Education
Saint St. Petersburg State University.
Saint St. Petersburg State University.
Klimova plays with prose and reality, creating a blend of the two. Vladimir Sorokin, Victor Erofeyev, and Ilya Kabakov named Klimova as one of the most prominent contemporary Russian authors. She is the author of translations from the French (Louis-Ferdinand Céline, Jean Genet, Pierre Guyotat, Georges Bataille, Monique Wittig, Michel Foucault, Pierre Louÿs, etc) as well as her own books
She is a Chevalier de l"Ordre des Arts et des Lettres (2006).
She lives in Saint St. Petersburg.