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Die stille Macht der Frauen. Elena Chizhova. Roman. Deutsche Erstausgabe, 2012

Ausgezeichnet mit dem russischen Booker-Prize. Aus d. Russ. übersetzt u. mit Anmerkungen versehen v. Dorothea Trottenberg.

Die stille Macht der Frauen
Leningrad in den 1960er-Jahren: Antonina zieht mit ihrer kleinen Tochter Susanna in eine unfreiwillige Gemeinschaftswohnung mit drei alten Damen. Doch Susanna spricht nicht ein gefährlicher Makel in der Sowjetgesellschaft: Ihr droht die Einweisung ins Heim. Die Damen nehmen den Kampf mit der Staatsmacht auf...

Autoren-Porträt von Elena Chizhova:
Elena Chizhova, 1957 in Leningrad geboren, studierte Wirtschaftswissenschaften und war an der Universität und in der freien Wirtschaft tätig, bevor sie sich Mitte der 1990er Jahre dem Schreiben zuwandte. Ihre Romane wurden mehrfach ausgezeichnet. Elena Chizhova ist Vorsitzende der Sankt-Petersburger Sektion des PEN-Clubs.

Dorothea Trottenberg, studierte Slavistik in Köln und Leningrad, arbeitet u.a. als Bibliothekarin an der Universitätsbibliothek Basel und lebt als freie Übersetzerin klassischer und zeitgenössischer russischer Literatur, u. a. von Michail Bulgakov, Nikolaj Gogol, Vladimir Sorokin, Maria Rybakova, Boris Akunin, in Zürich. 2012 wurde Dorothea Trottenberg der "Paul-Celan-Preis" für ihr übersetzerisches Gesamtwerk verliehen.

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Nadia Sikorsky

Nadia Sikorsky grew up in Moscow where she obtained a master's degree in journalism and a doctorate in history from Moscow State University. After 13 years at UNESCO, in Paris and then in Geneva, and having served as director of communications at Green Cross International founded by Mikhail Gorbachev, she developed NashaGazeta.ch, the first online Russian-language daily newspaper, launched in 2007.

In 2022, she found herself among those who, according to Le Temps editorial board, "significantly contributed to the success of French-speaking Switzerland," thus appearing among opinion makers and economic, political, scientific and cultural leaders: the Forum of 100.

After 18 years leading NashaGazeta.ch, Nadia Sikorsky decided to return to her roots and focus on what truly fascinates her: culture in all its diversity. This decision took the form of this trilingual cultural blog (Russian, English, French) born in the heart of Europe – in Switzerland, her adopted country, the country distinguished by its multiculturalism and multilingualism.

Nadia Sikorsky does not present herself as a "Russian voice," but as the voice of a European of Russian origin (more than 35 years in Europe, 25 years spent in Switzerland) with the benefit of more than 30 years of professional experience in the cultural world at the international level. She positions herself as a cultural mediator between Russian and European traditions; the title of the blog, "The Russian Accent," captures this essence – the accent being not a linguistic barrier, not a political position but a distinctive cultural imprint in the European context.

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