Author's website]
* [http://www.olgagrushin.com/ Author's website]


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Latest revision as of 20:10, 9 September 2024

Olga Grushin
BornJune 1971 (age 53)
Moscow, Russia
OccupationNovelist
NationalityRussian-American
Alma materMoscow State University
Emory University
Notable awardsYoung Lions Fiction Award (2007)
Website
www.olgagrushin.com

Olga Grushin (born June 1971) is a Russian-American novelist.

Biography

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Born in Moscow to the family of Boris Grushin, a prominent Soviet sociologist,[1] Olga Grushin spent most of her childhood in Prague, Czechoslovakia.[2] She was educated at Pushkin Museum of Fine Arts and Moscow State University before receiving a scholarship to Emory University in 1989. She graduated summa cum laude from Emory in 1993. She became a naturalized US citizen in 2002, but retains Russian citizenship.[2] Grushin has worked as an interpreter for Jimmy Carter, as a cocktail waitress in a jazz bar, a translator at the World Bank, a research analyst at a Washington, D.C. law firm, and, most recently, an editor at Harvard University's Dumbarton Oaks Research Library and Collection.

Her first novel, The Dream Life of Sukhanov written in English, was a New York Times Notable Book of 2006, won the 2007 New York Public Library Young Lions Fiction Award, as well as a Top Ten Books of 2006 choice by The Washington Post. The novel is about an artist–turned–party official working for the communist media as an art critic named Sukhanov whose "past catches up with him during the last days of the Soviet Union", and reviewing it in the Chicago Tribune, poet Karl Kirchwey wrote:

Seldom has a first novel so perfectly captured a historical moment that seems most real because it resonates with the disaster of an individual life. There is no escape for Sukhanov, and no going back: There is none for any of us. Time sees to that.[3]

Novels

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  • The Dream Life of Sukhanov, New York: Putnam's Sons, 2006. ISBN 0-399-15298-9
  • The Line (published in the United Kingdom as The Concert Ticket), New York: Putnam's Sons, 2010. ISBN 978-0-399-15616-8
  • Forty Rooms, New York: Marian Wood Books/Putnam's Sons, 2016. ISBN 978-1101982334
  • The Charmed Wife, New York: Putnam's Sons, 2021.

References

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  1. ^ "FOM: Public Opinion Foundation (Russia) > Personality: Boris Grushin". Archived from the original on 2008-06-21. Retrieved 2009-04-03.
  2. ^ a b Biography Archived 2008-06-20 at the Wayback Machine, Olga Grushin website.
  3. ^ Karl Kirchwey (August 3, 2006). "'Sukhanov' a brilliant novel about price of compromise". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved October 15, 2010. Olga Grushin's brilliant first novel, "The Dream Life of Sukhanov"... considers the case of 56-year-old Anatoly Pavlovich Sukhanov, whose past catches up with him during the last days of the Soviet Union.

Sources

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  • Contemporary Authors Online. The Gale Group, 2006. PEN (Permanent Entry Number): 0000165313.
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