October 5, 7 pm
Hunter College CUNY
Chanin Language Center (B126 Hunter West Building)
East 68th Street and Lexington Avenue (6 train)
Free and open to the public
RSVP
Joined by his English translator Antonina Bouis, Sergei Lebedev, celebrated author of The Lady of the Mine and five other books translated into English, discusses the suppression of Russia's authoritarian past and the current censorship machine being built by state officials. The Soviet system was known for its strict censorship of art as an inherent part of cultural production. Following the collapse of the USSR, censorship was abandoned and literature enjoyed a period of freedom. As a new Russian censorship emerges, how does it employ the latest digital technologies, including AI, and what is its end goal?
Lebedev was born in Moscow in 1981 and worked for seven years on geological expeditions in northern Russia and Central Asia. Lebedev is a poet, essayist, and journalist. His novels - translated into English by Antonina W. Bouis for New Vessel Press - have received great acclaim. The New York Review of Books has hailed Lebedev as “the best of Russia’s younger generation of writers.” He currently lives in Germany.