Sofka Zinovieff
Dr Sofka Zinovieff (born 1961) is a British author and journalist.
Early life
Zinovieff was born in London. She is of Russian descent on her father's side, her grandparents having left St Petersburg for the United Kingdom shortly after the 1917 revolution. She grew up in Putney in south-west London, where her father Peter Zinovieff, was founder of Britain's first synthesizer manufacturer, Electronic Music Studios (London) Ltd. She studied social anthropology at Cambridge University, and later gained a PhD after living and carrying out research in the Peloponnese.
Career
Zinovieff has worked as a journalist and book reviewer for various British publications, and is the author of "Eurydice Street: A Place in Athens" and "Red Princess: A Revolutionary Life," both published by Granta. "Eurydice Street" is an account of her first year living in Athens and "Red Princess" is a biography of her Russian grandmother. Her first novel was "The House on Paradise Street" (Short Books 2012), which traces the roots of current political unrest in Greece back to the Greek Civil War. "The Mad Boy, Lord Berners, My Grandmother and Me" (Jonathan Cape) was published in 2014.
Her latest book is "Putney", a novel, published in the Uk Bloomsbury Publishing and US in 2018. It deals with the controversial subject of love as an element in many cases of abuse.
Works
- Eurydice Street: A Place in Athens (2004). ISBN 1-86207-750-9 ISBN 978-1-86207-750-8
- Red Princess: A Revolutionary Life (2007). ISBN 1-86207-919-6 ISBN 978-1-86207-919-9 - A book on the life of her grandmother - Sofka Dolgorouky
- The House on Paradise Street (2012). ISBN 978-1-907595-69-1
- The Mad Boy, Lord Berners, My Grandmother and Me (2014). ISBN 978-0-22409-659-1
- Putney (2018) {{ISBN 9781408895757}}
Personal life
Sofka Zinovieff has lived and worked in Russia and Italy and has spent many years in Greece. She and her Greek husband, Vassilis Papadimitriou live between Athens and London. They have two daughters.
External links
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