New book on the Tolstoy family by Fumiko Davis

[J.W.]

Ottawa, Monday 15/11/10 22h30 EDT

Dear SEELANGers,

On 7 October 2010 there was a remarkable book launch at the Russian State
Library (formerly Lenin Library) in Moscow.  The book in question was
"Kovcheg. Sem'ja Tolstykh" (Ковчег. Семья Толстых / The ark. The Tolstoy
family), translated by Tat'jana Sokolovo-Deljusina from the original
Japanese text by Fumiko Nobuhata Davis, and published by ID Rus'-Olimp (ISBN
978-5-9648-0336-2).

Fumiko Davis is (by her own admission) a housewife-turned-writer (and an
experienced Tolstoy specialist).  A native of Japan, she and her
American-born husband, Slavist Ken Davis, lived several years in Moscow
while she was researching her book and consulting with members of the
Tolstoy family today.  They currently reside in Singapore.

The book launch is reported on a number of Russian websites.  Here is the
description from the Russian State Library site:
http://www.rsl.ru/ru/news/080910/

And here is a 4-minute video on Fumiko Davis at Yasnaya Polyana from a
Russian TV news programme:
http://www.1tv.ru/news/other/163183

Plans are already underway for an English translation of Ms Davis' book.

(Mr) John Woodsworth

Certified Translator (Russian-English), ATIO

Member, Literary Translators' Association of Canada

  http://attlc-ltac.org/bak/Woodsworth2.htm

Adm. Assistant & Research Associate,

  Slavic Research Group at the University of Ottawa

Website: http://kanadacha.ca/

Academia page: http://uottawa.academia.edu/JohnWoodsworth

E-mail: jw at kanadacha.ca

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