Natalia Tolstaya
Natalia Nikitichna Tolstaya (Russian: Наталья Никитична Толстая; May 2, 1943, Yelabuga, Tatar ASSR – June 15, 2010, Saint Petersburg) was a Russian writer and translator from the Tolstoy family. She was a granddaughter of writer Alexei Tolstoy and poet Mikhail Lozinsky, and sister of the writer Tatyana Tolstaya. She taught for many years at Saint Petersburg State University, from which she had also graduated. Tolstaya's specialty was Scandinavian languages, and she wrote her first stories in Swedish before turning to Russian. In 2004 she was awarded the Order of the Polar Star by the Swedish government for her efforts in fostering better relations between Russia and Sweden. She was known in scientific circles primarily as a strong Scandinavian philologist, with a focus on Swedish language and Russian-Swedish cultural relations. Until her death in 2010, she worked together with her sister to create a collection of short stories called "Sisters" and was regularly published in the literary journal Zvezda.[1] [2][3]
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[edit]- ^ "Natalia Tolstaya". CCCB. Retrieved 2024-03-10.
- ^ "Natalia Tolstaya | Center for the Art of Translation | Two Lines Press". Retrieved 2024-03-10.
- ^ Liedtke, Klaus-Jürgen. "Tolstaya, Natalya". www.balticsealibrary.info. Retrieved 2024-03-10.
- 1943 births
- 2010 deaths
- People from Yelabuga
- Soviet writers
- Scandinavian studies scholars
- Soviet translators
- Saint Petersburg State University alumni
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- Order of the Polar Star
- Tolstoy family
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