From the book “Venice. History of water and land" Literary critic, writer, laureate of the Big Book Prize Lev Danilkin headed the jury of the Lyceum literary prize named after A.S. Pushkin.

A critic of fictional works of fictional authors shares experience Recently, the experimental Internet publication of “Petushki” has launched, the authors of which write critical articles about fictional works of literature, art and cinema. At the request of Gorky, one of his authors, Katya Dikov, tells how to write reviews of non -existent books of non -existent authors. I always loved the feeling as if I were turning into one big eye, as in the drawing of Odilon Redon.

From the book “Venice. History of water and land" Works submitted by participants in the All-Russian creative competition for the monument to William Shakespeare can be seen at the Museum of Moscow from April 18 to 29. Registration of participants in the competition for the best concept for a monument to Shakespeare ended on April 7. A total of 115 applications were received from designers, artists, sculptors, and creative groups.

Billy Budd is the last novel of the great American writer Herman Meliville (1819–1891), unfinished and published posthumously. If for us now Melville is primarily the author of Moby Dick, then during the author’s lifetime he was considered primarily the author of novels about Polynesian life. His subsequent novels, including Moby Dick, were not popular. In Billy Budd, which was originally written not as prose but as a poem, Melville talked about how unfreedom affects a person.

From the book “Venice. History of water and land" The annual Library Night festival will take place on April 21. The “It's Right Here” project will conduct two evening excursions around Moscow on this day. The first will begin at 19.00 and will be dedicated to the Moscow addresses of Varlam Shalamov.

From the book “Venice. History of water and land" The “Library Night” event, which will take place on April 21, at the Russian State Library for Youth, will be dedicated to the theme “The Magic of the Book - #BrightLifeRGBM”. The library is preparing more than 20 events and activities.