"World Literary Evening" is the second event devoted to Russian literature / Article / LSM.LV

This evening will be devoted to Russian literature. The poet and translator, Vyacheslav Kupriyanov of Russia, and the poet, literary and publisher Dmitry Kuzmin, will participate. The conversation will be hosted by a poet and translator, Arvis Viguls, public relations specialist at the Kaspars Zalāns Memorial Museum Association

The event will present poems in Russian and in prison, while the discussion will focus on on the contemporary problems of Russian poetry. Sometimes Viguls says about the cultural event: "Is it true that in Russian literature, it is still possible to confront the verlibris (or the free article) to true poetry, or verbryth to the poetry, but not Russian? And what about special poetry, minimalist or visual? How do forms of poetry affect interdisciplinary practices that are relevant in other areas of art? This could be the starting point for the upcoming conversation. "

Vyacheslav Kupriyanov (Novosibirsk, 1939) is a Russian poet, prose writer and translator, graduated from the Department of Automatic Translation and Mathematical Linguistics of the Pedagogical Institute of Foreign Languages ​​of Moscow (1967). the 1960s, the first collection "In First Person" dates back to 1981. Kuprijanov's poetry has been published in more than 40 languages, particularly in his extensive work in Germany, where seven poems have been published, as well as several books in prose Translated and translated from German, especially RM Rilke's poetry In English, Kuprijanov's poems have been reissued in the periodical since 1970, among the translators O. Vācietis, I. Ziedonis and I. Zandere

Dmitry Kuzmin (Moscow, 1968) is a Russian poet, literary scholar, translator and publisher, and since 1990 has been publishing a collection of "How Good to Live" in 2008. The contribution to Russian literature in 2002 was awarded with the prestigious Andrea Belia Award. He has been editor and compiler of many periodicals and anthologies. Creation of the publishing house "Argo Risk", which publishes since 1993 about 500 Russian topicals, as well as foreign poetry books, including Latvian. Founded in the literary magazine "Vozdukh" (since 2006), is its publisher. After emigrating to Latvia in 2014, she organized a project titled "Literature Without Borders", which deals with publishing and offers residency opportunities to poets and translators.

Since 2016, Riga has hosted an international festival of poetry every year. Dmitry Kuzmins emphasized: "Today, intercultural dialogue has always been one of the strongest stimulants for the development of national traditions."

The event is supported by the State Foundation Culture Capital and its visual identity was created by Vitaly Vinogradov. This is a public event organized by the Memorial Museum Association and organizers recall that photographs and videos will be published on Internet resources and used in museum advertising events.