| Polina Dashkova | |
| Birth Date: | 1960 7, df=yes |
| Birth Place: | Moscow |
| Alma Mater: | Maxim Gorky Literature Institute |
Polina Dashkova (born 14 July 1960) is a successful Russian crime novelist.[1]
Dashkova was born in Moscow in 1960. She was educated at the Maxim Gorky Literature Institute and then she worked as a journalist and as a translator from English. Her first novel was published in 1996. Since then she has published a series of books which are based upon the recent time of changes in Russia. She has sold over 40 million books.[1]
She has sold 300,000 books in Germany[1] and she won the Krimipreis crime award from Radio Bremen in 2006.[2] At least a dozen of her books have been translated into German.[3] A few of her books have been translated into Chinese, Dutch, French, German, Polish, Spanish.[4]
In 2018 she was identified as one of the most popular women crime writers in Russia together with Darya Dontsova, Alexandra Marinina and Tatyana Ustinova beating many other living writers.[5]
| Russian Title | Publication Date | German Title[6] | Translator | Publication Date | English Translation of Title | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Кровь нерождённых | 1996 | Lenas Flucht | Helmut Ettinger | 2004 | Lena's Flight | |
| Место под солнцем | 1999 | Club Kalaschnikow | Margret Fieseler | 2002 | Club Kalaschnikov | |
| Золотой песок | 1999 | Für Nikita | Ganna-Maria Braungardt | 2004 | Golden Sand | |
| Чеченская марионетка, или Продажные твари | 2000 | Chechen Marionette | ||||
| Питомник | 2000 | Das Haus der bösen Mädchen | Ganna-Maria Braungardt | 2006 | Nursery | |
| Эфирное время | 2000 | Russische Orchidee | Margret Fieseler | 2003 | A Russian Orchid[7] | |
| Образ врага | 2000 | |||||
| Лёгкие шаги безумия | 2000 | Die leichten Schritte des Wahnsinns | Margret Fieseler | 2002 | Madness Treads Lightly | |
| Никто не заплачет | 1998 | Keiner wird weinen | Ganna-Maria Braungardt | 2007 | No One Will Cry | |
| Чувство реальности | 2002 | |||||
| Херувим | 2003 | Der falsche Engel | Hanna-Maria Braungardt | 2007 | Cherubim | |
| Качели | 2003 | |||||
| Исполнитель | 2003 | Du wirst mich nie verraten | Helmut Ettinger | 2005 | You Will Never Betray Me | |
| Приз | 2004 | |||||
| Игра во мнения | 2005 | Nummer 5 hat keine Chance | Margret Fieseler | 2005 | ||
| Вечная ночь | 2006 | In ewiger Nacht | Hanna-Maria Braungardt | 2011 | Eternal Night | |
| Источник счастья | 2007 | Bis in alle Ewigkeit | Hanna-Maria Braungardt | 2012 | The Source of Happiness | |
| Источник счастья. Книга 2. Misterium Tremendum. Тайна, приводящая в трепет | 2008 | |||||
| Источник счастья. Книга 3. Небо над бездной | 2009 | |||||
| Точка невозврата | 2010 | |||||
| Пакт | 2012 | The Pact | ||||
| Соотношение сил[8] | 2015 |