Polina Zherebtsova

Polina Zherebtsova (Russian: Полина Викторовна Жеребцова, IPA: [pɐˈlʲinə ʐɨrʲɪpˈt͡sovə]; 20 March 1985) is a Chechen Russian diarist and poet. She's the author of Ant in a Glass Jar, covering her childhood, adolescence and youth that witnessed two Chechen wars.

She was born in a mixed ethnic family in Grozny, Chechen-Ingush Autonomous Republic, USSR. In 2002, she began to work as a journalist. She is a member of PEN International and the Union of Journalists of Russia. She has been awarded the Janusz Korczak international prize in Jerusalem in two categories (narrative and documentary prose). In 2012, she was awarded Andrei Sakharov Award “For Journalism as an Act of Conscience”. In 2013, she received political asylum in Finland.