Victoria Belomlinskaya
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| Native name | Виктория Израилевна Беломлинская |
| Born | 1954 Leningrad, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union |
| Occupation | Writer |
| Language | Russian |
| Nationality | Russian |
| Notable works | Roald and Flora (Роальд и Флора), Beach (Берег) |
| Notable awards | Shortlisted, Russian Booker Prize (1994, 1999) |
Victoria Belomlinskaya (Russian: Виктория Израилевна Беломлинская; born 1954), originally published under the pseudonym Victoria Platova, is a Russian prose writer known for her psychological and experimental style. She was shortlisted twice for the Russian Booker Prize, in 1994 and 1999.
Biography
Victoria Belomlinskaya was born in Leningrad (now Saint Petersburg) in 1954 into a literary family; her father, Israel Markovich Antselovich (1905–1977), was a World War II photographer and journalist. She began publishing literary works in the late Soviet era, initially using the pen name Victoria Platova. In the mid‑1990s, she adopted her real surname after another Russian author began releasing popular detective novels under the Platova name, which caused confusion between their work.
Belomlinskaya emigrated to the United States with her family in 1989.
Career and Works
Belomlinskaya’s writing is known for its psychological realism, intricate prose, and themes of memory and displacement.
Selected works
- Roald and Flora (Роальд и Флора) – novel/short story cycle (~936k characters), partially autobiographical
- Beach (Берег) – novella (~95k characters)
- *De facto* (Де факто) – novella (~111k characters) - *The Unbright Life of Sanya Kornilov* (Неяркая жизнь Сани Корнилова) – novella (1979, later published in Kontinent) - *Vyatka* (Вятка) – short story (~17k characters) - *Voltfas* (Вольтфас) – novella (~111k characters) - *When the Bacchantes are Mad…* (Когда вакханки безумны…) – short story
Awards and Recognition
Belomlinskaya was shortlisted twice for the **Russian Booker Prize**:
- 1994 for Roald and Flora
- 1999 – for *Beach*[2]
References
- ↑ "Works list". Lib.ru. Retrieved 30 July 2025.
- ↑ "Russian Booker Prize 1999 finalists". bdtyk.blogspot.com. Retrieved 30 July 2025.
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