Elena Gorokhova (writer)
Russian writer (born 1955)
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Elena Gorokhova is an author known for her memoirs about growing up in Russia.
Biography
Gorokhova was born in 1955 in Leningrad.[1] She studied English at Leningrad State University, now Saint Petersburg State University, before leaving the Soviet Union in 1980.[2] She first moved to Texas, and in 1997 she moved to New Jersey.[3]
In the United States, she received her doctorate in language teaching from Rutgers University.[4] She teaches English as a second language at Hudson County Community College.[3]
Selected publications
- Gorokhova, Elena (2011). A Mountain of Crumbs: A Memoir. Simon & Schuster. ISBN 978-1-4391-2568-7.[5]
- Gorokhova, Elena (2015). Russian Tattoo: A Memoir. Simon & Schuster.[6]
- Gorokhova, Elena (2022). A Train to Moscow. Amazon. ISBN 9781542033862.[7]
