Russian Literary Series: Dmitri Bykov on Venedikt Erofeyev

Saturday, April 2, 2016 4:00 pmCentral Library, Dweck CenterVenedikt Erofeyev is, without a doubt, one of the most important Russian writers of the second half of XX century. He is also one of the most tragic figures of the Russian literature: he paid with his life and his fate for all his magnificent prophesies. He lived the way he wrote and the way he taught.And he predicted everything. "Moscow - Petushki" is the second greatest Russian poem after "The Dead Souls". In it, Erofeyev foretold all