Elena Georgievskaya

Leonid Georgievsky, ; b. June 9, 1980 in Yaroslavl Oblast, USSR) is a Russian author and political activist. Georgievsky is a transgender person and uses "he" pronoun.
He graduated from the Maxim Gorky Literature Institute in 2006. He also studied at the Herzen University and at the Faculty of Philosophy of the Saint Petersburg State University.
He is a member of the Union of Russian Writers.
He was longlisted for the Debut Prize.
He is a recipient of a Khavinson Grant.
He is a recipient of the 2010 Fellowship of the Ministry of Culture.
He lives in Kaliningrad and Moscow.
He is the author of books including, «Хаим Мендл», «Книга 0», «Сталелитейные осы».
Olga Slavnikova praised his early novel «Место для шага вперёд».