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 Pushkin Festival '06  | Committee |  | Program |  | About Pushkin |  | Last Duel |  | Sponsors | |
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MAIN OBJECTIVES OF THE FESTIVAL
Alexander Sergeyevich Pushkin (1799-1837), generally considered the greatest Russian poet of all time and also known as the founder of modern Russian literature is not a familiar name among American intellectuals and scholars, let alone the general public.
The main reason for this is simple – translation of his poems is a formidable task, requiring the translator to be not only a linguist but a poet in his own right. And it seems that up till now this hasn’t happened in English speaking cultures, although numerous attempts were made to translate, for example, his famous novel in verses, “Eugene Onegin” - even by an excellent American writer of Russian descent, Vladimir Nabokov. None of them came close to the original. Being fully aware of this impediment, our aim was rather to bring some better understanding of the Russian culture among the scholars of California and to all interested people of the Larger Los Angeles Area. |
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Festival's Poster
Although the festival poster was created jointly by Alex Yahontov and Ronnie Robinson, the actual designer was of course A.S. Pushkin - as the subject of the poster's design is composed from the well known Pushkin's self-portrait (1829) and verses handwritten and signed by the poet.
It was printed as a limited edition. Out of a dozen some were distributed as gifts-souvenirs and a few sold for the price of $50 (framed). |
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"Pushkin - Last Duel" premiered during the Festival
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 In the Press |
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Co-Chairmen of the Organizational committee of the Pushkin's Festival, Alexander Yahontov and Harold Schefski in a friendly chat with PANORAMA editors...
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