Grimberg, Faina Iontelevna

Born in the family of a school teacher and night watchman. She graduated from the philological and (in absentia) historical faculties of Tashkent University ( 1975 ). She worked as a cleaner, typist at the Tashkent Textile Institute ( 1967 - 1980 ). She made her debut in print in poetry in the Tashkent almanac "Youth" (1980). In the 1980s, she was engaged in literary criticism and translated Bulgarian poetry ^[3] .

Balkan historian, author of books on the history of Russia and Bulgaria.

Husband - poet and artist Andrei Olegovich Gavrilin (born 1961) ^{[4] [5] [6]} .

In addition to poetry, the author of plays, historical and other prose, which he publishes under pseudonyms (more precisely, heteronyms ) and under his own name, speaks with articles on Russian history, literary and critical works. Translates poetry and prose from English, German, Finnish, Swedish, Czech, Bulgarian and other languages.

It was also published under the pseudonyms Ksenia Gabrieli, Jeanne Bernard, Clary Botond (Mihai Kish and Maria Varadi), Jacob Lang, Sabahatdin-Bor Etergun, Sofia Grigorova-Aliyeva, Marianna Benlaid (aka Maria Schwarzkopf), Katarina Fuchs (aka Katherine Rand , Irina Gorskaya, Faina Ryabova, on behalf of whom literary hoaxes were published in the 1990s, presented as translations of Faina Grimberg.

The story "Mavka" (2001) was included in the short list of the Ivan Petrovich Belkin Prize .

For the book Four-Leafed for My Father, Grimberg received the Poetry Award “Difference” (2013), becoming her first laureate ^{[1] [7]} .

Poems

• Green weaver. - M .: Aviatekhinform, 1993 .-- 31 p.
• Love Andreeva anthology. - M .: ARGO-RISK ; Tver: Kolonna publications , 2002 .-- 120 p.
• Four leaf for my father / Foreword by V. Ivanov . - M.: New Literary Review , 2012. - 384 p. - (New poetry).
• Four Leaf for My Father: Poems. - M .; Yekaterinburg: Cabinet Scientist, 2017 .-- 338 p.

Prose (under his own name)

• The Romanov Dynasty: Mysteries. Versions. Problems. - M .: Moscow Lyceum, 1996 .-- 558 p.
• Thunder of victory. The fate of the heirs of Peter, 1725-1741: Roman. - M.: Armada , 1996 .-- 381 p.
• Rurikovich, or the Seventh Century of "eternal" questions. M .: Moscow Lyceum, 1997 .-- 397 p.
• The fate of the Turkish, or the Times of the Empire. Triptych. Novels. - M .: Terra , 1997 .-- 397 p.
• Two dynasties. Free historical conversations. - M.: Kogelet, 2000 .-- 558 p.
• Friend Philostratus, or the Story of one kind of Russian: Roman: [In 2 book]. - M .: Agraf, 2003 .-- 557 p .; 634 p.
• Athanasius Nikitin. Seven songs of a Russian alien: A historical novel. - M .: AST ; Astrel, 2003 .-- 424 p.
• Hey, Osman !: Historical novel. - M .: AST; Astrel, 2004 .-- 604 p.
• Primrose: A historical novel. - M .: AST; Astrel, 2005 .-- 540 s.
• The concubine of the pharaoh. - M .: Geleos, 2004 .-- 383 p. Reprint: M .: Yunves, 2005 .-- 383 p.
• Flute player. - [M.]: Lit. supplement to the journal Ostrov, 2006. - 36 p.
• Cleopatra: A historical novel. - M .: AST; Astrel, 2006 .-- 524 p.
• Anna Leopoldovna. - M .: AST; Astrel, 2008 .-- 416 p.
• Princess Tarakanova. - M .: AST; Astrel, 2010 .-- 528 s.

Autobiographical texts

• I always wanted to be the most different people that I myself think of ...
• Faina Grimberg in the television program School of Slander

• Faina Grimberg: Articles and materials. M .: Book Review; ARGO-RISK, 2014.151 s.

• Faina Grimberg at the Babylon website
• Faina Grimberg in the online magazine TextOnly
• Faina Grimberg in the literary magazine Homo Legens
• Grimberg, Faina Iontelevna on the site " A new map of Russian literature "
• Grimberg, Faina Iontelevna in the " Journal Hall "