Polina Dashkova

Polina Dashkova

Polina Daschkowa ( Russian Поли́на Да́шкова ; * July 14, 1960 in Moscow as Tatiana Viktorovna Polatschenko ) is a Russian crime writer. Her books have reached a total circulation of 25 million copies to date.

She studied at the Gorky Literature Institute and worked as a journalist for a literary magazine and as a parliamentary reporter.

She began writing in the 1970s, initially poetry. Before her first detective novel came out in 1996, she also translated books from English. She lives in Moscow with her husband, a documentary filmmaker, and their two daughters. In 2006 she received the Radio Bremen detective award .

Works (selection)

• 1996 Krow nerozhdjonnyh. ( Russian "Кровь нерожденных" )
  • Lena's escape. German by Helmut Ettinger; Aufbau-Verlag, Berlin 2004, ISBN 3-7466-2050-3
• 1999 Mesto pod solnzem. ( Russian "Место под солнцем" )
  • Club Kalashnikov. German by Margret Fieseler; Aufbau-Verlag, Berlin 2002, ISBN 3-89813-262-5 .
• 1999 Solotoi pessok. ( Russian "Золотой песок" )
  • For Nikita. German by Ganna-Maria Braungardt ; Aufbau-Verlag, Berlin 2004, ISBN 3-351-03014-2 .
• 2000 Efirnoje wremja. ( Russian "Эфирное время" )
  • Russian orchid. German by Margret Fieseler; Aufbau-Verlag, Berlin 2003, ISBN 3-351-02984-5 .
• 2000 Pitomnik. ( Russian "Питомник" )
  • The house of the bad girls. German by Ganna-Maria Braungardt; Aufbau-Verlag, Berlin 2008, ISBN 978-3-351-03241-8 .
• 2000 Lyochkjie schagi besumija. ( Russian "Лёгкие шаги безумия" )
  • The easy steps of madness. German by Margret Fieseler; Aufbau-Verlag, Berlin 2001, ISBN 3-89813-315-X .
• 2001 Nikto ne saplatschet. ( Russian "Никто не заплачет" )
  • Nobody will cry. German by Ganna-Maria Braungardt; Aufbau-Verlag, Berlin 2006, ISBN 3-351-03054-1 .
• 2005 Wetschnaja notsch. ( Russian "Вечная ночь" )
  • In eternal night. German by Ganna-Maria Braungardt; Berlin: Construction, 2010, ISBN 978-3-351-03271-5 .
• 2006 Igra wo mnenija. ( Russian "Игра во мнения" )
  • Number 5 doesn't stand a chance. German by Margret Fieseler; Hamburg, Vienna: Europa 2004, ISBN 3-203-85213-6 .
• 2007 Cherubim ( Russian "Херувим" )
  • The wrong angel. German by Ganna-Maria Braungardt; Aufbau-Verlag, Berlin 2007, ISBN 978-3-351-03214-2 .
• Ispolnitelʹ. ( Russian "Исполнитель" )
  • You will never betray me German by Helmut Ettinger; Aufbau-Verlag, Berlin 2005, ISBN 3-351-03061-4 .

Web links

Commons : Polina Dashkova  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

• Literature by and about Polina Daschkowa in the catalog of the German National Library