Joyful and disturbing colors of the literary palette of the last week of March

NIZHNY NOVGOROD. The first literary festival named after Gorky opened.

“White Spot”, “Reserve”, “Aksyonov-fest”, “Petersburg Bridges” are literary festivals with a stable reputation, which are very popular among the reading public. Arrived in their regiment. The first international literary festival named after Gorky opened on March 29, the day after the celebration of the 149th birthday of the Petrel of the Revolution. The need for intellectual communication and good literature remains unchanged at all times. Therefore, the appearance of a new platform for meetings with readers, discussions, presentations of book novelties in a city with rich cultural traditions is a positive event. The main goal of the festival, according to one of its founders, writer and entrepreneur Dmitry Birman, is the desire to give a new powerful impetus to the cultural life of Nizhny Novgorod. Writers, translators, representatives of well-known publishers from Russia, France, Israel, China, Poland, and Kazakhstan take part in pitches, round tables, master classes, and creative meetings. The list of participants has many famous names - Roman Senchin, Nina Sadur, Maria Arbatova, Yaroslava Pulinovich, Oleg Roy, Krzysztof Zatrawski, Van Lidan.

In addition to the events traditional for such a festival, the program also includes an exotic musical and literary performance “The Shaman Book”. April 2, the last day of the book forum, will be a pitch on children’s fiction and developmental literature, organized by the publishing house "Anthology". The palette of the literary week contains alarming colors. The line of prestigious literary prizes may lose one of the main links. The organizing committee of the Russian Booker, whose winners were Ulitskaya, Gallego, Okudzhava, Shishkin, Vladimov, Aksyonov, is trying to find a way out in a crisis situation. The absence of a new investor after the completion of cooperation with the former may lead to the closure of the well-known premium.

Elena Tanakova © Gallerix.ru