Russian writer of the modern novel and short story. She is the author of 14 books of fiction (more than 200,000 copies), 3 children's stories and 6 plays, which have been staged in many theatres in Russia and Germany. She is also the winner of numerous literary awards.
Growing up in Moscow, Ulickaya graduated from Moscow State University with a degree in genetics. After working in the fields of genetics and biochemistry, Ulickaya began her literary career as a literary consultant for the Jewish Drama Theatre. In the 1990s, she became the author of two play scripts ("Sisters of Freedom" and "A Woman for All"). Ulitskaya's first novel "Sonechka", published in Novy Mir in 1992, became almost immediately popular and was shortlisted for the Russian Booker Prize. Her work is now admired by Russian audiences and critics both there and in other countries. Her work is dominated by various themes: the need for religious and ethnic tolerance; the problem of the intelligentsia in Soviet culture; gender and family issues; everyday life as a literary subject; new images of the body (the sexy body, the disabled body....). In 2006, Ulitskaya published a novel, Daniel Stein, Translator, about the Holocaust and the need to reconcile Judaism, Christianity and Islam. Her work has been translated into several languages and has received international and national awards, including the Russian Booker Prize for her novel "The Caucasus of Kukotsky" (2001). She was the first woman to receive this award. In Germany, her work has been listed among the best-selling books. Ulitskaya lives in Moscow and regularly publishes commentaries on social issues, and is an active participant in philanthropic projects to increase access to literature.
