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Viktorija Tokarjewa
Viktorija Tokarjewa, born in St. Petersburg in 1937, worked as a music teacher before studying scriptwriting at the Institute of Cinematography in Moscow. 15 films have been made from her scripts. She published her first story in 1964 and since then has devoted herself entirely to writing. Today she is one of Russia’s most popular and bestselling authors. She now lives near Moscow.
Movie Adaptations
- Schwiegermutter, Dagmar Hirtz, 1999
- Ich bin. Du bist. Er ist., Stephan Polomski, 1993
Awards
- 1. Preis beim 10. Internationalen Moskauer Filmfestival für den Film ›Mimino‹., ka
- 1. Preis beim 11. Internationalen Moskauer Filmfestival für den Jugendfilm ›Es ging ein Hund übers Klavier‹ (›Sla sobaka po rojale‹)., ka
- 1. Preis beim Internationalen Dokumentarfilmfestival für den Film ›Reden wir mal in meiner Sprache‹ (›Pogovorim na moem jazyke‹)., 1981
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»Viktorija Tokarjewa writes like the Trans-Siberian Railway on ecstasy – full steam ahead to total catastrophe!«
Doris Dörrie
»As focused as Chekhov. Great art painted with a light hand, superb.«
Harald Ries
/ Westfalenpost, Hagen
»Viktorija Tokarjewa’s short stories are X-rays of the soul.«
Literaturnaja Gaseta, Moscow
»Viktorija Tokarjewa writes like the Trans-Siberian Railway on ecstasy – full steam ahead to total catastrophe!«
Doris Dörrie
»As focused as Chekhov. Great art painted with a light hand, superb.«
Harald Ries
/ Westfalenpost, Hagen
»Viktorija Tokarjewa’s short stories are X-rays of the soul.«
Literaturnaja Gaseta, Moscow