Tatiana Kushtevskaya

Tatyana Kushtevskaya, 2010

Tatjana Kuschtewskaja (born September 8, 1947 in the Dargan-Ata desert oasis , Turkmen SSR ) is a Russian writer and poet living in Germany .

Life

Tatiana Vasilyevna Kuschtewskaja spent her youth in Ukraine . She completed a degree in music education at the Artemivsk Academy of Music and worked as a music teacher in Yakutia for eight years . From 1976 to 1981 she graduated from the Faculty of Screenwriting at the Moscow Film School . From 1983 to 1991 she taught a master class for scriptwriters and worked as a freelance journalist. She wrote numerous scripts and reports and traveled to all regions of the former USSR . In 1991 she settled in Germany and has since lived as a freelance writer in Essen . She is a member of the International PEN Club, the Association of German Writers (VS) and a member of the European authors' association Die Kogge . In 1997 she and Dieter Karrenberg founded the “German-Ukrainian Literature Prize Oles Hontschar”. This prize is awarded annually and aims to support and promote modern Ukrainian literature. The prizes are awarded in five categories: epic large form (novel), epic small form (narrative), poetry, literary studies and journalism. Tatjana Kuschtewskaja is the mother of the Moscow-based painter and stage designer Janina (Jana) Kuschtewskaja.

Works

• I lived a thousand lives , Velbert 1997
• Russian scenes , Berlin 1999
• My secret Russia. Reportages , Düsseldorf 2000, ISBN 3-933749-41-7
• Trans-Siberian Railway. History and Stories , Berlin 2002
• My Siberian patchwork quilt. Documentary novel , Düsseldorf 2004, ISBN 3-89978-026-4
• The poetry of Russian cuisine. Culinary forays into Russian literature . With numerous recipes and 24 linocuts by Jana Kuschtewskaja with the collaboration of Lilia Baischewa, 2nd edition, Düsseldorf 2005, ISBN 3-89978-009-4
• "Here lies friend Pushkin ...". Walks on Russian cemeteries . With 61 black and white photographs, Düsseldorf 2006, ISBN 3-89978-059-0
• Siberia trip - the Lena. From Baikal to the Arctic Ocean - history and stories along the great Siberian river , Berlin 2007
• Kiss in Russian. One alphabet. With 29 ink drawings by Janina Kuschtewskaja, Düsseldorf 2007, ISBN 978-3-89978-077-2
• The Baikal. History and stories about Lake Baikal , Berlin 2009
• Love - power - passion. Famous Russian women , Düsseldorf 2010, ISBN 978-3-89978-110-6
• The Volga. History and stories from Moscow to Astrakhan , Berlin 2011
• Russians without Russia. Famous Russian Women in 18 Portraits , Düsseldorf 2012, ISBN 978-3-89978-162-5 .
• Florus and Laurus. My Russian Animal Stories , Berlin 2013, ISBN 978-3-932916-60-1
• The Yenisei - a Siberian river. History and stories from its source rivers to the polar sea , Berlin 2014, ISBN 978-3-932916-61-8
• At the table with Genies. New culinary forays into Russian literature , Düsseldorf 2014, ISBN 978-3-89978-208-0
• In the beginning there was the woman. The women of Russian geniuses , Düsseldorf 2016, ISBN 978-3-89978-245-5
• Siberian cuisine. The culinary art and the recipes of the peoples of Siberia , Berlin 2016, ISBN 978-3-932916-64-9
• Kamchatka - on the road in Russia's Far East: history and stories of people, animals, volcanoes and geysers , Berlin 2017, ISBN 978-3-932916-66-3
• From my babushka's pharmacy. Traditional from natural medicine in Russia and Ukraine , Berlin 2017, ISBN 978-3-932916-69-4
• The Urals. Traveling along the border of Europe and Asia: history and stories , Berlin 2018, ISBN 978-3-932916-71-7
• Secrets of beautiful women. Famous artists and their models , Düsseldorf 2018, ISBN 978-3-89978-301-8
• From the kitchen of the Russian tsars. Culinary delights from the court kitchen from Peter I to Nicholas II with an excursion into the Kremlin kitchen , Berlin 2020, ISBN 978-3-932916-63-2

• Numerous contributions in edited volumes and other publications

Awards

• Fyodor Tjuttschew Medal in Gold from MIR eV, the center of Russian culture in Munich (2003)
• Order of Merit of the Ministry of Culture of Ukraine for many years of successful activities in the field of culture (2012)
• Honorary Medal of the Writers' Union of Ukraine for personal achievements in the literary field, for the special contribution to the renewal of the spirit and culture of the Ukrainian people (2012)
• Certificate of the Presidium of the Ukrainian Cultural Fund for Promotional Activities in the Field of Renewal and Development of National Culture (2012)
• Certificate of honor from MIR eV, the center of Russian culture in Munich, for participation in the series of events on the occasion of the 200th anniversary of Mikhail Lermontov's birthday (2014)

Web links

• Literature by and about Tatjana Kuschtewskaja in the catalog of the German National Library
• Literature by and about Tatiana Kuschtewskaja in the bibliographic database WorldCat
• http://www.grupello.de