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Russia ranks first in the world in listening to poetry by users of audiobooks. The most demanded poet in this format is Alexander Pushkin, who is the first both in Russia and in other countries. Such data was presented on the eve of World Poetry Day by the audiobook service Storytel, RIA Novosti reports.
Representatives of the service said that last year, when the quarantine was in effect, there was an increase in the number of listeners to poetry. In addition to Pushkin, people most often listened to the works of Alexander Griboyedov, Sergei Yesenin and Mikhail Lermontov. Vera Polozkova became the only representative of modern poetry in the top 5.
In addition, the voiced verses of the leading poets of the Silver Age Boris Pasternak, Anna Akhmatova, Marina Tsvetaeva and Vladimir Mayakovsky, as well as the verses and tales of Korney Chukovsky are popular.
Russians listen to foreign classics with pleasure, among the leaders are Dante Alighieri, Homer and William Shakespeare. Dante's Divine Comedy is the most popular work in the list of audiobooks, the masterpieces of Russian literature Eugene Onegin and Woe from Wit took 2nd and 3rd places, respectively. The five countries that also love poetry audiobooks include Sweden, Denmark, the Netherlands and India.
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