Ana Siljak Explained

Ana Siljak
Occupation:writer, historian, academic
Period:2000s-present
Nationality:Canadian
Notableworks:Angel of Vengeance: The Girl Assassin, the Governor of St. Petersburg and Russia's Revolutionary World

Ana Siljak is a Canadian historian and writer. She is best known for her Charles Taylor Prize-nominated book Angel of Vengeance: The Girl Assassin, the Governor of St. Petersburg and Russia's Revolutionary World, a biography of Vera Zasulich published in 2008.[1]

She is a professor of Russian and Eastern European history at Queen's University in Kingston, Ontario,[2] and has contributed reviews of history and non-fiction books to the Literary Review of Canada.[3] She has a PhD in history from Harvard University. She was also coauthor with Philipp Ther of Redrawing Nations: Ethnic Cleansing in East-Central Europe, 1944-1948 (2001).

Notes and References

  1. https://www.theglobeandmail.com/arts/books-and-media/when-nihilists-threatened-the-world/article4276298/ "When nihilists threatened the world"
  2. http://queensjournal.ca/story/2009-02-05/news/professor-nominated-charles-taylor-prize/ "Professor nominated for Charles Taylor Prize"
  3. http://reviewcanada.ca/magazine/contributors/ana-siljak/ Ana Siljak