Greece Guest Of Honour At Moscow's International Book Fair

Greece was the recent guest of honour at Moscow’s recent 29th International Book Fair, which took place early September 2016 at Moscow’s largest exhibition center.

 

The Russian Federal Agency for Press and Mass Communication appointed Greece as the Guest of Honour on the occasion of the Joint Year Greece-Russia 2016, while Russia was in turn the Guest of Honour at the 13th International Thessaloniki Book Fair in May 2016.

Visitors had the chance to become acquainted with aspects of Greek culture as there were around 600 publications from 50 publishing houses, all representing the scientific and artistic side of Greece spanning from antiquity, the Byzantine era, the Enlightenment, 20th century, and modern day.

Prominent Greek writers and artists went to Moscow to participate in the programme of events, which included 30 events aimed at introducing the modern cultural face of a small country with a great history that maintains deep historical and cultural ties with Russia through literature, cinema, visual arts, and music.

The programme at Moscow’s International Book Fair was developed by the Hellenic Foundation for Culture with the collaboration and support of Cavafy Archive-Onassis Foundation, the State Museum of Contemporary Art, the Greek Film Archive, the Greek Film Center, Michael Cacoyannis Foundation, ASIFA HELLAS, Greekanimation.com, Greek IBBY, the Embassy of Greece to the Russian Federation, as well as with the Department of Byzantine and Modern Greek Studies of the Lomonosov Moscow State University.

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