Michele A. Berdy
Writer and Editor at Freelance
Contributor at The Moscow Times
Writer and translator, @MoscowTimes contributor, once a long-time Moscow resident. All opinions mine. Connect with me here: https://t.co/zZOkSShZTJ
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2 weeks ago |
themoscowtimes.com | Michele A. Berdy |Howard Amos |Lucy Ash |Alexei Navalny
Pushkin House has announced the short list for this year’s Book Prize.
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1 month ago |
themoscowtimes.com | Michele A. Berdy
Since 2007 Artdocfest has been celebrating the art of documentary filmmaking, first in Moscow and then, when the Russian authorities began to disrupt the festivals, in Riga. Every year dozens of films from or about Russia and Ukraine, Central Asia, the Baltic States and Eastern and Central Europe are shown to tens of thousands of viewers in a week-long film lover’s fest that begins every morning and often runs all night.
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Dec 8, 2024 |
themoscowtimes.com | Michele A. Berdy |Delicious Soup
In 1999 Yusuf Ruzimurodov, a journalist, human rights activist and dissident, was arrested by the authorities in Uzbekistan for criticizing President Islam Karimov and sentenced to 15 years in prison. But his term was extended twice, and in the end he spent 19 years in prison – the longest prison sentence served by any journalist in the region for his professional activities.
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Oct 10, 2024 |
themoscowtimes.com | Michele A. Berdy
Riga was the first stop on a tour of a new play written and directed by Dmitry Krymov starring just two actors: Maxim Sukhanov and Chulpan Khamatova. It is called “Notes of the Mad,” invoking the tradition of literary works about mad Russians that began two centuries ago with Nikolai Gogol. The premiere began with some contemporary madness.
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Jun 19, 2024 |
themoscowtimes.com | Michele A. Berdy
Congratulations! Did you think you might win the Pushkin House Book Prize? I had a little hope, but the shortlist was so strong this year. It was a great honor just to be included in the shortlist, but I didn’t think I’d win... I had heard that the Pushkin House prize is rarely given to translated book and rarely given to a Russian. It was a great, great honor for me — unbelievable joy and honor to win that prize.
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Your spring reading list is sorted: the Pushkin House has announced the short list for its annual Book Prize. Read all about it here: https://t.co/DGToQbYSXS
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