Elkost Intl. Literary Agency informs that it will be present at 2009 Frankfurt Book Fair.
You may find us in the Literary Agents & Scouts Centre (LitAg) in Hall 6.2, Table I-8
Participating persons are:
Elena Kostioukovitch, Milan, Italy - founder, headperson
Yulia Dobrovolskaya, Barcelona, Spain - CEO
Irina Volkova, Moscow, Russia - agent
All interested parties are invited to book a meeting by email This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. or to come directly to our table.
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The Collector. The Story of Sergei Shchukin and His Lost Masterpieces, by Natalya Semenova with Andr…
Rights sold: World English - YALE UNIVERSITY PRESS, France - CHTCHOUKINE FUND, Italy - JOHAN & LEVI, Romania - VREMEA, Russia - SLOVO, Taiwan (traditional Chinese) - ART & COLLECTION
Winner of the 2021 The Art Newspaper Russia Prize
A fascinating life of Sergei Shchukin, the great collector who changed the face of Russia’s art world
Sergei Shchukin was a highly successful textiles merchant in the latter half of the nineteenth century, but he also had a great eye for beauty. He was one of the first to appreciate the qualities of the Impressionists and Post-Impressionists and to acquire works by Cézanne, Matisse, and Picasso. A trailblazer in the Russian art world, Shchukin and his collection shocked, provoked, and inspired awe, ridicule, and derision among his contemporaries.
This is the first biography of Sergei Shchukin, written by art historian Natalya Semenova and adapted by Shchukin's grandson André Delocque...
Discarded Relics, collected essays by Ludmila Ulitskaya (2012, NF)
Rights sold: Germany - HANSER, Hungary - MAGVETO, France – GALLIMARD, Russia - AST, Serbia - ARHIPELAG, World English (excerpt, magazine) - GRANTA, Finland (excerpt, magazine) - GRANTA/OTAVA
Non-fiction is a new form for Ludmila Ulitskaya, a new approach to the reader. For the very first time in her literary carrier, she speaks with reader in first person.
The book comprises:
- Ulitskaya's essays on topical issues in literature, art, religion, and politics;
- Reminiscences of friends and family, mostly departed;
- Stunning self-biographical account of her personal fight against breast cancer;
- Series of a very personal, but also philosophical meditations which move beyond the limitations of one individual and their personal destiny. Ulitskaya reflects on the end of life and the inevitability of death. These are her thoughts on an issue which disquiets each of us, demanding that we address it, while disconcerting us with its insolubility.
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