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Lyudmila Petrushevskaya
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1938– · Russian writer

Also known as: Ljudmila Stefanowna Petruschewskaja, Liudmila Petrushevskaya, Liudmila Stefanovna Petrushevskaya, Ludmilla Petrushevskaya, Lyudmila Stefanovna Petrushevskaya, Людмила Петрушевская

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Known works

  • Маленькая девочка из «Метрополя» (2006)
  • The time--night (1994)
  • There Once Lived a Woman Who Tried To Kill Her Neighbor's Baby
  • Cinzano (1991)
  • Nas ukrali. Istorii︠a︡ prestupleniĭ