Anna Matveeva

Anna Matveeva was born in Sverdlovsk, now Yekaterinburg, in 1972. She comes from a family of linguists and, after completing her studies at the State Ural University, she worked as a journalist for newspapers and magazines. She has since published several books and writes for all of the leading Russian media. Anna Matveeva has three children and lives in Yekaterinburg.

awards: 2017 Bazhov Prize
2016 Shortlist Big Book Award
2015 Big Book Award, public vote #2
2013  Shortlist Big Book Award
2011 Shortlist Kazakov Prize
2004 Lo Stellato Prize, Italy

foreign rights:
Czech Republic/ Akropolis
China/ Inner Mongolia University
France / Editis
Latvia / Latvijas Mediji
Poland / Kobiece