Elena Zhambalova

Elena Zhambalova
Native name
Еле́на Алекса́ндровна Жамба́лова
Born(1986-09-22)22 September 1986
Balakhta, Balakhtinsky District, Krasnoyarsk Krai, Russian SFSR, USSR
Died19 July 2025(2025-07-19) (aged 38)
Alma materBuryat State University
GenrePoetry

Elena Alexandrovna Zhambalova (ru:Еле́на Алекса́ндровна Жамба́лова; 22 September 1986 – 19 July 2025) was a Russian poet.

Life and career

Zhambalova was born in Balakhta on 22 September 1986. She studied in the Department of Philology at Buryat State University, graduating in 2008.[1][2]

She had works published in various publications, including the magazines Baikal, Siberian Lights, Znamya, New Youth, Lights of Kuzbass, and Literaturnaya Gazeta.[2][3]

Zhambalova married and had four children; she and her family lived in Erkhirik in Buryatia.[1]

Zhambalova died from a cardiac arrest on 19 July 2025, at the age of 38.[1]

Awards and recognition

  • 2018 Lyceum Award.[4]
  • 2018 Leader of Culture, Ministry of Culture of Buryatia[3]

References

  1. ^ a b c "В Бурятии ушла из жизни талантливая поэтесса" [A talented poetess has passed away in Buryatia]. arigus.tv (in Russian). Retrieved 21 July 2025.
  2. ^ a b "Жамбалова Елена | Литературный журнал «Сибирские огни»" [Zhambalova Elena | Literary magazine "Siberian Lights"]. сибирскиеогни.рф (in Russian). Archived from the original on 1 December 2023. Retrieved 21 July 2025.
  3. ^ a b "Елена Жамбалова о рэпе, Пастернаке и «маленьком рыжем буряте»" [Elena Zhambalova on rap, Pasternak and the "little red-haired Buryat"]. minkultrb.ru (in Russian). 14 November 2020. Retrieved 21 July 2025.
  4. ^ "Поэт из Бурятии Елена Жамбалова стала лауреатом премии «Лицей»" [Poet from Buryatia Elena Zhambalova became a laureate of the "Lyceum" award]. bgtrk.ru. 7 June 2018. Retrieved 21 July 2025.