Alisa Ganieva

Alisa Arkadyevna Ganieva (or Ganiyeva; Russian: Алиса Аркадьевна Ганиева, born 1985) is a Russian author, writing novels, short prose and essays.

Alisa Ganieva
Ganieva in 2012
BornAlisa Arkadyevna Ganieva
1985 (age 35–36)
Moscow, USSR
Pen nameGulla Khirachev
Occupationwriter, essayist
Alma materMaxim Gorky Literature Institute
Website
alisaganieva.com

Life

Ganieva was born in Moscow in an Avar family[1] but moved with her family to Dagestan, where she lived in Gunib and later attended school in Makhachkala. In 2002 she moved back to Moscow[2] and graduated from the Maxim Gorky Literature Institute. She works as a literary critic for the Nezavisimaya Gazeta daily.[3]

In 2009, she was awarded the Debut Prize for her debut novel Salaam, Dalgat!, published under the male pseudonym Gulla Khirachev.[3] Her identity as the author was only discovered at the award ceremony.[4] The novel describes the everyday life of Dagestani youth in the cities and shows the decay of traditional life and their difficult relations with Islam, the traditional religion of Dagestanis.[5] The characters use the "Dagestani Russian", a pidgin version of Russian, to communicate, the first instance when this was presented in a literary work.[6][7]

In 2012, Ganieva participated in the International Writing Program's Fall Residency at the University of Iowa in Iowa City, IA,[8] and published her second novel, Holiday Mountain (Russian: Праздничная гора), also set in Dagestan. Ganieva spoke about the book to the audience of the London bureau of the Voice Of Russia radio.[9] In 2014, the book was translated to German.[10] In 2015 an Italian translation came out,[11] along with an English translation which was published by Deep Vellum Publishing under the title The Mountain And The Wall.[12] In 2016, Spanish[13] and Turkish translations followed.

In April 2015 her novel Bride and Groom was released in Russia and listed for the major literary awards, such as the Russian Booker Prize, although it did not win.[14]

Ganieva has also published short stories and fairy tales. She has received a number of literary awards for her fiction.[15][16]

In June 2015 Ganieva was listed by The Guardian as one of the most talented and influential young people living in Moscow.[17]

References
  1. "Alisa Ganieva and The Chronicles of Dagestan". Rossiyskaya Gazeta. 5 March 2012. Archived from the original on 2012-07-12. Retrieved 30 January 2013.
  2. Останется ли Кавказ с Россией? (in Russian). Echo of Moscow. Retrieved 9 November 2013.
  3. "Alisa Ganieva profile". Debut Prize Foundation. Archived from the original on 21 January 2013. Retrieved 30 January 2013.
  4. "Alisa Ganieva". Retrieved 6 March 2020.
  5. FitzGerald, Nora (22 June 2010). "Young Authors' Bold New Perspective". The Washington Post. Archived from the original on 2013-12-16. Retrieved 2013-01-30.
  6. Бойков, Игорь (January 25, 2010). Салам, бычьё (in Russian). Агентство Политических Новостей. Retrieved 30 January 2013.
  7. Артемьев, Максим; Костырко, Василий (24 December 2012). "Праздничная гора" Алисы Ганиевой. Russian Journal (in Russian).
  8. "2012 Resident Participants | The International Writing Program". iwp.uiowa.edu. Retrieved 2017-04-12.
  9. "Alisa Ganieva talks about Caucasus". 2013.
  10. "Alissa Ganijewa Mountain of the Feast". Suhrkamp. 2014. Archived from the original on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 27 January 2015.
  11. "Alisa Ganieva, La montagna in festa, La Nuova Frontiera". Wordpress. 2015.
  12. "Alisa Ganieva". Deep Vellum Publishing. 2015. Archived from the original on 2015-07-03. Retrieved 2015-06-28.
  13. Rogriguez Marcos, Javier (12 February 2016). "Pasión por Instagram, pasión por el Corán" (in Spanish). El Pais. Retrieved 23 April 2016.
  14. "Bride And Groom: getting married, Caucasus-style". Russia Beyond The Headlines. 2015.
  15. Anguelov, Zlatko. "Alisa Ganieva". University of Iowa. Retrieved 30 January 2013.
  16. Читатели Алисы Ганиевой услышат звон горных ручьёв. "Книги" с Сергеем Шаргуновым (in Russian). Радиостанция "Вести ФМ". Archived from the original on 2010-11-28. Retrieved 30 January 2013.
  17. "Moscow 30 under 30: the people's power list". The Guardian. 2015.
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