Irina Prokhorova

Irina Prokhorova
Prokhorova in March 2021
Born
Irina Dmitrievna Prokhorova

(1956-03-03) 3 March 1956
Occupation(s)Literary critic, philologist, publisher
Known forNew Literary Observer

Irina Dmitrievna Prokhorova (Russian: Ирина Дмитриевна Прохорова; born 3 March 1956) is a Russian philologist, literary critic and cultural historian, chief editor of the New Literary Observer publishing house and of the literature academic journal of the same name, co-founder of the Mikhail Prokhorov Charitable Foundation. In 2012, she helped her billionaire brother Mikhail Prokhorov in his presidential run, heading his political party Civic Platform from 2013 to 2014.