Elena Kostioukovitch

Who is Elena Kostioukovitch?

Elena Kostioukovitch, is an essayist and literary translator. She is the winner of numerous literary awards, including the Best Translation of the Year in the USSR, Zoil, Grinzane Cavour Moscow, Welcome Prize given by the Russian National Association of Restaurateurs, Bancarella Award, Chiavari Literary Prize, and Premi Nazionali per la Traduzione. Resides with her husband and two children in Milan, Italy.

Since 1988 Kostioukovich has worked as editor of a Russian series for Bompiani Publishers, and of a Russian series by Sperling&Kupfer and Frassinelli, as well as a promoter of Russian culture in Italy and of Italian culture in Russia in various festivals and events like Mantua Book Festival, Cultural Days in Auditorium, Prima Vista Festival, Science Festival in Genoa, Montpellier Literary Festival, Babel Festival in Bellinzona, Non Fiction Book Fair in Moscow, Turin International Book Fair and Frankfurt Book Fair.