Zhyli-byli starik so starukhoy

The Novel in the exact words of Maya Kucherskaya, - the story of the fate of the family of Old Believers, abandoned at the beginning of the last century in the Baltic region, settled there, survivors of First World War, destruction, loss, and still surviving, save his own loyalty to the simplest but the main value.

Katishonok Elena was born in Latvia, graduated from the philological faculty of the University of Latvia. In 1991 he emigrated to the United States, where he still lives, teaches Russian, is engaged in editing and translating, writing poetry. She made her d_but collection of poems "Bloknote" (Hermitage Publishers, 2005). Three years later, in collaboration with Eugene Palagashvili 'out hunting pheasant "- a striking fusion of images with poetry workshops, they resonate (M * Graphics Publishing, 2008.
NOVEL "Jili byli starik so staruhoi" in 2009 he joined the short list of the most prestigious literary awards, "Russian Booker".