Alexandra Popoff
Author of Sophia Tolstoy: A Biography
About the Author
Alexandra Popoff is a former Moscow journalist, an expert on Russian literature and cultural history, and the author of several literary biographies, including the award-winning Sophia Tolstoy and The Wives, a Wall Street Journal best nonfiction title for 2012.
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- Legal name
- Alexandra Popoff
- Birthdate
- 20th century
- Gender
- female
- Nationality
- Canada
- Country (for map)
- Canada
- Birthplace
- Moscow, Soviet Union
- Places of residence
- Canada
- Education
- MA, English Literature; MA Slavic Languages and Literatures; BA, Creative Writing (Moscow Literary Institute)
- Awards and honors
- Canadian Jewish Literary award (Biography, 2019); National Jewish Book Awards (Finalist, 2019); Cundill History Prize (long-listed, 2019); Saskatchewan Book Awards (Non-fiction, 2010, 2020)
- Agent
- Don Fehr (Trident Media Group)
- Short biography
- ALEXANDRA POPOFF is a former Moscow journalist and Alfred Friendly Press Partners fellow. She is an expert on Russian cultural history and the author of several literary biographies, including the award-winning VASILY GROSSMAN (2019) and SOPHIA TOLSTOY (2010). Her book THE WIVES became a Wall Street Journal best non-fiction title for 2012. Popoff has written for The Wall Street Journal, Huffington Post, National Post, The Globe and Mail, Literary Hub, Tablet Magazine, and other media outlets. She lives in Canada.
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- Works
- 8
- Members
- 226
- Popularity
- #99,470
- Rating
- 4.0
- Reviews
- 5
- ISBNs
- 20
- Languages
- 4