Maria Galina
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Maria Galina , born in 1960, is a poet,
critic, translator, and science fiction writer with ten SF books to her
credit. A graduate from Odessa University majoring in marine biology
she took part in several sea expeditions. She has been a professional
writer since 1995. She has won many prizes for both her prose and
poetry. Her fiction contains a strong element of magic realism while
gender issues have always been the focus of her attention.
She has been nominated for the Russian Booker and short-listed for the Russian Critics Academy Award. Iramifications was awarded the International Portal Prize.