Author: Anne Marie Jackson

Teffi (1872-1952) wrote poems, plays, stories, satires and feuilletons, and was renowned in Russia for her wit and powers of observation. Following her emigration in 1919 she settled in Paris, where she became a leading figure in the émigré literary scene. Now her genius has been rediscovered by a new generation of readers, and she once again enjoys huge acclaim in Russia and across the world. Her short-story collection Subtly Wordedis also published by Pushkin Press, and Memories – From Moscow to the Black Sea, her account of her final journey across Russia and into exile, will also be published in May 2016.