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Russian applicants for the Astrid Lindgren Award
FRANKFURT. The Astrid Lindgren Prize Organizing Committee announced a list of nominees for 2017.
A rare edition autographed by Lermontov from the looted estate of Shenshin
PENZA. An autograph of the poet was found in the Lermontov library.
"Alas!" Oscar Wilde
Oscar Wilde published a volume of poetry with the simplest and most direct title possible: Poems. The opening poem of the collection has the title "Hélas", which is by no means simple and direct.
Art zone, a platform for discussions and a huge selection
FRANKFURT. The 68th book fair has opened.
The fourth season of “New Horizons” has won
MOSCOW. Maria Galina became a laureate of the New Horizons award for the novel Autochton.
Bob Dylan received the Nobel Prize in Literature
STOCKHOLMSensational, but long awaited decision of the Nobel Committee. The day the new Nobel Prize winner was announced sadly coincided with the announcement of the death of the Italian playwright and director Dario Fo, who was awarded the coveted award in 1997 for his work in which he defended the weak and humiliated, criticized the powers that be like the bold heroes of the comedy del arte.
Correct books that form a personality since childhood
ST. PETERSBURG. The Lermontov Library hosted the presentation of the Marshak Prize.
Leo Tolstoy and Fedor Dostoevsky, leave the classroom!
MOSCOW. There was a proposal to sequester the school curriculum for literature.
"Russian Booker" on the eve of the December finals
MOSCOW. The list of finalists of the Russian Booker lacks many famous surnames.
An attraction of unprecedented generosity from the store Haywood Hill
LONDON. Heywood Hill Bookstore chooses the lucky one to provide him with new books for the rest of his life.
Soutine’s Last Journey of Eternity
ST. PETERSBURG. Ivan Limbach’s publishing house announced the release of Ralph Dutley’s book on Chaim Soutine.
Svetlana Aleksievich - one of the main contenders for The Baillie Gifford Prize
LONDON. Svetlana Aleksievich’s book “Second Hand Time” is on the long list of the Bailey Gifford Prize.
Alice spoke in Altai thanks to Cooler Tepukov
LONDON. The book fund of the largest library in the British capital has replenished with a new translation of Carroll’s tale.
Positive results of the 35th Congress of the International Council on Children and Youth Literature
AUCKLAND. The IBBY Honor List has the names of Russians. Tatyana Voronkina - holder of an honorary diploma.
Six Booker nominees without heavyweight competition
LONDON. The short list of the Booker Prize included six authors.