Reading St. Petersburg 2020

Danish Cultural Institute presents the nominee for 2020 for the international project “Reading St. Petersburg: Choosing Best Foreign Writer,” organized by Mayakovsky Central City Public Library. 

On 4 March the Mayakovsky Central City Public Library held a press conference on the project, aimed at promotion of contemporary foreign literature in St. Petersburg, which the Library implements in cooperation with the Consulates Generals and international cultural institutes.

Danish Cultural Institute, permanent participant of the project, presented Danish authors and their works, nominated for this year:

– Merete Pryds Helle’s Vi kunne alt (We had it all), published by Lindhardt og Ringhof, in the nomination “Best Foreign Writer: Work Not Translated into Russian”

– Charlotte Weitze’s Harzen-sanger (Harz’s Singer), translated by Egor Fetisov and published by Eksmo, in the nomination “Best Foreign Writer: Work Translated into Russian”

For more information and vote (in Russian)