Education
Graduated from the Department of Philology, Moscow University in 1963 upon which took a post-graduate course at the Department of Philosophy, Moscow University. Defended her Doctor of Philosophy on the subject of “Critique of the Existential Interpretation of Dostoyevsky”.
Career
Her husband is the writer and poet Leonid Latynin. She is the mother of Russian writer and journalist Yulia Latynina. Born on 4 July 1940 in Moscow into the family of an office worker
Received her Candidate
Science degree in Philosophy in 1970. Alla Latynina has been publishing as a critic since 1969. In 1963-1965, worked at the Sovetsky Pisatel publishing house.
In 1969-2003, worked on the stuff of the Literary Gazette as a columnist, head of the section for literary history, editor at the Russian literature section.
In 1992-1993, worked at Obschaya Gazeta in charge of the culture section. Columnist on the VremyaMN weekly since 2002.
In 1994-2001, head of the literary department and columnist at the Literary Gazette. Columnist on the Novy Mir magazine since 2001.
Alla Latynina was on the editorial board of the Moscow Vestnik magazine (1989).
On the board of the book series “Anons” at Moskovsky Rabochy Publishers (1989-1990), and the Strelets magazine.
Membership
Union of the Soviet Socialist Republics Union of Writers]
Member of the Writers Union since 1979. Member of the Russian Poets, Playwrights, Editors, Essayists and Novelists association.