Galina Yuzefovich

Galina Leonidovna Yuzefovich (Russian: Гали́на Леони́довна Юзефо́вич) is a Russian literary critic, teacher, and columnist. She is the daughter of two prominent Russian writers Anna Berdichevskaya and Leonid Yuzefovich.

Galina Yuzefovich
Гали́на Леони́довна Юзефо́вич
Born (1975-08-16) August 16, 1975
Perm
Occupationliterary critic
Parents

Biography
With father Leonid Yuzefovich in 2018

Galina graduated from the Russian State University for the Humanities in 1999. By then, she had already started publishing her literary reviews.[1][2] As a journalist, she published in Vedomosti, Ogoniok, Expert, Itogi, Znamya, etc.

In 2013, she joined the jury of the Russian literary award NOS Award.[3]

Since 2014, she's having her weekly column in Meduza writing about book business and new publications in the literature world.[4] She confesses to read at least 3 books per week, looking through 5 more.[5]

Her peers consider Yuzefovich to be the most influential literary critic in RuNet, publishers state that her reviews on the cover significantly raise sells for every book.[6] She also hosts her radio show on Mayak and leads a course on literary criticism in Moscow Creative Writing School.[7]

In 2016 Yuzefovich released a collection of essays under the title ‘Wonderous adventures of the pilot-fish: 150000 words on literature’ («Удивительные приключения рыбы-лоцмана: 150 000 слов о литературе»). In 2018, she released her second book ‘Bestsellers. How Everything Works in the World of Literature’ («О чём говорят бестселлеры. Как всё устроено в книжном мире»).[8] In 2020, Yuzefovich released her new book, ‘Mysterious Map’ (ru «Таинственная карта»).[9]

Yuzefovich publicly condemned the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine, in early spring 2022 she and her family moved to Turkey.[10] Soon, she launched a podcast on Meduza, dedicated to role of books and reading as possible soothe for soul in war time.[11]

References
  1. Vladimirsky 2016.
  2. Sonin 2018.
  3. "Жюри и эксперты 2013". Литературная премия НОС. www.prokhorovfund.ru. Archived from the original on 2017-08-30. Retrieved 2017-08-29.
  4. Galina Yuzefovich. "Knizhny Bazar Podcast". meduza.io. Archived from the original on 2018-12-14. Retrieved 2018-12-14.
  5. Mikhalkina, A. (2022-07-18). "'How Not to Go Insane from Reading News': Prominent Literary Critic Yuzefovich visits Kishinev" (in Russian). News Maker. Retrieved 2022-11-08.
  6. "Галина Юзефович: «Сегодняшняя литературная Россия очень маленькая и провинциальная»" [Galina Yuzefovich: ‘Modern literary Russia seems very small and provincial’] (in Russian). Real Time. 2017-09-17. Retrieved 2022-11-13.
  7. "Литературный критик Галина Юзефович станет хэдлайнером XXIV Книжного салона" (in Russian). Buryatia National Library. Retrieved 2022-11-13.
  8. Sdobnov, S. (2018-05-25). "Жить под властью книг: какая литература захватывает наше внимание сразу и навсегда" [Life under power of books: what literature catches our attention] (in Russian). TASS. Archived from the original on 2019-04-23. Retrieved 2019-04-23.
  9. "Галина Юзефович рассказала о своем новом книжном путеводителе «Таинственная карта»" (in Russian). SPB Dnevnik. 2020-06-06. Retrieved 2022-11-13.
  10. Boutsko, A. (2022-05-04). "Who are the Russians leaving their country?". Deutsche Welle. Retrieved 2022-11-13.
  11. "Подкаст Галины Юзефович возвращается! Второй сезон — о классике из школьной программы. Зачем все эти непонятные книги? «Горе от ума», «Отцы и дети»…" [Galina Yuzefovich's Podcast: Season 2] (in Russian). Meduza. 2022-11-02. Retrieved 2022-11-30.

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