Received political asylum in Finland
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Polina Zherebtsova
Polina Zherebtsova is a Chechen Russian diarist and poet. She is the author of Ant in a Glass Jar, covering her childhood, adolescence and youth that witnessed two Chechen wars.
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Born 20 March 1985 · Q4179607
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2013· 2 entries
Has received political asylum in Finland
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2012· 3 entries
Was one of the nominees for the Andrei Sakharov Freedom Award; an award “For Journalism as an Act of Conscience”
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Ernest Miller Hemingway International literary prize for book "Donkey breed" - 2017
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Was awarded Andrei Sakharov Award "For Journalism as an Act of Conscience"
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2011· 2 entries
Polina published the book The Diary of Polina Zherebtsova, which is about Chechnya
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"Polina Zherebtsova's Journal: Chechnya 1999–2002" was published
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2010· 1 entry
Graduated from the Stavropol North Caucasus University with a degree in General Psychology
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2009· 1 entry
Global Voices Online: Russia: Polina Zherebtsova's 1999 Chechen Diary
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2006· 2 entries
Has been awarded the Janusz Korczak international prize in Jerusalem in two categories (narrative and documentary prose)
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Polina was the winner of the international literary contest named after Janusz Korczak in two categories
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2004· 2 entries
Chechen diary was completed when the author was 19 years old
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Graduated from the school of reporters with honors
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2002· 1 entry
17-year-old Polina entered ChPGI (Chechen State Pedagogical Institute)
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1999· 1 entry
A new round of war in Grozny began in the North Caucasus, when Polina was 14 years old, which she describes in her diary
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1994· 1 entry
In the Republic, the relationship between Russian and Chechen peoples was relatively friendly
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1985· 3 entries
Born 1985-03-20.
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In the Soviet Union, sees herself not Russian or Chechen, but a citizen of the world
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In Grozny and lived there for almost twenty years
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