a programme on Russian and East European emigre writing

[Alexandra Smith]

Dear colleagues,

Just to let you know about an interesting radio programme on Russian  
and East European emigre writing. It will be broadcasted today  
(12.01.2008) at 8pm (UK time) by radio 4, BBC. The internet  
announcement reads as follows:
20:00
Archive Hour
"Snowy Streets of St Petersburg"
Martin Sixsmith explores the lives and works of artists and writers  
who fled the former Eastern Bloc. He revisits archive interviews with  
Josef Brodsky, Vladimir Nabokov and Isaiah Berlin, explores the  
writings of Pushkin and others, and talks to contemporary writers  
Josef Skvorecky, Antonin Liehm and Andrei Makine. He is joined by  
Maria Rubins, an expert on East European literature.
It could be listened live online at www.bbc.co.uk/radio4 where you can  
hear a live stream or access the Listen Again facility.

Enjoy it!

All best,
Alexandra




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Alexandra Smith (PhD, University of London)
Lecturer in Russian
School of European Languages and Cultures
The University of Edinburgh
David Hume Tower
George Square
Edinburgh EX8 9JX
UK

tel. +44-(0)131-6511381
fax: +44- (0)131- 650-3604
e-mail: Alexandra.Smith at ed.ac.uk





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