Darja Donzowa
Darja Donzowa ( Russian Дарья Аркадьевна Донцова ; born Wasiljewa , Russian Васильева, actually Agrippina Arkadjewna Donzowa ; born June 7, 1952 in Moscow ) is a Russian crime writer.
She studied journalism at Moscow's Lomonosov University , then worked as a translator and teacher for German and French. In 1977 she wrote her first detective novel, fell seriously ill in the 1990s and used a long hospital stay for more novels. Darja Donzowa has published 200 detective novels, 5 cookbooks, 2 autobiographies, 5 books for children with a total circulation of 200 million copies and has been three times Writer of the Year in Russia. Several of her books were filmed as television series in Russia, and two were named bestsellers of the year . She has a talk show on the radio in Russia and a section on TV.
She is married with three children and lives in Moscow.
Works (in German)
Dasha Wassiljewa series:
- A touch of winter . Goldmann, Munich 2003, ISBN 3-442-73071-6 (Nesekretnyje materialy, 2000 (in Russian))
- The innocent murderer . Goldmann, Munich 2004, ISBN 3-442-75114-4 (Schena mojego muscha, 2000 (in Russian))
- The fifth murder . Goldmann, Munich 2004, ISBN 3-442-73019-8 (Spjat ustalyje igruschki, 2000 (in Russian))
Tanja Romanowa series:
- Nothing washes whiter than death . Structure, Berlin 2006, ISBN 3-7466-2201-8 (Manikjur dlja pokojnika, 2000 (in Russian))
- Never play with death . Structure, Berlin 2007, ISBN 978-3-7466-2294-1 (Gadjuka w sirope, 2001 (in Russian))
- Perfect to the death . Structure, Berlin 2007, ISBN 978-3-7466-2343-6 (Obed u ljudojeda, 2001 (in Russian))
- Until your death do us part . Structure, Berlin 2008, ISBN 978-3-7466-2426-6 (Soswesdije schadnych psow, 2001 (in Russian))
- Never fall in love with a dead man . Structure, Berlin 2008, ISBN 978-3-7466-2463-1 (Kankan na pominkach, 2001 (in Russian))
- Birds singing in the evening . Structure, Berlin 2009, ISBN 978-3-7466-2506-5 (Prognos gadostej na sawtra, 2001 (in Russian))
- The dog bites the last one . Structure, Berlin 2010, ISBN 978-3-7466-2575-1 (Figowyj listotschek ot kutjur, 2002 (in Russian))
Web links
- Literature by and about Darja Donzowa in the catalog of the German National Library
- Portrait of the author (from Aufbau-Verlag )
- The Russians are coming , article in the star of September 30, 2003
- Interview with the author from October 2003
Individual evidence
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SURNAME | Donzowa, Darja |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Donzowa, Agrippina Arkadievna (real name); Донцова, Дарья; Васильева, Агриппина Аркадьевна |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Russian crime writer |
DATE OF BIRTH | June 7, 1952 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Moscow |