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The Poetic Pushkin in Britain Festival has started, the website of Rossotrudnichestvo reports. Russian-speaking poets abroad gather in London for the seventeenth time. The author of the idea and the permanent organizer is the poet Oleg Borushko, who lives in England. The project is supported by Rossotrudnichestvo. The current festival is dedicated to the 220th anniversary of the great Russian poet. It opened with the Poet to Poet evening.
The festival program includes round tables, master classes, excursions, translation tournaments, parodies, impromptu and poetic readings. The central place is occupied by the Tournament of Russian poets abroad. It will be held on June 8 in the historic London district of Covent Garden.
Russkiy Mir reported that the main task of the poetic forum was to popularize Pushkin's work, promote Russian culture in Europe and search for talented poets among representatives of the Russian diaspora in different countries. Only authors residing abroad and writing in Russian can take part in the battle for the title of king of poets.
The tradition of the poets' tournament is to take one of Pushkin's lines as the theme of the festival. In 2019, participants chose a quote from the lyceum impromptu poem "The Prince of Orange" "With the brave hero of Albion ...". Ten Russian-speaking poets from Canada, Israel, Spain and the UK will compete for the victory.
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