A Magic Mirror. An Evening of Poetry with Julia Nemirovskaya
Trinity Hall Cambridge, Trinity Ln, Cambridge CB2 1TJ, UK, Cambridge Trinity Hall Cambridge, Trinity Ln, CambridgeAn inspiring evening with renowned US-based poet, writer and literary scholar Julia Nemirovskaya, featuring readings, and discussions on Moscow’s New Wave poets, as well as reflections on the creative process, and an audience Q&A. Julia teaches and directs student theater at … Continue reading
In Search of True Beauty and Genuine Knowledge: The Life and Work of Nicholas Roerich by Dr Natalia Budanova (in Russian)
The Old Library, Pembroke College, Cambridge, CB2 1RGRed Horses by Nicholas Roerich, 1925 General public knows Nicholas Roerich (1874-1947) primarily as the author of numerous mountain landscapes, whose paintings are kept in the Russian Museum (St Petersburg), the Tretyakov Gallery and the Museum of Oriental Art (both … Continue reading
Vasily Grossman After Life and Fate with Robert Chandler
Trinity Hall Cambridge, Trinity Ln, Cambridge CB2 1TJ, UK, Cambridge Trinity Hall Cambridge, Trinity Ln, CambridgeGrossman’s grave at the Troekurovskoye Cemetery, Moscow (from Robert Chandler’s personal archive) Vasily Grossman may always be best known as the author of his two great novels centered on the Battle of Stalingrad. His last, shorter works, however, are equally … Continue reading
Dialogue Pro(For) Fyodor Dostoevsky: A Talk by Olha Chervinska (in Russian)
Cover of the book Диалог Pro/За Ф. М. Достоевского (Spicilegium Slavicum, Vol. 1, IKRiBL, 2021) Professor Emerita of Ukraine Olha Chervinska, a renowned theorist and specialist in Slavic studies and Russian classical literature (Pushkin, Gogol, Dostoevsky, Akhmatova, Nabokov), and author … Continue reading
