Tamizdat Project

“Alphabet Soup: The Translingual Sayings of Emma and Eva as Recorded by Their Father” by Eugene Ostashevsky is the June Book of the Month at Pushkin House!

This fall, we are publishing the English translation of “My Prison Trip” by Sasha Skochilenko — a Russian artist and musician sentenced to seven years in prison for leaving five anti-war price tags at a St. Petersburg supermarket in 2022, and released in the landmark prisoner exchange of August 2024. Translated into English by Jessica Kaner.

Help us bring this title to life — your donations will help us cover the costs of translation, editing, designing, and printing.

More excerpts from the book — in our Newsletter. Read via the link in stories!

Support Tamizdat Project to continue our work this summer. Link in bio!

How did Akhmatova’s «Requiem» come to be published in Munich in 1963 — without the author’s knowledge, from burned scraps of paper, through diplomatic pouch, and smuggled copies?

This fall, we plan to publish Akhmatova’s ‘Requiem’: A View from Abroad — a bilingual Russian-English edition that tells the story of the first publication and reception of «Requiem» abroad through letters, diaries, reviews, and memoirs. The book will also include a new English translation of Akhmatova’s ’Requiem’!

Help us bring this title to life — your donations will help us cover the costs of translation, editing, designing, and printing.

More excerpts — in our Newsletter: https://mailchi.mp/2b4f4088ceab/press-release-manuscripts-dont-burn-fundraising-campaign-and-charity-book-auction-to-support-students-affected-by-war-or-persecution-6752851

Support Tamizdat Project to continue our work this summer: https://tamizdatproject.betterworld.org/campaigns/support-tamizdat-project

Three days into our crowdfunding campaign! We’re grateful to everyone who has donated any amount and helped us get the word out. Swipe through to see what gifts you can receive for your donations!

Donation link is in bio and stories. Thank you for every contribution, however large or small.

Berlin friends! Tomorrow we’re launching “Alphabet Soup” by Eugene Ostashevsky in the city where most of it was written! Join us at Babel Books Berlin Berlin on May 21, at 19:00 — the author himself and Tamizdat Project founder Yasha Klots will be present.

Free and open to the public. Register here: https://fienta.com/de/book-launch-eugene-ostashevsky-alphabet-soup-the-translingual-sayings-of-emma-and-eva-as-recorded-by-their-father

📍Babel Berlin
Bernauer Str. 49, 10435

⏱️ May 21, 19:00