From the book “Venice. History of water and land" This year's shortlist for the Man Booker International Prize, which recognizes novels translated into English, includes six works from different countries. The shortlist is published on the award website . The finalists were (author / country / translator / title): 1. Virginie Depant (France), Frank Wynn, “Vernon Subutex 1” 2. Han Gang (South Korea), Deborah Smith, “The White Book” 3.

From the book “Venice. History of water and land" The author of the novels "Parade of Love" and "Flower Games" Sergio Pitol died in the city of Xalapa at the age of 85. El Pais reports . Pitol was not only a writer, but also a translator. He translated works of more than 100 foreign authors into Spanish, including Anton Chekhov. In addition, Sergio Pitol conducted diplomatic activities.

Olga Romanova * recognized in Russia by a foreign agent . Rus sitting. Corpus, 2018. Illustrations of Oleg Navalny The book is not so much about prison and sideltsa as about life in Russia, in which, under various pretexts, the universe of the penitentiary system intervenes every now and then.

Reading biography of the writer Guzeli Yakhina On April 14, another total dictation will be held. This year, the text for him was written by the winner of the Big Book and Yasnaya Polyana Prizes Guzel Yakhin. The writer’s new novel “My Children”, which will be released in May 2018, will dictate. Gorky talked with Yakhina about her reader biography.

From the book “Venice. History of water and land" A monument to Ivan Turgenev will appear in Khamovniki, in the park of the same name, on the street. Ostozhenka, 37/7. The Moscow City Duma Commission on Monumental Art approved the project. As Izvestia writes , “Turgenev will be depicted at the age of 30, during the period when he visited Moscow and stayed at his mother’s house on Ostozhenka.”