Galina Leonidovna Yuzefovich (Шаблон:Lang-ru) is a Russian literary critic, teacher, and columnist. She is the daughter of two prominent Russian writers Шаблон:Ill and Leonid Yuzefovich.
In 2013, she joined the jury of the Russian literary award Шаблон:Ill.[1]
Since 2014, she's having her weekly column in Meduza writing about book business and new publications in the literature world.[2] She confesses to read at least 3 books per week, looking through 5 more.[3]
Her peers consider Yuzefovich to be the most influential literary critic in RuNet, publishers state that her reviews on the cover significantly raise sells for every book.[4] She also hosts her radio show on Mayak and leads a course on literary criticism in Moscow Creative Writing School.[5]
In 2016 Yuzefovich released a collection of essays under the title ‘Wonderous adventures of the pilot-fish: 150000 words on literature’ («Удивительные приключения рыбы-лоцмана: 150 000 слов о литературе»). In 2018, she released her second book ‘Bestsellers. How Everything Works in the World of Literature’ («О чём говорят бестселлеры. Как всё устроено в книжном мире»).[6] In 2020, Yuzefovich released her new book, ‘Mysterious Map’ (ru «Таинственная карта»).[7]
Yuzefovich publicly condemned the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine, in early spring 2022 she and her family moved to Turkey.[8] Soon, she launched a podcast on Meduza, dedicated to role of books and reading as possible soothe for soul in war time.[9]
