Julie Delvaux
A bilingual writer, translator, and journalist. Having been born in Russia, I lived in the U.K. from 2003 till 2010. I speak 3 languages, have seen all films by Luis Bunuel and Roman Polanski, read everything by Mikhail Bulgakov and marquise de Sade, and love Michel Polnareff and Mina Mazzini.
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MA (Lomonosov Moscow State University, 2002), MA (University of Manchester, 2004)Interests
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Paroles, Paroles..On the subject of verbosity and verbality.
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A Poem with No EndOn the subject of similarity between people and books
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And so I Write My Life..On the ability of an author to foresee and create the events in life
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The WordA poem about the impossibility of fully "describing" verbally the object of affection or, indeed, any object
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Alexander Blok - Night, a Streetlight, a Street, a Chemist's (1912)Alexander Blok's 1912 poem was featured on a building wall in Amsterdam as part of the international poetry project
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Sergei Esenin - Farewell, My Friend (The Final Poem)This is a 2006 poetic translation of Sergei Esenin's final poem written shortly before his suicide in 1928.
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Vladimir Solovyov - from Hafiz. In Imitation of LermontovThe original 1886 poem is dedicated to the "lady who was asking the author why he felt hot". Solovyov signed the poem as "Count Heliotropov".
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Vladimir Solovyov - a Timely RecollectionAn 1887 poem by Vladimir Solovyov contemplates the then topical issue of Russia as a new Israel - a chosen Land beridden with troubles.
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Vladimir Solovyov - an EpitaphVladimir Solovyov, the Russian philosopher, died in 1900. Eight years before his death, in 1892 he wrote himself an 'epitaph' in his usually ironic tone of voice.
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Vladimir Solovyov - a Parody on the Russian Symbolist PoetsA well-known Russian philosopher, a friend and a mentor to Alexander Blok and a few other Symbolist poets, Vladimir Solovyov shows his mischievous side in this 1895 parody on the Russian Symbolist poetry
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My Favourite Novelist: Kurt VonnegutKurt Vonnegut stands out among the writers whose work shaped me - his telegraphic style was the best way to express a man's difficulty of coping with schizophrenic day-to-day life
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The Problems of National Branding in RussiaA review of the conference on National Branding in Russia, taken place during the Moscow Autumn Tourism Industry Week (21-24 September 2011)
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Where to Go Online in Yekaterinburg, RussiaHunting for a web cafe in the city in a foreign country can be a challenge. This is especially so in the countries where the web is developing in leaps, and Russia is one of them. -
Discobolus on Yekaterinburg UndergroundThose Russians who live in Yekaterinburg no longer have to travel to the British Museum in London to see the famous Discobolus - they only have to go to Dynamo Metro Station. -
Visiting London for the First TimeSince visiting London for the first time in April 2004, I have discovered its many corners, lanes, and facets - but the first impression still counts. -
Russian Blogosphere Up and Close: Bloggers Portraits in Classy Black-and-WhiteFor over a year a Moscow-based photographer Kirill Kuzmin has been joining forces with other bloggers, to build a gallery of portraits of other Russian bloggers. -
The KissA man dreams of a woman who comes at night to kiss him. Inspired by an artwork of an Italian artist. -
PygmalionThe poem studies the notion of possession in love; the situation when the object is ours and yet so distant that we stand defeated, like Pygmalion in front of his adorable Galatea. -
A MicrophoneOne day a man has turned into a microphone...
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The Moscow Authorities: Peter the Great to Continue His Sailing on the Moskva RiverSince it was established in 1997, a Zurab Tsereteli's monument commemorating the 300th anniversary of the Russian fleet has been criticised for a bad choice of location. But now plans to move the monument elsewhere seem to have been halted. -
My Favourite Novel: Friedrich Duerrenmatt - Once a Greek (Grieche Sucht Griechin)An acclaimed Swiss playwright and author, Friedrich Duerrenmatt first entered my life with this short comic novel. Once a Greek (Grieche sucht Griechin) is a hilarious, poignant story of errors, love and forgiveness.
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