Ekaterina Genieva died

Today, July 9, the philologist and public figure Ekaterina Genieva, General Director of the All -Russian State Library of Foreign Literature named after M.I. died in Israel at the age of 69 Rudomino.

This was reported to the Rain TV channel, journalist and human rights activist Irina Yasina.

Ekaterina Yuryevna Genieva was born in 1946 in Moscow, graduated from the Faculty of Philology of Moscow State University (1968), candidate of philological sciences, doctor of pedagogical sciences (2006, the theme of the dissertation “Library as a center of intercultural communications”).

English prose specialist XIX -XX centuries, author of articles and comments on the work of Charles Dickens, Jane Austin, Charlotte and Emily Bronte, James Joyce, Virginia Wolfe, Susan Hill and other authors.

Since 1972, Ekaterina Genieva worked in Foreigne, since 1989 she was the first deputy director, since 1993-the General Director. Since 1995, Genieva has been one of the heads of cultural programs of the Open Society Institute (Russian Soros Foundation), in 1997 became its president.

Genieva was also the vice-president of the Russian Library Association and the first vice president of the International Federation of Library Associations of IFLA , a member of the UNESCO Commission, President of the Russian Council for Culture and Art, a member of the Federal Civil Committee of the Civil Platform. She was a member of the editorial board of magazines “Foreign Literature”, “Banner” and other publications.

PS Farewell to Ekaterina Genieva will be held in the All -Russian State Library of Foreign Literature named after M.I. Zeromino will be held on July 13, beginning at 12:00, reports TASS . The funeral service will take place on July 14 at 11:30 in the temple of Kosm and Damian in Stoleshnikov Lane.