Natalia Osipova Editor

Fyodor Dostoyevsky (1821–1881), one of the greatest writers of literature of all time, is best known for his novels The Idiot, The Brothers Karamazov, and Crime and Punishment. Natalia Osipova is a Russian language specialist with a postgraduate degree in nineteenth-century Russian literature. She has curated various cultural and art projects in Kirov and Moscow. Since 2015, Osipova has been head of the Creative Writing School in Moscow. The idea of graphic adaptations of the Five Greatest Russian Classics originated with Natalia Osipova, and she is the adaptor of Dostoyevsky’s text for this graphic adaptation project. Elena Avinova is an artist and theater-set designer. She is a member of the Russian Union of Artists, and has both participated in and curated a number of international art exhibitions. She is the illustrator of several graphic stories, including “Funny Stories About Kharms,” “The Hospital Diary,” “Lav Road Stories” (an exhibition), and the graphic adaptation of “The Overcoat,” as well as the music video of Aquarium’s “March of Sacred Cows.”