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This has no direct link to Nabokov but may be of interest to some of our
subscribers. The New York Times is reporting today that the so-called
"Brodsky Fellowships," which his Association, based in New York and Rome,
is trying to establish, may be soon available to interested Russian
scholars:
"It was an old dream of Joseph Brodsky, the Russian-born poet and
Italophile, that Russian scholars, artists and writers should have a
chance to live and work in Italy, to draw inspiration from a culture that
for half a century lay beyond their reach. Last night, at the municipal
theater in Florence, his friend and fellow Russian emigre Mikhail
Baryshnikov dedicated a solo dance performance to that dream, the first
public fund-raising effort in a campaign that at the start will create
special fellowships for Russians at the American Academy in Rome.... Still
in its infancy, the Brodsky Association, based in Rome and New York, is
seeking to create annual scholarships for Russians so that they can take
up a yearlong residence at the American Academy while it collects money
for a separate Russian institute. The idea was approved by the academy's
board a year ago, as a tribute to Mr. Brodsky, who had been a member."
Galya Diment
subscribers. The New York Times is reporting today that the so-called
"Brodsky Fellowships," which his Association, based in New York and Rome,
is trying to establish, may be soon available to interested Russian
scholars:
"It was an old dream of Joseph Brodsky, the Russian-born poet and
Italophile, that Russian scholars, artists and writers should have a
chance to live and work in Italy, to draw inspiration from a culture that
for half a century lay beyond their reach. Last night, at the municipal
theater in Florence, his friend and fellow Russian emigre Mikhail
Baryshnikov dedicated a solo dance performance to that dream, the first
public fund-raising effort in a campaign that at the start will create
special fellowships for Russians at the American Academy in Rome.... Still
in its infancy, the Brodsky Association, based in Rome and New York, is
seeking to create annual scholarships for Russians so that they can take
up a yearlong residence at the American Academy while it collects money
for a separate Russian institute. The idea was approved by the academy's
board a year ago, as a tribute to Mr. Brodsky, who had been a member."
Galya Diment