Polina Barskova

Polina Barskova, born in Leningrad (now Saint Petersburg) in 1976, is one of the most celebrated contemporary Russian writers. She currently teaches at the University of California, Berkeley. In addition to her extensive poetic oeuvre, she is a literary scholar and editor dedicated to the poets of the Leningrad blockade. Living Pictures is her first volume of prose.

Polina Barskova, born in Leningrad (now Saint Petersburg) in 1976, is one of the most celebrated contemporary Russian writers. She currently teaches at the University of California, Berkeley. In addition to her extensive poetic oeuvre, she is a literary scholar and editor dedicated to the poets of the Leningrad blockade. Living Pictures is her first volume of prose. See less