{{short description|Russian writer (born 1958)}} {{Infobox writer | name = Maria Galina | native_name = Мария Галина | image = Mariya Galina.jpg | caption = Galina in 2022 | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1958|11|10}} | birth_place = Kalinin, Soviet Union | occupation = Writer | language = Russian | nationality = Ukrainian | citizenship = | notable_works = | awards = {{ill|Moscow Account (award)|lt=Moscow Account|ru|Московский счёт}} | alma_mater = Odesa University }} '''Maria Galina''' ({{langx|ru|Мария Семёновна Галина}}; born 10 November 1958) is a Russian-language writer of Ukrainian origin.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Открытое письмо победителя Премии «Дар» первого сезона Марии Галиной|url=https://darprize.com/2025/05/24/otkrytoe-pismo-pobeditelya-premii-dar-pervogo-sezona-marii-galinoj/|accessdate=2025-05-26|website=darprize.com}}</ref> She was born in Kalinin (now the city of Tver) and studied marine biology in Odessa. She lived in Bergen for a while, studying salmon.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Мария Галина: Биография|url=https://eksmo.ru/authors/galina-mariya-semenovna-ID3278/|accessdate=2025-05-26|website=eksmo.ru}}</ref>
She started publishing fiction in the 1990s under the pseudonym Maxim Golitsyn. She has since published novels under her own name as well. Two of her novels, ''Little Boondock'' and ''Mole-Crickets'', were nominated for the Big Book Award in 2009 and 2012. She is also a prize-winning poet and literary critic, writing regular columns for the literary journal ''Novy Mir''.
Her novel ''Iramifictions'' was translated into English by Amanda Love Darragh and published under the Glas New Russian Writing imprint. Her translated poetry has appeared ''The Cafe Review'' and ''Matter''.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Resources – Your language my ear // Твой язык моё ухо|url=https://web.sas.upenn.edu/yourlanguagemyear/resources/#Galina|accessdate=2020-07-20|website=web.sas.upenn.edu}}</ref> She has mentioned writers such as Dmitry Bykov, {{ill|Dmitry Gromov (writer)|lt=Dmitry Gromov|ru|Громов, Дмитрий Евгеньевич}}, Oleg Ladyzhensky, Oleg Divov, Mikhail Uspensky, and Yevgeny Lukin among her inspirations.
Having lived in Moscow for over thirty years,<ref>{{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20140825010223/http://readrussia.org/writers/writer/maria-galina Bio]}}</ref> she moved to Ukraine and now lives and works in Odessa.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Открытое письмо победителя Премии «Дар» первого сезона Марии Галиной|url=https://darprize.com/2025/05/24/otkrytoe-pismo-pobeditelya-premii-dar-pervogo-sezona-marii-galinoj/|accessdate=2025-05-26|website=darprize.com}}</ref>
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