Polina Dashkova

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

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

Life

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

Russian TitlePublication DateGerman Title[6]TranslatorPublication DateEnglish Translation of Title
Кровь нерождённых1996Lenas FluchtHelmut Ettinger2004Lena's Flight
Место под солнцем1999Club KalaschnikowMargret Fieseler2002Club Kalaschnikov[7]
Золотой песок1999Für NikitaGanna-Maria Braungardt2004Golden Sand[7]
Чеченская марионетка, или Продажные твари2000Chechen Marionette
Питомник2000Das Haus der bösen MädchenGanna-Maria Braungardt2006Nursery
Эфирное время2000Russische OrchideeMargret Fieseler2003A Russian Orchid[7]
Образ врага2000
Лёгкие шаги безумия2000Die leichten Schritte des WahnsinnsMargret Fieseler2002Madness Treads Lightly[7]
Никто не заплачет1998Keiner wird weinenGanna-Maria Braungardt2007No One Will Cry
Чувство реальности2002
Херувим2003Der falsche EngelHanna-Maria Braungardt2007Cherubim
Качели2003
Исполнитель2003Du wirst mich nie verratenHelmut Ettinger2005You Will Never Betray Me
Приз2004
Игра во мнения2005Nummer 5 hat keine ChanceMargret Fieseler2005
Вечная ночь2006In ewiger NachtHanna-Maria Braungardt2011Eternal Night[7]
Источник счастья2007Bis in alle EwigkeitHanna-Maria Braungardt2012The Source of Happiness[7]
Источник счастья. Книга 2. Misterium Tremendum. Тайна, приводящая в трепет2008
Источник счастья. Книга 3. Небо над бездной2009
Точка невозврата2010
Пакт2012The Pact[7]
Соотношение сил[8]2015

References

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