West Hollywood Book Fair

WEST HOLLYWOOD BOOK FAIR EVENTS IN RUSSIAN OR FEATURING RUSSIAN FAIRY AND FOLK TALES FOR CHILDREN & ADULTS

RUSSIAN ANGELENOS: Russian-American Poets and Novelists Speak, Read and Perform Their Work
10:00am-11:00am
(Note: In Russian with English translation available upon request.)

Featured Guests:(SEE BELOW FOR AUTHOR BIOS) Poet Vilen Chernyak (Differing Words), Poet Inna Sanina, Poet and Songwriter Leonid Vaisman, Poet Victor Rayzman (A Memory Lane), Poet Arkadiy Gurovich (Kingdom of Love), Novelist Tatyana Lungina (Wolf Messing, Russia’s Greatest Psychic), Poet David Zinoviev, Poet Yury Avidon, Novelist Yury Serebryany (Pantheon of the Russian Writers of the 18th Century), Poet and Songwriter Anatoly Postolov (Superposition), Poet Yan Mayzels (God’s Forumla), Novelist Nadezhda Rashba (Endured Challenges), Poet Betti Gostomelskaya
Signings @ Kovcheg Russian Books
Stage: The Robertson Coffee House

Special Russian Fairy Tale Performance
by the Children of Dvorskaya Alternative School
10:00am-10:30am
Target Kids’ Stage
Fairy Tale Sales @ Kovcheg Russian Books

Readings from Russian Fairy Tales
by Kovcheg Russian Books
10:30am-10:45am
Target Kids’ Stage
Fairy Tale Sales@Kovcheg Russian Books

Mark Zisman Children’s Musical Theatre
1:15pm-1:45pm
Target Kids’ Stage
Fairy Tale Sales @ Kovcheg Russian Books

RUSSIAN ANGELENOS AUTHOR BIOGRAPHIES

Vilen Chernyak
Resident of the USA since 2000. Education background is in engineering, PhD.
A poet and interpreter. Writes in Russian, English and
Ukrainian. Published a poetry-collection « Differing Words»
(2006). Publications in almanacs and periodicals of the USA, Ukraine, Israel.

Inna Sanina
Resident of the USA since 1979. Education background is in architecture, PhD, Allied member of Architects. Member of the International P.E.N. Club, member of the Russian Literature Clubs of L.A. and New York. Recipient of the Award of the International Poetry Tournament of 2006. Published four poetry collections in the USA. Permanent publications in almanacs and periodicals of the USA, Belarus and Russia.

Leonid Vaisman
Born and raised in Kiev in 1932. In April of 1998 immigrated to California.
For 49 years Leonid’s professional work was in the field of development and production of electric insulating materials. He is the author of more than 400 scientific articles, monographs and patents.

Leonid started writing poetry in 1941. His first poem was published in 1949. He writes in Russian and Ukranian. His first collection of poetry was published in 1997. He is the author of 12 books, which include 3 collections of songs. His poetry is being published in numerous Russian Language publications all over the United States. In 2004, Leonid participated in the International competition “Autumn Gold” that was held in Kiev, Ukraine by the Unions of Writers and Composes, and was awarded by a diploma. Since 2003, Leonid have been a member of the International PEN Club.

Resident of the USA since 1998. Education background is in physics, P.h.D. A poet, member of the Russian language Literary Club of Los Angeles, member of the International Society of Poets, Member of the Writer’s Society of Izrael. The author of a few poetry almanacs. Recipient of the Award of All- American poetry contest of 2005.

Victor Rayzman
Rayzman Viktor, metallurgist and poet, was born in the City of Odessa, former USSR (now Ukraine) in 1934. Since 1944 till 1991 he lived in the city of Leningrad in Russia (now St. Petersburg). Doctor of Technical Sciences. Author and co-author of 180 scientific and technical publications involving 12 original papers and reports in English, 8 books, and 32 granted patents,

He arrived in the United States in October 1991. His poems were published in the Russian- American magazines and newspapers “Poetry Almanac” (San Jose), “Panorama” (Los Angeles), “Shalom” (San Diego), “Novoye Russkoye Slovo” (New York), “Rhythms of Cleveland” (Cleveland, Ohio), etc. His biography is published in the Who’s Who American Editions. In 2005 he published his poetry collection “A Memory Lane”

Semion Prokatov
Semion Prokatov, design engineer, inventor, poet. Born in Odessa, the Ukraine, in 1936. Retired from a local machine building company as a chief engineer. Has 20 patents from USSR and USA. Came to Los Angeles, USA, in 1991.
Author of 8 poetry books. Writes in English and Russian .One of his recent books “Little One and Grown-ups ” was published in Los Angeles in 2004. His poems appear in Russian language newspapers and periodicals. Three time Laureate of the International poetry contest “Pushin Lyre” . His poetry can be found in almanacs and periodicals in the countries of the former Soviet Union.

Arkadiy Gurovich
Arkadiy immigrated to the United States in the end of 1990, lived in New Jersey and New York. Since 1998 Arkadiy is a resident of West Hollywood.
His poems were published in some newspapers, almanacs and magazines of the United States in Russian.

Arkadiy is a mechanical Engineer by education. A poet and translator. Writes in Russian, Ukrainian and English. He published a collection of poem “Kingdom of Love”. His poetry can be found in almanacs and periodicals in the countries of the former Soviet Union.

Tatyana Lungina
Has been living in the United States since 1978. Photo journalist by education. Has journalist experience from many countries of the world. A novelist. Her book Vol’f Messing-chelovek-zagadka about Wolf Messing, Russia’s Greatest Psychic, brought her a world fame. Tatiana is the member of the Union of Journalists of the former Soviet Union and the member of Russian literary club of Los Angeles. Her works can be found in periodicals of the countries of the former Soviet Union. She also is the author of the first Russian Language Los Angeles tour guide.

David Zinoviev
Has lived in the USA since 1988. A Mechanical Engineer by education. Writes prose and poetry. Member of the Russian Literary Club of Los Angeles. Published 4 books.

Yury Avidon
Has been living in the United States since 1994. An Engineer Metallurgist by education.
Writes prose and poetry. Member of the Russian Literary Club of Los Angeles. The author of two books.

Yury Serebryany
Has been living in the US since 1988. A lawyer by education. A novelist, historian-researcher of the literature of the 14-18 centuries.
Yury bublished a book “Pantheon of the Russian Writers of the 18th century”. Yury is the member of the Russian literary club of Los Angeles. His works can be found in the periodicals of the countries of the former Soviet Union.

Anatoly Postolov
Came to the United States in 1979. Got his education as a philologist. A poet, prose writer and a songwriter (bard). In 2006 published a book “Superposition” and a few albums of songs. Often appears on the stage.

Yan Mayzels
Came to the United States in 1989. A physicist by education. A poet and a prose writer. Member of the Russian Literary Club of Los Angeles. Published a few poetry collections and books of prose. (Among them are: «Heavenly Clouds», «God’s Formula», «Realistic metaphysics of death» etc.)

Nadezhda Rashba
Came to the United States in1989. A doctor by education. A prose writer. Member of the Russian Literary Club of Los Angeles. Published a book «Endured Challenges». Nadezhda has publications in the Magazine “Terra Nova”.

Betti Gostomelskaya
Came to the United States in 1994. A chemist-technologist by education. A poet and a Member of Russian Literary Club of Los Angeles. A prizewinner and 2005-2006 International poetry contests laureate in Dusseldorf. Published in literary in American Almanacs.