Elif Batuman

Elif Batuman was born in New York City and grew up in New Jersey. She now lives in San Francisco. She is the recipient of a Rona Jaffe Foundation Writers’ Award. She teaches at Stanford University.

Alternative Russian Classics

Read all of Tolstoy? Sick of Gogol? Here are four Russian modern classics that you’ve probably missed. Elif Batuman, author of The Possessed, recommends her alternative favorites.

Elif Batuman | Published Mar 11, 2010