Muravyova, Irina 1952-

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MURAVYOVA, Irina 1952-

PERSONAL:

Surname sometimes transliterated "Murav'eva"; born September 21, 1952, in Moscow, USSR (now Russia); immigrated to United States, 1985, naturalized U.S. citizen; daughter of Lazar (a writer) and Tamara (Pankzatova) Shtainmets; married Victor Muravyov, July, 1974; children: Igor. Ethnicity: "Russian." Education: Attended Moscow State University; Brown University, Ph.D. Religion: Christian.

ADDRESSES:

Home—Dover, MA. Agent—c/o Author Mail, Ivan R. Dee, 1332 North Halsted St., Chicago, IL 60622.

CAREER:

Fiction writer.

WRITINGS:

Kudriavyi Leitenant: Rasskazy (title means "Curlyhaired Lieutenant"), Hermitage Publishers (Tenafly, NJ), 1995.

Filemon i Bavkida: Povesti, Rasskazy, Vagrius (Moscow, Russia), 2000.

The Nomadic Soul (novella and short stories), translated by John Dewey, Ivan R. Dee (Chicago, IL), 2000.

BIOGRAPHICAL AND CRITICAL SOURCES:

PERIODICALS

Publishers Weekly, July 10, 2000, review of The Nomadic Soul, p. 45.

World Literature Today, autumn, 2000, Margaret Ziolkowski, review of The Nomadic Soul, p. 880.

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