Elena Chizhova | |
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 Elena Chizhova at a book festival in 2017. | |
| Native name | Еле́на Семёновна Чижо́ва |
| Born | 1957 Leningrad, Soviet Union |
| Occupation | Novelist |
| Nationality | Russian |
| Notable works | The Time of Women |
| Notable awards | Russian Booker Prize (2009) |
Elena Semenovna Chizhova (Russian: Еле́на Семёновна Чижо́ва; born 1957) is a Russian writer, whose work is characterized by its reexamination of Russian history and society. She is best known for her 2009 novel Vremia zhenshchin, which won that year's Russian Booker Prize. Vremia zhenshchin was translated into English in 2012 as The Time of Women.