Swedes at the Moscow Non/fiction bookfair

Sweden participates in the Non/fiction book fair again 2-6 December.

Per Gustavsson, author of children´s books and illustrator, talks in a round table discussion about his princess books and abou the question "why are children so interested in princesses?" Two of his books already exists in Russian. In cooperation with MD-Media publisshers and Fashion Theory magazine.

Picture/illustration workshop for children with Per Gustavsson.

The author Ninni Holmqvist presents her novel "Enhet" which has just been translated into Russian. In cooperation with Ripol-classic publishers.

The literary scientist and translator Elena Balzamo presents her book "August Strindberg: liki i sud´ba" durina a round table discussion about Strindberg with the Polish Strindberg researcher Jan Balbierz, and also Maria Ludkovskaya and Oksana Kovalenko - the two translators of Olof Lagerkrantz´s book about Strindberg.

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