Literary historian and TV personality Ivan Tolstoy will discuss with audiences the main achievements and contributions of Russian-speaking émigré writers, poets, and journalists of the 20th and 21st centuries. He will be joined by Russian-American writer Alexander Genis, ballet photographer and critic Nina Alovert, Berlin-based poet Alexander Delphinov, and writer Grigorii Arosev. Tolstoy will focus on the phenomenon of cultural migration in an attempt to better understand what drives immigrant literature today. Conducted in Russian with simultaneous translation.
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This program is supported, in part, by public funds from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the City Council.
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