Polina Dashkova
| Polina Daschkowa | |
|---|---|
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| Born |
14 July 1960 Moscow |
| Alma mater | Maxim Gorky Literature Institute |
Polina Daschkowa (born 14 July 1960) is a successful Russian crime novelist.[1]
Life
Daschkowa 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 line of books which are based against the recent time of change 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] Her surname is transliterated as Dashkova in English and Daschkowa in German. 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]
Works
| Russian Title | Publication Date | German Title[5] | Translator | Publication Date | English Translation of Title |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Кровь нерождённых | 1996 | Lenas Flucht | Helmut Ettinger | 2004 | Lena's Flight |
| Место под солнцем | 1999 | Club Kalaschnikow | Margret Fieseler | 2002 | Club Kalaschnikov[6] |
| Золотой песок | 1999 | Für Nikita | Ganna-Maria Braungardt | 2004 | Golden Sand[6] |
| Чеченская марионетка, или Продажные твари | 2000 | Chechen Marionette | |||
| Питомник | 2000 | Das Haus der bösen Mädchen | Ganna-Maria Braungardt | 2006 | Nursery |
| Эфирное время | 2000 | Russische Orchidee | Margret Fieseler | 2003 | A Russian Orchid[6] |
| Образ врага | 2000 | ||||
| Лёгкие шаги безумия | 2000 | Die leichten Schritte des Wahnsinns | Margret Fieseler | 2002 | Madness Treads Lightly[6] |
| Никто не заплачет | 1998 | Keiner wird weinen | Ganna-Maria Braungardt | 2007 | Noone Will Cry |
| Чувство реальности | 2002 | ||||
| Херувим | 2003 | Der falsche Engel | Hanna-Maria Braungardt | 2007 | Cherubim |
| Качели | 2003 | ||||
| Исполнитель | 2003 | Du wirst mich nie verraten | Helmut Ettinger | 2005 | You Will Never Betray Me |
| Приз | 2004 | ||||
| Игра во мнения | 2005 | Nummer 5 hat keine Chance | Margret Fieseler | 2005 | |
| Вечная ночь | 2006 | In ewiger Nacht | Hanna-Maria Braungardt | 2011 | Eternal Night[6] |
| Источник счастья | 2007 | Bis in alle Ewigkeit | Hanna-Maria Braungardt | 2012 | The Source of Happiness[6] |
| Источник счастья. Книга 2. Misterium Tremendum. Тайна, приводящая в трепет | 2008 | ||||
| Источник счастья. Книга 3. Небо над бездной | 2009 | ||||
| Точка невозврата | 2010 | ||||
| Пакт | 2012 | The Pact[6] | |||
| Соотношение сил : роман[7] | 2015 |
References
- 1 2 3 Polina Daschkowa, rus-lit.org, retrieved April 2014
- 1 2 Polina Daschkowa, Radio Bremen, retrieved 5 April 2014
- ↑ Krimi Couch, retrieved 6 February 2016.
- ↑ OCLC WorldCat, retrieved 7 February 2016
- ↑ German National Library, retrieved 6 February 2016
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Literary Agency Galina Durtshoff, retrieved 6 February 2016
- ↑ WorldCat Entry, retrieved 7 February 2016