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Russian stand becomes one of most popular at Croatia book fair

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Russian stand becomes one of most popular at Croatia book fair


23.11.2018

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Russia has triumphantly returned to the Interliber International Book and Education Fair after 25-year-pause. The leading publishers of the country were presented to the guests and participants of the prestigious book forum of fiction, specialized, children's and educational literature. The forum organized presentations of works of modern Russian writers and poets translated into Croatian, the Federal Agency for Press and Mass Media (Rospechat) informs.

The Russian publishing houses stand has become one of the most visited at the book forum. Compatriots and Russian-speaking residents of Croatia as well as local residents and foreign guests got acquainted with the new Russian publications.

The popularity of the Russian book stand fits into the recent trend of growing interest in learning Russian in Croatia. In particular, Russian literature, including modern books, is more often translated into Croatian. Within the framework of the forum, the poet Maxim Amelin and the writer Maxim Osipov presented their books in the Croatian language and read some of them, evoking delight from the public.

Russian Ambassador to Croatia Anvar Azimov, at the stand opening, noted the importance of developing relations between countries through culture.

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