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About Tatiana Shcherbina

Tatiana Shcherbina is a widely-translated Russian poet. Her first five collections of poems,and a novel, appeared in samizdat, before her work started being published by the Soviet press in 1989. She worked for Radio Liberty in Munich and Paris 1992-7, and speaks fluent French. She has lived in Moscow since 1997.

Articles by Tatiana Shcherbina

Thursday 15th July

Forbidden Art verdict: they're in mourning for Soviet censorship

On 12 July, the judge found Andrei Erofeev and Yurii Samodurov, organisers of the exhibition Forbidden Art – 2006, guilty of inciting hatred and enmity, and insulting human dignity. Samodurov was fined 200,000 roubles, and Erofeev 150,000 (some $12,000 in all). But they have not been sent to prison. The poet Tatiana Shcherbina, disgusted, sees a people in mourning for the Good Old Days when the state controlled everything
Friday 13th November

Stalin – a hero for our time

The myth of Russia’s beautiful past has gripped the popular imagination, thanks to state propaganda, the poet Tatiana Shcherbina laments. Stalin is the nation’s hero, heir to the Tsars. Russia is once again ‘encircled by enemies’ and the people’s list of those who ought to be shot grows longer daily.
Friday 6th February

Russian eye on the Chinese

A Russian poet reflects on the similarities and differences between Chinese and Russians
Monday 15th December

America through Russian eyes

A Russian poet visiting America finds the culture distinctly odd - above all the political correctness
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