Note from AJ: "The Russian Word's Worth" published by GLAS PUBLISHERS in UK and USA in 2010 should still be available somewhere on the internet. Paperback, 495pp, large subject index. ISBN 978-5-7172-0087-5.
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From: On all aspects of Russia and the FSU <[log in to unmask]> On Behalf Of Robert Chandler
Sent: 01 April 2022 07:09
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Subject: Michelle Berdy's last week in Moscow
Dear all,
This link will take you to a vivid, detailed, painfully sad article by Moscow Times journalist Michelle Berdy about her last week in Moscow, where she had lived for 40 years.
https://nam12.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.politico.com%2Fnews%2Fmagazine%2F2022%2F03%2F27%2Ffled-moscow-american-journalist-putin-00020470&data=04%7C01%7C%7Cd166387f18aa460ade9e08da13a63306%7C84df9e7fe9f640afb435aaaaaaaaaaaa%7C1%7C0%7C637843901779143931%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000&sdata=tbuikwYkB5%2B%2F8HQXeLWwnrkQhWT%2F%2FwSykJKe6zTcF%2Fc%3D&reserved=0
During most of these 40 years Michele was a regular contributor to the Moscow Times. It is a great shame that THE RUSSIAN WORD'S WORTH, a selection from her many articles in the Moscow Times about translation problems, is now out of print. These articles are witty, graceful and extremely accessible - and they offer a profound insight into Russian culture, politics and society. There are few Anglophone writers with a deeper knowledge of contemporary Russia.
Michelle is also a brilliant and informative lecturer. I have heard her cover more ground in an entertaining talk at Pushkin House (London) than most speakers could cover in a dozen lectures on linguistics, politics and sociology.
I very much hope that colleges and universities and publishers throughout the English-speaking world will do all they can to promote Michele's work - to inivite her to teach and speak, to publish and republish her articles and to commission new work from her.
All the best, Robert
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