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Лондонская книжная ярмарка узнала Россию ближе
По всеобщему признанию, форум в этом году был очень оживленным, однако об эффективности российского участия в нем судить пока рано.Все участники из англоязычных стран, которых опросил британский отраслевой журнал The Bookseller, неизбежно вспоминали прошлогоднюю частично сорванную ярмарку и признавались в том, что в этом году LBF всецело оправдала ожидания и была оживленной как никогда. Благодаря общему позитивному настрою выросло число и встреч, и сделок, обширные списки которых ежедневно публиковали отраслевые издания.
Boyd Tonkin: From murder to the marketplace
by Boyd TonkinA few yards away from the smart pavilions in which Russia proclaimed its presence as the country of honour - or, as they say in book business-speak "market focus" - at this year's London Book Fair, I met a British poetry publisher. He is one of the unlucky casualties of the latest Arts Council England funding settlement which (for all the fury in cyberspace) has in fact seen state support for literary organisations grow by around 10 per cent. His poetry press does excellent work with a notably cosmopolitan flavour.
Узнаем осенью
Майя КучерскаяЛондонская книжная ярмарка, в фокусе которой была современная российская словесность, закрылась. Пока в ответ на вопрос о результатах российские писатели, продающие их тексты литагенты и британские издатели только загадочно улыбаются.
Утверждать, что для продвижения на англоязычный рынок русской литературы было сделано совсем уж все возможное, наверное, преувеличение. Тем не менее растущий профессионализм организаторов русских поездок на зарубежные ярмарки очевиден.
Сеть оправдывает средства
Анна Наринская, Лондон11 апреля в Лондоне открылась ежегодная книжная ярмарка. В этом году почетным гостем (здесь это называется "Market Focus Country", то есть страна, представляющая на ярмарке свой книжный рынок) стала Россия.
Россия стала почетным гостем Лондонской книжной ярмарки в год, который, по мнению аналитиков, окончательно проявил переход западного издательского бизнеса в новое состояние.
Introducing Russia's Debut generation
by Olga SlavnikovaA new generation of writers who never lived in the Soviet Union demands our attention, says the Russian Booker prize-winner Olga Slavnikova.
Russia has a new generation of prose writers who never lived in the Soviet Union – or were very young when it collapsed. They are new people and entirely new writers. They are free of the Soviet legacy in all senses.
World literature tour: Russia
by Claire ArmisteadAs it celebrates a notable anniversary and its contemporary authors arrive in the UK en masse, we're off to Russia. Please point us in the right direction.
Our four-week sprint around Europe came to a close last week with a short stop in Poland. There we found lalka in pursuit of Andrzej Stasiuk's "ode to the wild east", On the Road to Babadag, cloud22 on cloud nine with Wisława Szymborska's "playful, witty, sublime" poems and paulvsmith hailing Jan Potocki's "sinister, gothic, compelling, epically scary" The Manuscript Found in Saragossa Way.
Russia's cosmonauts of dystopia
by Claire ArmisteadThe spirit of Yuri Gagarin will launch a new breed of Russian writers in London next week.
One of the more surreal moments in the literary history of planet Earth will occur on Tuesday when Russian cosmonauts in orbit in the International Space Station will answer questions from visitors to the London Book Fair in Earls Court.
Revolutions and resurrections: How has Russia's literature changed?
Anna Aslanyan talks to its writers as the country takes centre-stage at the London Book FairThe word "mainstream" came to the Russian language from English and has become more widespread than its native analogues. People often use it when discussing contemporary writing, but its meaning is not entirely clear. In fact, the position of mainstream literature in present-day Russia resembles that of its middle class: 20 years after the collapse of Communism, it has not yet fully established itself in society.
Guardian Books podcast: Polish literature and Russian science fiction
by Claire Armistead and Tim MabyClaire Armitstead finds Yuri Gagarin still inspiring writers in Russia, guest of honour at next week's London Book Fair, while James Hopkin goes to Krakow in search of Poland's literary soul.
In the final week of the Guardian's tour of Europe we send novelist James Hopkin to Poland in pursuit of its literary soul. He meets publishers and bookshop entrepreneurs in Krakow, who are taking a great literary tradition into the 21st century.
Original Dreamers
Jonathan Derbyshire reports from Moscow on Russia's literary sceneI meet Andrei Scoch in the cafe of a smart Moscow hotel, ten minutes' walk from the Kremlin and Red Square. A fit-looking mann of 45 with startlingly blue eyes, Skoch is a member of the Duma, the lower house of the Russian Parliament, where he sits with Vladimir Putin's United Russia bloc. He is also one of the 30 richest men in Russia, worth $3.9bn at the last count, according to Forbes.
London Book Fair to focus on new Russian literature
by Konstantin MilchinThe forthcoming London Book Fair will provide a special focus on the most talked-about talent in contemporary Russian literature. Russian literature has started to regain the spring in its step in the 21st century. The most interesting works on offer today will be presented at the London Book Fair – Russia Market Focus 2011, which will take place from April 11-13 at Earls Court.
The Russians are coming to the 2011 London Book Fair!
Leading Russian writers billed for the London Book Fair 2011. The London Book Fair with their strategic partner, the British Council, and The Russian Federal Agency for Press and Mass Communication with their official partner Academia Rossica announce the Russia Market Focus Cultural Programme
Russia to take centre stage at London Book Fair
This year, Russia will become the main participant in the international literary event in the UK. Some 50 Russian writers, poets, and literary critics, along with about 70 publishers, will take part in the Russian program at the annual London Book Fair in April."This is very symbolic, that in the 40th year of the London Book Fair, Russia has become its central party," says the head of the event, Alister Bertenshou.
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