NELLY SHULMAN
WRITER AND JOURNALIST
- Strong management and interpersonal skills
- Exceptional organizational skills
- Superior time management and research skills
- Self-motivated professional
- Native level of Russian and English
- French, Hebrew, German and interpersonal skills
EDUCATION
LEO BAECK COLLEGE, LONDON
BA and MA in Jewish Studies
MOSCOW STATE UNIVERSITY
Russian Language and Literature
STATE PUSHKIN INSTITUTE FOR RUSSIAN LANGUAGE
MA in Russian Literature
UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS, AUSTIN
Diploma in French Language and Culture
MOSCOW STATE UNIVERSITY
Pedagogical qualification: Teacher of Russian Language and Literature
PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT COURSES
- Journalism: Digital and Social Media (Cardiff University)
- Art Education (MOMA)
- Seeing Through Photographs (MOMA)
- Museum Management (University of Leicester)
- Arts and Heritage Management (Universita Bocconi)
- English for Journalism (University of Pennsylvania)
BOOKS, AWARDS AND RESIDENCIES
Books
Velyaminovy – five novels (2012-2023)
The Winter of Despair (Detective Maxim Saburov), 2021
The Summer of Sadness (Detective Maxim Saburov), 2022
The Autumn of Solitude (Detective Saburov), 2023 (forthcoming)
The Voice (a collection of short stories), 2023 (forthcoming)
Comrade Engineer. The Life of Ludwig Martens, 2024 (forthcoming)
The Silence of Snow, 2024 (forthcoming)
The Spring of Farewell (Detective Saburov), 2024 (forthcoming)
Awards
Andrey Platonov Essay Prize, Moscow, Novy Mir magazine, 2019
Beethoven Music Essay Prize, Berlin, Berlin-Berega magazine, 2021
Best Flash Fiction Prize, Berlin, Berlin-Berega magazine, 2023
Shortlisted
Vladimir Nabokov Short Story Prize, Berlin, Berlin-Berega magazine, 2020
Best science fiction story, Moscow, Russian Space Agency contest, 2020
Best screenplay, Moscow. Ridero, 2021
Literary Taxidermy Catherine Mansfield Short Story Prize, 2021
Best Historical Play, Russian Union of Playwrights, 2021
Residencies:
Finnish Literary Association, Finland, 2016
Hawthornden Fellowship, Scotland, 2018
Icelandic Institute for Language and Culture, Iceland, 2021
Fulbright Scholar, University of Missouri, USA, 2021
References:
Michael Dorfman, USA
lamerkhav@gmail.com
Alexander Ilichevsky, Israel
a.ilichevskii@gmail.com