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Olga Merino (born in Barcelona, 1965) is a journalist and novelist whose work often touches on themes of solitude and the past.
Merino arrived shortly after the collapse of the Soviet Union, witnessing the rise of "wild capitalism," the assault on the Russian parliament, the war in Chechnya, and the 10th anniversary of the Chernobyl disaster. Cinco Inviernos Olga Merino epub
In addition to Cinco inviernos , she is highly acclaimed for her 2020 novel La forastera , which won the Real Academia Española prize. Availability and Format
(2022), published by Alfaguara , is a non-fiction memoir by Spanish author Olga Merino that chronicles her five years as a correspondent in Moscow from 1993 to 1998 . This "intimate diary" serves as both a historical account of post-Soviet Russia and a personal journey of artistic and emotional development. Core Themes and Structure The book is widely available for purchase at
The book is structured as a dialogue between the "Russian notebooks" of Merino's 28-year-old self and the perspective of her present-day self. Key elements include:
The text explores her "literary vocation" and the struggle to find her own voice. Her time in Russia eventually inspired her first novel, Cenizas rojas (1999). In addition to Cinco inviernos , she is
She worked for El Periódico de Catalunya and La Voz de Asturias during her time in Moscow.