Larissa Joonas
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Larissa Joonas
Larissa Joonas
Kohtla-Järve, Estonia

Larissa Joonas is an Estonian poet, novelist and translator who writes in Russian. She was born in Tatarstan and studied in Moscow, and in 1983 she migrated to Estonia. She has published six collections of poetry, and in 2021 was awarded the Cultural Endowment of Estonia Prize for “Пустоши флайтрадара”. She has also published in numerous journals including: Vozdukh, Volga, Oktyabr, Looming, Vikerkaar, Raduga, and Tallinn. Her work has been translated into Estonian, Finnish, Polish, Italian, Lithuanian, and English.

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