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Teffi was a phenomenally popular writer in pre-revolutionary Russia - a favourite of Tsar Nicholas II and Vladimir Lenin alike. She was born in 1872 into a prominent St Petersburg family and emigrated from Bolshevik Russia in 1919. She eventually settled in Paris, where she became an important figure in the emigre literary scene, and where she lived until her death in 1952. A master of the short form, in her lifetime Teffi published countless stories, plays and feuilletons. After her death, she was gradually forgotten, but the collapse of the Soviet Union brought about her rediscovery by Russian readers. Pushkin Press also publishes Subtly Worded, Rasputin and Other Ironies and Memories: From Moscow to the Black Sea.
'Teffi is one of the great writers of early 20th century Russia, from NicholasII's reign to the Revolution afterwards. Her writing, whether stories or reportageor memoir is witty, elegant, fantastical, yet sharp and acute andplayful' - Simon Sebag Montefiore, author of The Romanovs 'Heartbreaking as well as very funny. I wish she were still alive, and Icould have met her... I can't recommend her strongly enough' - Guardian
