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Russian literature presented at book festival in Budapest

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Russian literature presented at book festival in Budapest


02.10.2023


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Publishers and translators in Russia and Hungary continue to cooperate, noted Evgeny Reznichenko, executive director of the Moscow Institute of Translation. This is evidenced by the International Book Festival, which took place in Budapest, TASS reports. Representatives of the Russian book publishing community took part in it.

According to Evgeny Reznichenko, Russian literature and the Russian language are still interesting for the residents of Hungary. He is confident that this was not affected by the current political situation, although it led to some difficulties in cooperation between the two countries. The head of the Translation Institute emphasized that Hungarian readers are familiar with all the high-profile novels by Russian writers that had been published recently.

Hungarian readers got acquainted with the most novelties released by Russian publishing houses. The delegation included Sergei Belyakov, Viktor Remizov, Anastasia Strokina, Nina Litvinets. They were joined by the director of the Big Book publishing house Tatyana Voskovskaya and other participants.

As part of the book festival, the Translation Institute presented its grant program. Applications for grants for the next season can be submitted as early as October, 2. Evgeny Reznichenko clarified that the funds are allocated by the Russkiy Mir Foundation. The program is aimed at publishers of Russian literature abroad. 

In addition to Russian classics, non-fiction, science fiction and detective stories are in demand among Hungarian publishers and readers, noted the director of the institute.

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