Maria Stepanova

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Maria Stepanova has long played a central role in post-Soviet culture as a leading poet of her generation and essayist. Her many awards include the Andrei Bely Prize and the Joseph Brodsky Fellowship. Her novel In Memory of Memory (2017) was recognized with the Big Book Prize and the NOS Literary Prize, among others. Originally from Moscow, she currently resides in Berlin.

Two Russian Poems from Berlin

March 2023
Maria Stepanova
Photo by Sergey Nikolaev “Pale blue and a flag inside, can’t see which one . . .” Pale blue and a flag inside, can’t see which one. Living people, two, chase…
The Voice Over: Poems and Essays by Maria Stepanova

Maria Stepanova
New York. Columbia University Press. 2021. 307 pages. THIS AMBITIOUS COLLECTION provides English-language readers with a systematic introduction to the work of one of Russia’s most i…
In Memory of Memory by Maria Stepanova

Maria Stepanova
London. Fitzcarraldo Editions. 500 pages. THE LITERATURE OF MEMORY often explores what consciousness is stored in and speaks from objects. Proust’s À la recherche du temps perdu…