The story of post -Soviet fiction told Maria Galina Samizdat, huge circulations, faceless series and ghetto: at the request of Gorky, the writer and critic Maria Galina spoke about the main stages of development of post -Soviet science fiction literature, as well as about her possible future. 1980s: background Fiction in Soviet times mainly passed through the literature department for middle and senior school age.

Bob Dylan's Nobel Prize: the view of literary critic Konstantin Milchin Musician Bob Dylan won the Nobel Prize in Literature. The prize was awarded to him for "creating a new poetic expression within the great American song tradition." “Gorky” finds out what this means from the point of view of literature and music - the first commentary, literary, was given to us by Konstantin Milchin. Alex Sheppard of the New Republic wrote year after year that Bob Dylan would never win the Nobel Prize.

How they search for criminals using saliva, maggots and crushed rabbit heads Val McDermid. Anatomy of a crime. What insects, fingerprints and DNA can tell. M.: Alpina non-fiction, 2016. British writer, author of popular detective stories Val McDermid, decided to summarize her many years of experience communicating with forensic experts on both sides of the Atlantic and wrote a very entertaining and informative non-fiction.

From the book “Venice. History of water and land" Nobel Prize winner in literature, Italian playwright Dario Fo, died on Thursday, October 13 in Milan, Corriere della Sera reports . He was 90 years old. The causes of death have not been reported. Dario Fo was hospitalized due to lung problems 12 days ago in a hospital in Milan. In his works, Fo used the methods of Italian commedia dell'arte.

From the book “Venice. History of water and land" American musician Bob Dylan received the 2016 Nobel Prize in Literature. The laureate was announced by the Permanent Secretary of the Swedish Academy, Sarah Danius, on October 13. The prize is awarded for "the creation of a new poetic expression within the great American song tradition." Dylan will receive a gold medal with a profile of Alfred Nobel and a cash prize of 8 million Swedish kronor (approximately $900 thousand).

From the book “Venice. History of water and land" From November 4 to 6, the international festival of book illustration “Mors” will be held at the ARTPLAY site in Moscow. The festival will include master classes and lectures on typography, an exhibition of illustrations, events for children, a library and a fair. Book publishers and illustrators will participate in the fair. The program can be found on the Morsa website . This year the Mors festival will be held for the second time.

From the book “Venice. History of water and land" They tried to dismantle the memorial plaque to Osip Mandelstam in the park on Zabelina Street in Moscow. This was reported on her Facebook by Lyusya Malkis, who witnessed the events. Malkis added that workers were unable to remove the memorial plaque.

How animals enhance the library experience The Moscow Metro's signature train “Poetry in the Metro” began running with the exhibition “Shakespearean Passions”. His first passenger was a British cat, according to the metro website. “This idea reflects the opinion of researchers, who point to the author’s frequent mention of cats in his works—more than 40 times,” the statement says. In one of the portraits of Shakespeare that adorns the cast, the playwright is holding a cat of the same breed.