[brooklyn]

Written in the Dark: Irina Sandomirskaya, Polina Barskova, & Matvei Yankelevich
December 3, 2016, 4:00 pm
at Dweck Center, Brooklyn Public Library

This event presents a pioneering bilingual anthology of non-official poetry from the Siege of Leningrad, “Written in the Dark”. These texts spent long decades in hiding: so shocking were they in form and content that their authors could not present them to contemporary readers. Finally, the time has come to present this striking work to both English and Russian audiences. We expect this to be a lively discussion between the editor of the anthology, Polina Barskova, the publisher Matvei Yankelevich and Irina Sandomirskaia, one of the leading specialists on the language of the Siege. Charles Swank and Anand Dibble, two translators who worked on “Written in the Dark”, will also participate in the event. This event is in English. More info here.