Darya Dontsova
Darya Dontsova | |
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 Darya Dontsova during her autograph session in Moscow, 2011. | |
| Born | Agrippina Arkadyevna Vasilyeva June 7, 1952 Moscow, Russian SFSR, USSR |
| Pen name | Darya Dontsova |
| Occupation | Writer, journalist, screenwriter |
| Nationality | Russian |
| Genre | Detective fiction |
Agrippina Arkadyevna Dontsova (née Vasilyeva) (Russian: Агриппи́на Арка́дьевна Донцо́ва (Васи́льева); born 7 June 1952 in Moscow), primarily known as Darya Dontsova (Russian: Дарья Донцова) is a Russian writer of detective novels.[1] She has written approximately 150 commercially successful novels as well as cook books and three autobiographies. She is a member of the Union of Russian Writers.
Dontsova was born on June 7, 1952 in Moscow. She graduated the MSU Faculty of Journalism and speaks German and French. She has two children.
Dontsova is a very popular writer especially among Russian women, having been voted into the top 100 of Russia's elite in polls commissioned by Kommersant in 2003 and 2007.[2][3] She has won numerous literary awards and nominations ("The Writer of the Year" award at 2001, 2002, 2003, "Bestseller of the Year" at 2002, 2003).
References
- ^ "Russians return to serious literature". Russia Now, distributed with The Daily Telegraph. Rossiyskaya Gazeta. April 6, 2011. Retrieved July 11, 2011.
{{cite news}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in:|work=(help) - ^ "VIP Parade 2003". Kommersant. March 11, 2004. Retrieved July 11, 2011.
- ^ "VIP-parade 2007". Kommersant. December 28, 2007. Retrieved July 11, 2011.
External links
Media related to Darya Dontsova at Wikimedia Commons
- 1952 births
- Living people
- 20th-century Russian writers
- 21st-century Russian writers
- Moscow State University alumni
- People from Moscow
- Russian crime fiction writers
- Russian food writers
- Russian screenwriters
- Russian women journalists
- Russian women writers
- Soviet journalists
- 20th-century Russian women writers
- 21st-century women writers
- Women crime fiction writers