Valeria Spartakovna Narbikova (Russian: Валерия Спартаковна Нарбикова; 24 February 1958 – 9 November 2024) was a Russian writer.[1]

Valeria Narbikova
Валерия Нарбикова
Narbikova in 2018
Born
Valeria Spartakovna Narbikova

(1958-02-24)24 February 1958
Died9 November 2024(2024-11-09) (aged 66)
NationalityRussian
EducationMaxim Gorky Literature Institute
OccupationWriter

A member of PEN International from 1990 and of the Union of Writers of Russia from 1991, she wrote numerous works on number and prose.

Biography

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Born in Moscow on 24 February 1958, Narbikova graduated from the Maxim Gorky Literature Institute.[2] She began publishing her first works in the final years of the Soviet Union, though she had been writing poems since 1978.[2] Her works were praised by famed writer Andrei Bitov.[3][4] She was often credited with writing a form of "alternative prose".[5]

Valeria Narbikova died on 9 November 2024, at the age of 66.[6]

Publications

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  • Échos (1991)
  • Day Equals Night (1992)
  • In the Here and There (1992)
  • Wettlauf. Lauf (1999)

References

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  1. ^ "Умерла прозаик и художница Валерия Нарбикова". Argumenty i Fakty (in Russian). 9 November 2024. Retrieved 14 November 2024.
  2. ^ a b Delacroix, Marie (2013). Dictionnaire universel des créatrices (in French). Éditions des Femmes. p. 3130.
  3. ^ "Mais où sont les Soviétiques d'antan". Le Monde (in French). 19 July 1991. Retrieved 14 November 2024.
  4. ^ Pittman, Riitta H. (1 October 1992). "Valeriya Narbikova's Iconoplastic Prose". Forum for Modern Language Studies. Retrieved 14 November 2024.
  5. ^ "Valeria Narbikova Biography". BookRags.
  6. ^ "Умерла писательница Валерия Нарбикова". Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (in Russian). 9 November 2024. Retrieved 14 November 2024.