Anna Lazarevna Levina is an American writer of Russian origin, the author of melodramatic books about the fate of Russian emigrants and collections of advice to women on how to preserve their marriage and the freshness of feelings.
Biography
Anna Levina (née Sverdlova) was born in the fifties in Leningrad, in a family of Jewish origin. There she grew up, received a school education and went to study at the "purely male" Electrotechnical Institute of Communications named after the famous professor Bonch-Bruyevich. There she became the first woman in the USSR to captain the men's KVN team.
At this time, the family decided to emigrate to the United States, but due to the secrecy that surrounded the graduates of the institute, Anna was forbidden to travel abroad, and the Sverdlovs had to stay in Russia for another nine years. During this time, Anna Lazarevna went through several novels, which ended only in disappointment in her personal life, she mastered several professions. Finally, in 1987, permission to emigrate was obtained, and the Levin family moved to New York.
Arriving in the United States, Anna first completed her high-speed programming courses and started looking for work. When the employment process dragged on too long, she began to write, especially at that time not hoping that her stories would ever be published.
She was lucky to get a job in a large insurance company, where she worked for 8 years, and then ended up on the street with her colleagues - the company was simply bought out and closed. During the search for a new place, Anna again enrolled in courses to keep up with technical progress, and then found a new job, where she works to this day.
Creative career
In 1994, Anna finished the novel "Come to Marry!" - an easy and instructive story about how a Russian emigrant does not need to get married in America. In 2003, the story became a laureate of the Golden Ostap festival.
In 2001, Lazareva created a script based on her story, which formed the basis of the Russian-American comedy television series Permanent Residence. However, out of the planned 16 episodes, only two pilot episodes were filmed, and there was no continuation. Both professional actors and ordinary Russian emigrants took part in the filming.
In January 2003, the book Marriage as an Emigrant was published and quickly became popular. This is a real business guide for Russians moving to the West, and at the same time an entertaining reading written in easy language about three women who moved from Russian poverty to the abundance of New York and unwittingly began to plunge into the vices of a large and rich city.
Present time
Today Anna Levina lives in New York, she is married, she has an adult daughter Yana and a little granddaughter. Anna works in the field of software, continues to write short stories, willingly participates in the development of all kinds of online magazines, giving advice to women about marriage and family life.
