Russian Tour of Swiss Writers: Saint-Petersburg, Moscow, Reutov, Nizhniy Novgorod, Chelyabinsk and Karsnoyarsk
Russian Tour of Swiss Writers
October, 26 – November, 6
A group of Swiss authors, writer Catherine Lovey, comic artist/illustrator Simon Kiener, playwright Dominik Busch, poet/translator Marina Skalova and «Philosophicum», Culture and Education Center in Basel, are leaving for the Russian tour. The writers will present their new books and participate in discussions, readings, and meetings with the readers and general public. The tour include St. Petersburg, Moscow, Reutov, Nizhny Novgorod, and Chelyabinsk.
The tour culminates with the Swiss Program at the KRYAKK, Krasnoyarsk Book Culture Fair, on November 2-6. The program’s major event is the presentation of the «Anthology of Contemporary Swiss Drama» (the second volume) published by the «Novoye Literaturnoye Obozrenie» Publishing House. The programme also includes meetings with the authors, workshops for translators and illustrators, and staged readings of the play by the actors of the Krasnoyarsk Pushkin Drama Theater.
Saint-Petersburg, October, 26-27
October, 26
Presentation of Catherine Lovey’s novel «Monsieur et Madame Rivaz».
7 p.m., Institute Français: Nevsky prospect, 12.
October, 27
Presentation of Catherine Lovey’s novel «Monsieur et Madame Rivaz».
4 p.m., Open Living Room, The Lermontov Library, Liteyniy prospect, 9.
7 p.m., Writers House, Zvenigorodskaya str. 22.
Moscow, October, 28-29
October, 28
Presentation of the «Anthology of Contemporary Swiss Drama» (the second volume) and staged reading of the Dominik Busch’s play, «The Vow».
6 p.m., Meyerhold Center: Novoslobodskaya str., 23.
Participants: Dominik Busch, Elena Kovalskaya, Marina Skalova and reding’s director Timur Sharafutdinov.
Presentation of Catherine Lovey’s novel «Monsieur et Madame Rivaz».
3 p.m. Bookshop “Ostrouhov”, Trubnikovskiy per., 17.
7 p.m., Chekhov Cultural Center: Strastnoy bul. 6, b.2.
Moderator: writer and translator Asya Petrova
October, 29
Presentation of Catherine Lovey’s novel «Monsieur et Madame Rivaz».
1 p.m., Francotheque: All-Russian State Library For Foreign Literature, Nikoloyamskaya str.1
Catherine Lovey. Public talk with journalist Elena Kalashnikova
9 p.m., Cultural center ZIL, Vostochnaya str. 4, b. 1. Adult Library, Floor 3.
Reutov, October, 29
October, 29
Public Talk with artist and illustrator Simon Kiener.
Moderator: translator Svyatoslav Gorodetsky.
1 p.m., Co-working «Start», Pobedy str., 7, Floor 4.
Nizhny Novgorod, October,30-31
October, 30
Workshops for students. Information and Cultural Swiss Center of Nizhny Novgorod State Linguistic University: Minina str., 31а.
11.35 a.m, poet and translator Marina Skalova.
1.30 p.m., Catherine Lovey, moderator Svyatoslav Gorodetsky.
Presentation of Catherine Lovey’s novel «Monsieur et Madame Rivaz».
5:30, Tsiferblat, Kovalihinskaya str., 4A.
Moderator: director of Information and Cultural Swiss Center of Nizhny Novgorod State Linguistic University Svetlana Averkina.
Staged reading of the Dominik Busch’s play, «The Vow». Director: Lev Kharlamov
7 p.m., Maksim Gorky Literary Museum, Minina str., 26.
October, 31
Public workshop and comic-jam with illustrator Simon Kiener. Moderator: translator Svyatoslav Gorodetsky.
6.30 p.m., Art-gallery Futuro: Rozhdestvenskaya str., 6.
Public Talk with poet and translator Marina Skalova. 6 p.m., Kinofaktura: Varvarskaya str., 32.
Chelyabinsk, November, 1
November, 1
Meeting of Dominik Busch and The South Ural State Humanitarian-Pedagogical University students.
1 p.m., USHPU Foreign Languages Faculty, Sverdlovsky prospect, 74.
Presentation of the «Anthology of Contemporary Swiss Drama» (the second volume) and staged reading of the Dominik Busch’s play, «The Vow». Moderator: Doctor of Philology Natalia Seibel.
6:20 p.m., Theatre Studio «Maneken», Soni Krivoy str., 79А.
Discussion about Dominik Busch’s play, «The Vow». Moderator: Doctor of Philology Natalia Seibel.
9:00 p.m., «Solnechniy» Hotel (Khudyakova str., 21), Conference Hall
Krasnoyarsk, November 3-6
Swiss Programme at KRYAKK 2017.
All events address: International Exhibition Center «Siberia», Aviatorov str., 19
Swiss Literature Stand – А1.
November, 3
12 p.m. The first graphic novel laboratory. Walk and lecture with illustrator Simon Kiener.
Meeting point – registration in Pavilion 5.
1 p.m. Public Talk with poet and translator Marina Skalova. Moderator: translator Svyatoslav Gorodetsky.
3:30 p.m. Presentation of the «Anthology of Contemporary Swiss Drama» (the second volume) with participation of Dominik Busch, Irina Prokhorova, Mikhail Rudnitsky and Svyatoslav Gorodetsky.
5 p.m. Intellectual stand-up show «Brodtsky cat». Discussion of Catherine Lovey’s novel «Monsieur et Madame Rivaz» and other selected stories.
November, 4
12 p.m. Presentation of Catherine Lovey’s novel «Monsieur et Madame Rivaz». Moderator: translator Svyatoslav Gorodetsky.
1 p.m. Workshop for children (10-16 y.o) by illustrator Simon Kiener. Pavilion 5.
November, 5
1.30 p.m. Presentation of the book of the classic of Swiss literature Jeremias Gotthelf «Wilde, wueste Geschichten». With participation of Mikhail Rudnitsky and head of «Rudomino» Publishing House Grigoriy Cheredov.
4 p.m. Staged reading of the Dominik Busch’s play, «The Vow» by Pushkin Krasnoyarsk Drama Theatre actors. The play discussion with Dominik Busch, Oleg Rybkin, Mikhail Rudnitsky and Svyatoslav Gorodetsky.
8p.m. Staged reading of the Dominik Busch’s play, «The Vow» by Pushkin Krasnoyarsk Drama Theatre actors. The Museum Night at Krasnoyarsk Museum Center “Poschad’ Mira”, pl. Mira, 1.
Dominik Busch
Playwright, musician, and philosopher. He was born in 1979 in Sarnen and grew up in Lucerne. He studied Philosophy and German Studies at the University of Zurich and the Humboldt University of Berlin. In 2004-2009, as a part of the «Leash» music band he toured Germany, Switzerland, and England. His play «I Put You in Cotton Wool Outside» (2015), the winner of the Berlin Festival of Radio Shows 2016, has gained wide popularity. The play «The Vow» was written in 2016.
Photo: (с) Мах Zerrahn
Simon Kiener
Illustrator, comic and blog writer. He was born in 1988 and received professional education in Biel. For a year he studied graphic design in Leipzig. In 2011- 2015, he studied at the Lucerne School of Art and Design. Starting 2016, he is an illustrator at Cleverclip. Simon Kiener is known for his laconic sketches of everyday life and urban scenes.
Photo: (с) Janos Lütold
Catherine Lovey
Writer, journalist, and criminologist. She was born in the Canton of Valais in 1967.
Catherine Lovey studied at the Graduate Institute of International Studies in Geneva and was a columnist in the «24 Heures» («24 Hours») popular daily. For many years she was a business observer in the «Tribune de Genève» and later in «L’Hebdo». She studied criminology at the School of Criminal Justice in Lausanne and visited Russia several times.
The modern world issies such as corruption are in her focus as a writer. Her other interests include languages: French, English, Italian, German, and Russian.
Catherine Lovey was awarded with one of the major Swiss literary awards, the Schiller Prize, for her first novel «L’homme interdit» (2005). She published two more books: «Cinq vivants pour un seul mort» (2008) and «Un roman russe et drôle» (2010), Her new novel «Monsieur et Madame Rivaz» was published in Russia in Autumn 2017.
Photo: (с) Yvonne Böhler
Marina Skalova
Writer and translator. She was born in Moscow in 1988 and grew up in France and Germany. After obtaining a Master’s degree in Literature and Philosophy, she entered the Bern University of the Arts to study Literary Writing. She is published in French, German, and Swiss newspapers and has appeared on the radio. Her first collection of poems «Atemnot (Souffle court)» received a French literary award «Prix de la Vocation en Poésie» in 2016.
Marina Skalova has translated the works of Ernst Barlach, Dea Loher, and Katja Brunner into French. Since 2012, she has worked in theater projects, and currently she is with «Le Poche/Gve» theater in Geneva. Marina Skalova is the founder of the «Silences de l’exil» project with a focus on the loss of languages due to migration processes. She conducts workshops for immigrants on regular basis.
Photo: (с) Sophie Kandaouroff
