Russia's Open Book: Writing in the Age of Putin

Russia's Open Book: Writing in the Age of Putin · 2013

Russia's Open Book: Writing in the Age of Putin (2013) is a Documentary film directed by Sarah Wallis, starring Stephen Fry, Vladimir Sorokin, Zakhar Prilepin.

Documentary

Overview

Who is the new Tolstoy, Dostoevsky, or Gogol waiting to be discovered by the English-speaking world? Hosted by actor, author, and activist Stephen Fry, focuses on six authors whose vibrant, idiosyncratic work continues to gain traction with a global audience: Dmitry Bykov, Mariam Petrosyan, Zakhar Prilepin, Anna Starobinets, Vladimir Sorokin, and Lyudmila Ultiskaya. With contributions from their literary critics, publishers, and peers, the film features extensive interviews with each author.

Cast

Stephen Fry, Vladimir Sorokin, Zakhar Prilepin, Lyudmila Ulitskaya, Anna Starobinets, Juliet Stevenson, Dmitry Bykov

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What is "Russia's Open Book: Writing in the Age of Putin" about?

Who is the new Tolstoy, Dostoevsky, or Gogol waiting to be discovered by the English-speaking world? Hosted by actor, author, and activist Stephen Fry, focuses on six authors whose vibrant, idiosyncratic work continues to gain traction with a global audience: Dmitry Bykov, Mariam Petrosyan, Zakhar Prilepin, Anna Starobinets, Vladimir Sorokin, and Lyudmila Ultiskaya. With contributions from their literary critics, publishers, and peers, the film features extensive interviews with each author.

When was "Russia's Open Book: Writing in the Age of Putin" released?

Russia's Open Book: Writing in the Age of Putin was released in 2013.

Who stars in "Russia's Open Book: Writing in the Age of Putin"?

The cast includes Stephen Fry, Vladimir Sorokin, Zakhar Prilepin, Lyudmila Ulitskaya.