VFU reads in five languages on the World Book and Copyright Day
23 Април 2019
The Russian Centre, the Department of Foreign Language Teaching and Postgraduate Studies, and the University Library of VFU "Chernorizets Hrabar" will celebrate the World Book and Copyright Day and the 220th anniversary of the birth of the great Russian poet Aleksandar Sergeevich Pushkin.
On 23 April, at 12:30 pm, the book by the university student Hristo Russev - "The Last (Eternal) Mime" will be presented at the Russian Centre. On 100 pages and in 77 photographs, Hristo Rusev follows the life on and off stage of Gerasim Dishliev - pedagogical assistant to Marcel Marso.
Hristo Rusev was born in Plovdiv in 1994. Since 2013 he has studied at VFU "Chernorizets Hrabar", currently he is finishing his master’s degree in International Politics and Security. He has been a photographer since 2009. He has worked for the Italian news agency NurPhoto since 2015. His photos are in: The New York Times, TIME, The Wall Street Journal, Washington Post, BBC, CNN, Le Figaro, The Guardian, Der Spiegel, France 24, France Televisions, RT, Izvestia.ru and others.
Triple award winner for the best young Bulgarian photojournalist up to 23 years of age of the BG PRESS PHOTO Foundation. Winner of the International Photojournalism Prize, first and third place at BG PRESS PHOTO.
The art will flow from the book to the screen where we will see the most popular actors who have played the great Russian poet Pushkin. You hardly know that because of his popularity, he became a favourite character of directors as early as the silent films. To date, 12 actors have recreated the life and work of the favourite symbol of the Russian poetry!
Immediately afterwards, original works by A.S. Pushkin will be read at the Russian Centre of VFU "Chernorizets Hrabar".
Students and lecturers of Varna Free University will be reading in five languages at the World Book and Copyright Day. We will hear in the Russian language also our favourite Anton Pavlovich Chehov.
Fumiko Kobayashi – lecturer of Japanese language and culture, will present in original an excerpt from "Norwegian Wood" by Haruki Murakami. We will hear Oscar Wilde's works in English and the students from Turkey will present Nazim Hikmet.
Foreign language training and personal and social skills courses aimed at developing successful communication in a foreign language, flexibility, creativity, self-control and self-confidence, analytical thinking, leadership, etc. are strongly supported at VFU "Chernorizets Hrabar". The study of foreign languages enhances the competitiveness of the students of Varna Free University and gives them the opportunity to enter in their professional portfolio the knowledge of two or three foreign languages, some of them rare.
We are pleased to invite you to read with us!