Alla Latynina
Alla Nikolayevna Latynina (Russian: А́лла Никола́евна Лат́ынина; born 4 July 1940) is a Russian literary critic. Her husband is the writer and poet Leonid Latynin. She is the mother of Russian writer and journalist Yulia Latynina.[1]
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.jpg.webp) Alla Latynina (photo L.Latynin, 1970-s) | |
| Born | Alla Nikolayevna Bocharova 4 July 1940 |
| Nationality | Russian |
| Alma mater | Moscow State University |
| Occupation | literary critic and scholar |
| Years active | 1965–present |
| Spouse(s) | Leonid Latynin |
| Children | Yulia Latynina |
Biography
Born on 4 July 1940 in Moscow into the family of an office worker. Graduated from the Department of Philology, Moscow University in 1963 upon which took a post-graduate course at the Department of Philosophy, Moscow University. Defended her Ph.D. on the subject of “Critique of the Existential Interpretation of Dostoyevsky”. Received her Cand. Sc. degree in Philosophy in 1970.
Alla Latynina has been publishing as a critic since 1969. In 1963–65, worked at the Sovetsky Pisatel publishing house. In 1969–2003, worked on the stuff of the Literary Gazette as a columnist, head of the section for literary history, editor at the Russian literature section. In 1992–93, worked at Obschaya Gazeta in charge of the culture section. Columnist on the VremyaMN weekly since 2002. In 1994–2001, head of the literary department and columnist at the Literary Gazette. Columnist on the Novy Mir magazine since 2001. Alla Latynina was on the editorial board of the Moscow Vestnik magazine (1989); on the board of the book series “Anons” at Moskovsky Rabochy Publishers (1989–90), and the Strelets magazine. Served as Chairman on the following juries: Russian Booker Prize in 1992, Appolon Grigoryev Prize in 2001, Alexander Blok Prize in 2000, Russian Subject Prize in 2002. Winner of the Literary Gazette Prize and the Journalists Union Prize in 1977. Winner of the Novy Mir Prize in 2005. Member of the Writers Union since 1979. Member of the Russian PEN.
Works
- 1986 — Vsevolod Garshin: His Work and Fate. Moscow, Khudozhestvennaya Literatura Publishers.
- 1987 — Signs of the Times: Notes on the Current Literary Process. 1970s and 1980s. Moscow, Sovetsky Pisatel.
- 1988 — “Truth and Nothing but the Truth”. Blank Pages of Russian History in Contemporary Prose. Moscow. Znanie Society.
- 1991 — Beyond the Open Barrier: Literary Scene of the Late 1980s. Moscow, Sovetsky Pisatel.
- 2009 — Commentary: Notes on Contemporary Literature. Moscow, Vremya, 2009.
