Public Lecture and Poetry Reading by Tatiana Voltskaya

Public Lecture and Poetry Reading by Tatiana Voltskaya, organised by the Russian Studies Seminar Series as part of the Russian language mini-seminars "Culture and Society in Modern Russia" ("Культура и общество современной России").

Part 1: Lecture and discussion, 16.00-18.00, room 347, SSEES

“The Effect of the Ukrainian crisis on Russian literary life and (self) censorship”
“Эффект украинского кризиса на литературную жизнь и (само)цензуру в России“
(In Russian with translation into English by Masha Karp)

Part 2: Poetry Reading (in Russian only) and reception, 18.00-20.00, Masaryk Senior Common Room

Bio: Tatiana Voltskaya is a prominent poet, essay writer and free-lance journalist working for Radio “Liberty” where she regularly broadcast a programme “Free St Petersburg”. She has worked for various Russian journals and newspapers and  was co-editor of literary journal “Postscriptum”. Tatiana Voltskaya is an author of three volumes of poetry.

All Welcome to attend, no registration required.