Nordic Poetry Center

Finnish-Russian reading at Cafe Bilingua, Krivokolenny Pereuloik, #10, Moscow, Russia, November 29, 2008.

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No recording from poets Anna Russ (Russia) and Leevi Lehto (Finland) who also read in the event.

For an English translation of Alexander Skidan’s introductory remarks, see here. Niemi & Toivio’s duet was based on the digital poem Den lille havfrue / Русалочка.

For an almost complete video recording of the event, see here.

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• Alexander Skidan: Introductory Remarks (in Russian) (4:05)
• Sergey Zavyalov: Remarks on Finnish poetry (in Russian) (1:36)
• Miia Toivio. Translations into Russian by Elena Belysheva and Sergey Zavyalov read by Sergey Zavyalov (8:40)
• Arkadii Stypel (5:35)
• Tytti Heikkinen. Translations into Russian by Albert Kukko read by Alexander Skidan (9:38)
• Dmitry Strotsev (5:54)
• Marko Niemi, accompanied by Miia Toivio (4:57)