Olga Larionova
Born16 March 1935 Edit this on Wikidata
Saint Petersburg Edit this on Wikidata
OccupationAuthor, writer, science fiction writer Edit this on Wikidata
Awards
  • Aelita Prize (1987)
  • Bronze snail award (1992)
  • Bronze snail award (1997)
  • Wanderer literary award (2001) Edit this on Wikidata

Olga Larionova (born 1935) is the pen name of Olga Nikolayevna Tideman, a Russian science fiction author who began in the Soviet era.[1] Her debut novel was A Leopard from the top of Kilimanjaro ("Леопард с вершины Килиманджаро") from 1965.[2] Her story A Tale of Kings was in the anthology Earth and Elsewhere, which gained her notice in the West.[3] She is one of the few successful female Russian science fiction writers of her generation.[4] She won the Aelita Prize in 1987 and remains one of the few women to win it as an individual writer.[5]

References

  1. ↑ "Translated SF | Olga Larionova". Translated SF.
  2. ↑ The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction, pg 1039
  3. ↑ Sentinel, Jonathan Susskind, Special to The. "SOVIET SCIENCE FICTION". OrlandoSentinel.com.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  4. ↑ Stites, Richard (September 25, 2010). Passion and Perception: Essays on Russian Culture. New Academia Publishing, LLC. ISBN 9780982806166 – via Google Books.
  5. ↑ "Сайт конвента "АЭЛИТА" (Екатеринбург)". www.rusf.ru.
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