7 books by American writers that have become more popular in Russia than in the USA

These are American writers and their literary masterpieces, which every Russian has heard about - and, most likely, even read. As Russia Beyond writes, Americans no longer treat books with the same reverence as their parents and grandparents. Russians -...

Russian poetess Vera Polozkova will perform for the first time on tour in the United States

Russian poet Vera Polozkova goes on tour to the USA for the first time. In America, she will present her new concert, where poetry is complemented by music and visual elements that accurately convey the meaning of the poetess's works. The poems included in the new program echo travels and changes in ...

Women who changed the world

Between 1901 and 2015, women were awarded the Nobel Prize 49 times, and only one of them, Marie Curie, was awarded this award twice. Thus, a total of 48 women have received this prestigious scientific award and worldwide recognition for their ...

How the USSR special services suspected and watched him as an American writer of a “collective farm spy”

A declassified document of the Ministry of State Security (MGB) about the Kiev stage of the journey of American writer John Steinbeck across the USSR has been published. The Chekists suspected the future Nobel laureate of "collective farm espionage", writes Present time. The Soviet tour of John Steinbeck and Robert Capa in 1947 is hardly ...

Jew with the reputation of an adventurer: who was the prototype of Ostap Bender

He pretended to be a grandmaster for the sake of money, served in the criminal investigation department, spent years in camps due to financial fraud, and after being freed, he began to paint icons for the patriarch. Real life stories told to Ilf and Petrov immortalized the image of Osip Shor - it was he who became the prototype...

Litquake Festival Gathering Disaster Relief Services

On October 14, the city-wide literary festival Litquake, which began on October 6, ended in San Francisco. Litquake is taking place in the Bay Area for the 18th consecutive year. The festival included meetings with authors, presentations of new books, discussions, lectures and poetry readings. The last one was especially rich ...

“Master of horror” Stephen King turned 70 years

  On September 21 "master of horror" Stephen King turned 70 years old. The American writer writes in various genres, but became famous due to horror and thrillers. During his career, King has written 55 novels, 5 popular science fictions, and over 200 short stories. More than 350 million sold ...

A meeting of Russian writers was held in New York

On June 6, a creative meeting of the historian of Russian literature and emigration, writer, radio journalist and TV presenter Ivan Tolstoy with representatives of the Russian cultural community took place at the Central New York Public Library. The discussion "Literature of the Russian Diaspora: Dialogue of Generations" was timed to coincide with the 15th anniversary of the annual festival "Our Heritage". ...

Bob Dylan didn't come to receive his Nobel, but he's glad to know that songs are literature

On December 10, in Stockholm, Sweden, the 2016 Nobel Prize for Literature was held, which was awarded to one of the most famous rock singers and songwriters, Bob Dylan. The musician himself could not come to the ceremony, but he sent a letter with his Nobel speech, ...

Answers to the Harry Potter questions you were shy about asking

On the night of July 31, a new book about Harry Potter was published, “Harry Potter and the Cursed Child,” which has already been adapted into a play in London. Since 1997, 7 volumes of the saga have already been published, which has turned into the main children's - and not only - reading...

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