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Re: VN 100 in Russia (fwd)
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From: "Sergey B. Il'in" <isb@glas.apc.org>
>
>EDITOR's NOTE: "Sergey B. Il'in" <isb@glas.apc.org>, the major translator
>of VN's English works into Russian, offers the following report on a
>Moscow "evening" devoted to VN and the popular magazine "Ogonyok".
>-----------------------------
>
>The Evening, organized by the magazine OGONYOK (which is also celebrating
>its centenary) took place on the 8th of March in the Central House of the
>Artist on the Crimean Embankment.
>
>
>The MC for the evening was Mikhail Pozdnyaeåv.
>
>The evening began with the showing of part of a film "Uzory Kaissy"
>written and directed by Igor Lainer. Judging by the piece shown, it is a
>documentary about the place occupied by chess in VN's life.
>
>This was followed by the appearances of Sergey Ilyin; the poets--Andrey
>Chernov, Dmitry Bykov, and Tatyana Scherbina; the French actress Kamij
>Kajol now performing at the Tabokova Theater and who played Magda in the
play "Kamera obscura"; and Mikhail Shul'man,
>author of a book on VN). Music included violinist Tatyana Grindenko with
>the emsemble OPUS POST, and the saxophonist Igor Butman.
>
The affair ended in the prescribed way with finger foods and wine served
outdoors on te embankment of the Moscow River in front of the House of the
Artist. The fundament of some sort of Soviet sculpture depicting workers,
peasants, and someone else, perhaps R.R. workers or Chekists. One of the
guests christened it as a "Picnic by the Side of the Road." Details and
photographs may be found in OGONYOK #20 (1999)
Sergey Il'yn
Nashe delo veseloe
>
>EDITOR's NOTE: "Sergey B. Il'in" <isb@glas.apc.org>, the major translator
>of VN's English works into Russian, offers the following report on a
>Moscow "evening" devoted to VN and the popular magazine "Ogonyok".
>-----------------------------
>
>The Evening, organized by the magazine OGONYOK (which is also celebrating
>its centenary) took place on the 8th of March in the Central House of the
>Artist on the Crimean Embankment.
>
>
>The MC for the evening was Mikhail Pozdnyaeåv.
>
>The evening began with the showing of part of a film "Uzory Kaissy"
>written and directed by Igor Lainer. Judging by the piece shown, it is a
>documentary about the place occupied by chess in VN's life.
>
>This was followed by the appearances of Sergey Ilyin; the poets--Andrey
>Chernov, Dmitry Bykov, and Tatyana Scherbina; the French actress Kamij
>Kajol now performing at the Tabokova Theater and who played Magda in the
play "Kamera obscura"; and Mikhail Shul'man,
>author of a book on VN). Music included violinist Tatyana Grindenko with
>the emsemble OPUS POST, and the saxophonist Igor Butman.
>
The affair ended in the prescribed way with finger foods and wine served
outdoors on te embankment of the Moscow River in front of the House of the
Artist. The fundament of some sort of Soviet sculpture depicting workers,
peasants, and someone else, perhaps R.R. workers or Chekists. One of the
guests christened it as a "Picnic by the Side of the Road." Details and
photographs may be found in OGONYOK #20 (1999)
Sergey Il'yn
Nashe delo veseloe