Elena Goroshka is a talented young Russian writer who has translated many works of great beauty from the former Soviet Union into her native Russian. Her debut novel “Nyota”, which was inspired by the true story of Elena Goroshka and her compatriots, received warm reviews and went to number three in the best-sellers’ category. Elena Goroshka is a leader in the field of creative writing. She is widely acclaimed as an expert in the field of political, social and environmental reporting. She has translated many books into Russian, including works on the life of Soviet premier Alexy Pashukanov, and her popular book about the Soviet Union’s first woman president, Alexandra Kollontai.
Elena Goroshka’s impressive CV includes a degree in journalism from the University of Reading in England, where she pursued a PhD on Russian studies. Elena graduated in law and then worked for several years as an assistant to a lawyer specializing in human rights. In 1992 she started working as a researcher in the Institute of Contemporary Russian Thought at the Moscow Institute of International Relations, where she specialized in the early Russian feminist culture and politics. Elena Goroshka is highly regarded as a pioneering women’s author and translator because of her penetrating insights into Russian society and an enviable knowledge of both languages. She holds both British and Russian citizenship.
Elena Goroshka’s great strength lies in her ability to describe people and places with aplomb. Her stories describe the lives of ordinary people, revealing their complex emotional lives and often surprising cultural norms. Elena Goroshka’s unique style of prose is punctuated by elegantly chosen literary devices, which are skillfully integrated into the larger context of her characters’ personal, historical, and socio-cultural context. She combines sophisticated usage of expressive colloquial forms with a wide-ranging use of primary sources from a wide variety of nationalities, religions, and periods. Elena Goroshka has a gift for identifying literary devices that successfully bring life to her vivid descriptions of people and places.