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Paris Hosts Russophonia Award Ceremony

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Paris Hosts Russophonia Award Ceremony


01.02.2010

January 30 Paris hosted an annual Russophonia Award Ceremony, which traditionally marks the best translation from Russian into French. The ceremony was supported by the Russkiy Mir Foundation.

The Bronze book award was granted to Christine Zeytounian-Belous and Sophie Benesch for their translation of a collection of poems by Andrei Bely and Boris Pilnyak’s Tale of the Unextinguished Moon.

The Russophonia Prize was founded in 2006 by the Fund of the First President of Russia B. N. Yeltsin together with a French Non-Profit Association France – Urals.

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