Anya Ulinich

{{short description|American novelist}}

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Anya Ulinich (born 1973) is a contemporary Russian American writer and visual artist. She is the author of Petropolis (Viking, 2007), and Lena Finkle’s Magic Barrel, a graphic novel (Penguin, 2014).

Petropolis, a Sami Rohr Prize Finalist,{{cite web |url=https://www.jewishbookcouncil.org/pb-daily/meet-sami-rohr-prize-finalistanya-ulinich |title=Meet Sami Rohr Prize Finalist…Anya Ulinich |newspaper=Https |date= January 30, 2009|author= |access-date= April 25, 2021}} presents the American dream as no longer a matter of material success, or even educational opportunities but of “finding a place for one's misfit heart”.{{cite web |url= https://www.sfgate.com/books/article/Russian-looks-for-father-seeks-better-life-in-2616513.php |title=Russian looks for father, seeks better life in America…Anya Ulinich |newspaper=Https |date= February 18, 2007|author= |access-date= May 21, 2021}} Lena Finkle’s Magic Barrel has been described as "a late-life bildungsroman that somehow combines a great Russian heaviness of spirit with invigorating humour, moving effortlessly from Chekhov to OkCupid clichés."{{cite web |url=https://www.ft.com/content/d9cc4764-33bc-11e4-ba62-00144feabdc0 |title=Graphic novelist Anya Ulinich |newspaper=Financial Times |date= September 5, 2014 |author= |access-date= May 21, 2021}} Ayelet Waldman's review in the New York Times describes hers as a "rare, indeed magical, talent.”{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2014/08/10/books/review/lena-finkles-magic-barrel-by-anya-ulinich.html |title='Lena Finkle's Magic Barrel,' by Anya Ulinich |newspaper=The New York Times |date= August 8, 2014|author= |access-date= May 21, 2021|last1=Waldman |first1=Ayelet }}