Russian Word in Edinburgh

A selection of interviews and readings from visiting academics, authors and journalists.

Dmitry Vodennikov

Dmity Vodennikov is a Russian poet and essayist. He went on to be the author of seven collections of poetry, and is celebrated as one of the Russia’s best living poets of today and at the forefront of the “New Sincerity” movement in Russian literature. In his presentation Dmitry will talk about contemporary Russian poetry.

29 February 2016. (Russian)

Lev Lurie

Lev Lurie is one of the best-known St. Petersburg journalists. He is editor-in-chief of KvartalnyNadziratel magazine, a journalist and host of various broadcast programs, including on Echo Moskvy radio in St. Petersburg, NTV and TVT's television channels. As he is a fourth generation Petersburger, that city figures heavily in his work. In his talk he will present his guidebook of the city.

18 September 2015 (Russian)

Diana Arbenina

Diana Arbenina is a singer, musician, writer, and leader of the band “The Night Snipers”. An Evening of Reading and Discussion was dedicated to her latest book ‘The Sprinter’, a collection of poetry and prose.

18 November 2014 (Russian).

Maria Rybakova - Interview

An interview with Maria Rybakova, recorded before presentation of her latest works Gnedich (2011) and First Draft of a Human Being (2014) in the Dashkova Centre.

September 2014 (English).

Marina Koroleva (Echo of Moscow radio)

Dr Marina Koroleva - writer, scholar, journalist, and Deputy Chief Editor at Ekho Moskvy (Echo of Moscow) radio station - discusses current cultural policies in Russia.

(English)

Dmitry Bykov

The Russian writer, poet and journalist Dmitry Bykov reads selections of his poetry.

13 March 2013 (Russian)

Zakhar Prilepin

Award-winning author and political activist Zakhar Prilepin reads extracts from his work, a question and answer session. A graduate in philology and former soldier, Prilepin belongs to a new generation of writers whose writing careers developed in the post-Soviet cultural space during a turbulent period.

(Russian with English translation)