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From 22 June 2016

Vladimir Smith-Mesa, cataloguer of the SSEES Library鈥檚 Russian and audio-visual collection, has been awarded the聽 prestigious Likhachev Fellowship, a Russian Fellowship dedicated to arts and culture for his curation of Dostoevsky Day UK, which will take place on 11 November 2016 (the anniversary of Dostoevsky鈥檚 birth).

The event will mark the 150 anniversary of the novel聽Crime and Punishment聽in collaboration with Vera Biron (St Petersburg), and SSEES staff Sarah Young, Lydia Buravova, Wojciech Janik and Zuzana Pincikova. Vladimir was one of nine fellows who came from Italy, South Korea, the UK, and the USA to participate in the two-week fellowship programme in St. Petersburg on 9-22 May this year.

Vladimir said of his experience:

鈥淚 feel honoured to have been chosen for the prestigious聽 Likhachev聽 Fellowship, the only Russian Fellowship dedicated to the Arts and Culture in general. By bringing me to St Petersburg, by organising a practical programme of activities and providing me with access to聽 experts, centres and collections on Dostoevsky, I was able to immerse myself completely in the world of Dostoevsky's St Petersburg, to literally walk in his and his聽 literary characters鈥� footsteps, and gain a proper knowledge and understanding of the historic conditions of Dostoevsky鈥檚 creative process, 聽when he wrote Crime and Punishment. Thank you very much indeed to the Likhachev Foundation, to the Boris Yeltsin Presidential Centre,聽 and聽 especially the Dostoevsky museum, my main host.聽 I am also grateful to the Institute of Russian Literature (Pushkin House),聽 the National Library of Russia, the librarians of the special collections and聽 the specialists of the Dostoevsky collections in these centres聽 for a truly unique experience.鈥�

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