From the book “Venice. History of water and land" Evgeny Gorny, director of the Russian Virtual Library (RVB), launched a crowdfunding campaign The RVB plans include a joint project with the Pushkin House for the electronic publication of the newest collected works of Lermontov, the publication of academic collected works of Nekrasov, Chekhov, Blok, Yesenin, Khodasevich and other authors of the 19th and 20th centuries.

Five myths about Franz Kafka followed by exposure Franz Kafka is one of the key writers of the twentieth century, but popularity often entails mythologization. Gorky debunk the most common myths about Kafka and his work. Myth No. 1. Franz Kafka was a lonely recluse, melancholic, neurotics, miseanthrope, hypochondriac. Many Kafka fans represent him a character from the melancholy songs of The Cure, The Smiths or Joy Division. What was the person who wrote the novels “Process” and “Castle”?

From the book “Venice. History of water and land" French writer and historian Jean d'Ormesson died on the night of Monday to Tuesday at the age of 92 in Neuilly-sur-Seine, writes TASS. “He always said he would leave without saying everything, but today it happened. He left us wonderful books,” said Eloise d’Ormesson, the writer’s daughter. Jean d'Ormesson is the author of more than forty books.

What Mussolini read Gorky continues to explore the libraries of famous historical personalities, including not very pleasant. Today we will talk about the books that the Italian dictator Benito Mussolini read. Benito Mussolini, the leader of the Italian fascists, who for almost 20 years headed (as a fool) Italy was more than just a lover of literature.

From the book “Venice. History of water and land" The winner of the Russian Booker Prize was Alexandra Nikolaenko with her novel “Kill Bobrykin. The story of a murder." The name of the winner was announced in Moscow on December 5, 2017. The competition was open to novels published between June 16, 2016 and June 15, 2017.

From the book “Venice. History of water and land" Books by Sergei Shargunov, Lev Danilkin and Shamil Idiatullin won the vote of readers of the national literary award "Big Book", writes TASS. Reader voting ended on December 4, 2017. Its leaders were the books “Kataev. The pursuit of eternal spring" by Sergei Shargunov, "Lenin. Pantocrator of solar motes" by Lev Danilkin and "City of Brezhnev" by Shamil Idiatulin.