Sana Krasikov (born in

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) is a writer living in the United States, best known for ''One More Year'' (2008) and ''The Patriots'' (2017). She grew up in the Republic of Georgia, as well as the United States. She graduated from

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in 2001, living at the

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during her time there, and from the

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. In 2017 she was named one of ''Granta'''s Best Young American Novelists. In 2019 ''The Patriots'' won France's Prix du Premiere Roman Etranger, an award for best first novel in translation.

Career

Krasikov is the author of the novel ''The Patriots'', which explores the tangled relationship between Russia and America through the perspectives of one American family moving back and forth between continents over three generations. The novel's main character, Florence Fein, makes a reverse immigration from Brooklyn to Moscow during the Great Depression. The story also touches on Russia's state-supported oil and gas industry
The Spectator
has written, "as an intelligent literary commentary on Russo-American relations of the past century, it's unparalleled." ''The Patriots'' has been praised as 'timely', 'current' and 'urgently relevant' by ''

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'', '' Tablet'', ''

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'', and other publications. Krasikov's debut short story collection, ''One More Year'', released in 2008, first drew critical acclaim for its exploration of the lives of Russian and Georgian immigrants who had settled in the United States. It received favorable reviews from the ''

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'', ''

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'', ''The New York Times'', ''and

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.'' It was later named a finalist for the 2009

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and the

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, received a National Book Foundation's 5 Under 35 Award, and won the 2009 Sami Rohr Prize for Jewish Literature. In her stories, which appeared first in
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and other magazines, one catches a glimpse of the new twenty-first century moment that followed the collapse of the Soviet Union. The short stor
"Companion"
won an O.Henry Award, and was longlisted for ''

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'', as were two other stories in the collection. The stor
"Asal"
which appeared in '' The Virginia Quarterly'', garnered a

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nomination. ''One More Year'' has gone on to be translated into eleven languages. "The Muddle" was first published in ''

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'' in 2022 and selected for 2023 edition of

anthology series. It was written after the

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and depicts divisions within families and friends, and includes a Russian-Ukrainian mixed marriage.

Personal life

Krasikov has been married to radio journalist Gregory Warner since 2009. In 2016 Warner and Krasikov conceived and developed a narrative podcast called Rough Translation. The show which takes topics familiar to Americans—fake news, affirmative action, dating, surrogacy—and examines them through a new cultural lens. Rough Translation is currently hosted by Gregory Warner for NPR. Krasikov continues to assist in story-shaping and editing of episodes.

Awards

Literary awards

Honors

* 2008

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's " 5 Under 35" * 2017 ''

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'''s Best Young American Novelists * 2019-2020 Cullman Fellowship (Rona Jaffe Foundation Fellow) from the

Works

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Anthologized contribution

* Originally published in

, Aug 15, 2022.