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Russia’s émigrés write east and west

May 18, 2012 Xenia Grubstein
New Yorkers have a one-of-a-kind chance to get acquainted with contemporary Russian literature when Read Russia comes to New York

Is poetry always Lost in Translation?

May 17, 2012 Phoebe Taplin
A poem is an artifact constructed from carefully chosen words; changing the language can’t help but – in some part – destroy the original creation. RBTH literary critic Phoebe Taplin explores Russia’s resurgent poets — in English

Describing schizophrenia from within

May 12, 2012 Alexandra Guzeva
Anna Starobinets, an acclaimed author of frightening short stories and apocalyptic novels, writes in a style that has been compared to that of Edgar Allan Poe and George Orwell

Sergei Lukyanenko: Master of Light and Dark

May 11, 2012 Phoebe Taplin
Sergei Lukyanenko’s spellbinding tales of magic in post-Soviet Moscow have been attracting readers for fourteen years

Nurturing Russia's writers

May 11, 2012 Nora FitzGerald
Overlook Press, whose emblem is a winged elephant, is a safe place for risky books. And what could be riskier than Russian contemporary fiction?

Russian writing goes down a storm in London

April 26, 2012 Phoebe Taplin
The London Book Fair 2012 has revealed how western perceptions of Russian literature are being transformed with the exciting range of new contemporary works that are now reaching international audiences

The books kept them up all night

April 23, 2012 Svetlana Borisova
Last weekend a group formed online to organize an event in which libraries and cultural centers would stay open until dawn

A prominent literary critic reveals Tolstoy's mystery

April 7, 2012 Russia Beyond the Headlines
Literary critic Pavel Basinsky answered questions about Leo Tolstoy from RBTH readers

Gary Shteyngart: From dystopia with love

April 5, 2012 Xenia Grubstein
Gary Shteyngart, America’s beloved writer from Russia, talks to RBTH (a little) about life as an émigré writer

From Moscow’s hidden tunnels to Russia’s top literary prizes

April 3, 2012 Phoebe Taplin
Multi-award-winning novelist Alexander Ilichevsky is one of Russia’s most acclaimed contemporary writers. Short extracts from Ilichevsky’s novels are available in English

Literary Russian London

March 31, 2012 Phoebe Taplin
From Herzen’s house to Lenin’s library, London is full of places associated with Russian writers and thinkers

Pashkov House: Home to rare books

March 28, 2012 Alexandra Guzeva
The Russian State Library holdings take up an entire block in Moscow, accommodating tremendous collections of books, which are currently being digitized. The oldest building in the complex – the Pashkov House – is teeming with legends

Bulgakov and Bykov come to Piccadilly

March 5, 2012 Phoebe Taplin
Alexander Mamut unveils a brand new Russian-language bookstore in the heart of London

Russian prodigies paid a visit to the U.S.

March 1, 2012 Xenia Grubstein
The young winners of the prestigious Debut prize were in the United States last week, on a hectic tour of New York, Boston, and Washington, D.C. RBTH caught up with Russia’s youngest published authors at the New York Public Library

A Chronicler of the brutal and the everyday

February 28, 2012 Anna Nemtsova, special to Russia Beyond the Headlines
Zakhar Prilepin, a former policeman, is one of Russia’s hottest novelists

The writers’ factory

February 28, 2012 Alena Tveritina, Alexandra Guzeva
Young writers abound in the country of Dostoyevsky, and the Debut Prize catapults some of them into the ranks of most esteemed Russian authors

Book publishers play winter games

February 17, 2012 Alexandra Guzeva
The "Sense of Snow" book fair drew crowds to central Moscow despite being held outdoors during the coldest weeks of the year

Treasure trove uncovered in a library

February 16, 2012 Alexandra Guzeva
Librarians at the Russian State Polytechnical Museum found more than 30,000 pre-revolutionary books and magazines in its library

Dickensian Russia and a fiercely exotic Japan

February 9, 2012 Phoebe Taplin
English translations of Boris Akunin’s recent novels “He-Lover of Death” and “The Diamond Chariot,” were released at the end of 2011 and attracted the attention of RBTH’s literary critic Phoebe Taplin

Russians name their most important books

January 30, 2012 Ekaterina Dobrynina
In response to Prime Minister Vladimir Putin’s suggestion that a list should be made of the best books in the Russian language, Superjob.ru held an online vote to determine what these are
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