Luba Jurgenson
Estonian-French writer and school teacher
About Luba Jurgenson
Born 1958. Luba Jurgenson is a French and Russian writer, translator, university teacher, collection manager and researcher.
Luba Jurgenson (born 1 July 1958) is a French-speaking woman of letters.
She is also a translator, a maître de conférences and codirector (with Anne Coldefy-Faucard) of the series "Poustiaki" at . Her novel Au lieu du péril (2014) earned her the Prix Valery Larbaud in 2015.
Biography She was born in Moscow, then-USSR and is of Estonian origin and Russian culture, but emigrated to Paris in 1975 at age 16.
Luba Jurgenson is agrégée in Russian (1997) and holder of a PhD in Slavic Studies (2001). She is a maître de conférences in russian literature at Paris-Sorbonne University. Her field of research is that of the literature of the camps.
After the outbreak of the Russian-Ukrainian war, Jurgenson made anti-war appeals in the French media: "Il faut porter la cause de l’Ukraine à l’Assemblée nationale".
Translations Her best known translations are: 1986: Ivan Goncharov, Oblomov, Éditions L'Âge d'Homme 1991: Ana Novac, Les Accidents de l'âme 1997-1999, 2003 Nina Berberova, Les Petits Romans, Borodine, Le Cap des tempêtes, Actes Sud, 2004: Leonid Guirchovitch, Apologie de la fuite, Verdier 2009: Vladimir Toporov, Apologie de Pluchkine, Verdier - 2011, for the best translation; 2013: Panteleimon Romanov, Camarade Kisliakov, Éditions Héros-Limite; translation nominated at Prix Russophonie 2015
Works Les Russes et la Traversée du siècle Soljenitsyne et le Destin russe Le Soldat de papier. Une autre vie La Dourova Boutique de vie Moscou Le Serpent bleu Lettres à un ami, correspondance avec Isaac Glikman La Belle de Moscou Mère et fils Avoir sommeil Le Chamane Tolstoï Éducation nocturne L'Autre À la recherche de l'argent perdu L'expérience concentrationnaire est-elle indicible ? Création et Tyrannie : URSS 1917 - 1991 Au lieu du péril, 2014, Éditions Verdier, Lagrasse. Prix Valery Larbaud in 2015.
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Estonian-French writer and school teacher
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Luba Jurgenson was born on 1 July 1958 in Moscow.
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Luba Jurgenson is a writer, translator, university teacher, collection manager and researcher.
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Luba Jurgenson is French and Russian.
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