Olga solongo
I am a trilingual writer, educator and researcher. Born and raised in Eastern Siberia as a part of "the last Soviet generation", I live in the south of France and consider myself a citizen of the world. I thrive in creative multicultural environments and write prose at the junction of deeply personal and boldly political. Holding Master's degrees in Linguistics and Education as well as in Journalism, and a PhD in Psychology, I design and teach courses and workshops in humanities, social sciences, and soft skills. Please check out my work.
FICTION
My published fiction is in my mother tongue, Russian. Solongo is my found pen name, it means "rainbow" in Mongolian: my home region is Buryatia which borders on Mongolia. I've been writing since childhood and have always dreamt of becoming a writer, like my grandma Olga Serova.
Tram to the Sea. A Wartime Elegy is my debut novel. It is set in a city in the south of France - the slightly fantasmagorical place which becomes a full character in this story. The city is home to a Russian emigrant Elena who left Russia for France already many years ago, and her family. Yet since February, 2022, her life is split, as if she were living in two realities simultaneously: a carefree atmosphere of a seaside place and a terrible shock and frustration about the outbreak of war in Ukraine. When Elena meets a young American with a strange name, Flood, their relationship helps her deal with
despair. But where will it lead her and will her life remain the same?
The novel was published in 2025 by Sandermoen Publishing based in Switzerland whose slogan is "books impossible in Russia".
My short stories are published in several collections, including that of London Group of Multilingual Writers. Above are some of the books that house my stories Chez Alma, The Circles of Love, A Beautiful Accent, and The Charms of Chirali. Scenes from a Turkish Beach in the Second Summer of War.
non-fiction
I have contributed to several non-fiction books published in different languages. Here are the most prominent of them.
Ces Russes qui s'opposent à la guerre (The Russians who are Against the War) came out in French in Paris in 2024.
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