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Vikenti Veressaïev: Notes d’un médecin. Editions Noir sur Blanc. Mise en vente : 10 octobre 2024. 272 pages • 23 Euros • 28 CHF

Traduit du russe par Julie Bouvard. Préface de Dimitri Bortnikov   Collection La bibliothèque de Dimitri.  

Peu de livres ont aussi vivement ému la société russe à leur parution que ces Notes d’un médecin (1900) de Vikenti Veressaïev, auteur d’une vingtaine de récits et de nouvelles. La raison en est le caractère du texte, littéraire en même temps que naturaliste, mais aussi la charge critique de l’auteur envers sa profession et la société en général. Comparables aux Mémoires d’un jeune médecin de Mikhaïl Boulgakov, ami et admirateur de leur auteur, ces Notes d’un médecin nous plongent dans la société russe de la fin du XIXe siècle, avec toute sa misère, ses préjugés sociaux et ses drames individuels et collectifs, décrits avec un tel art littéraire qu’elles seront saluées par les plus grands écrivains de l’époque, à l’exemple de Tchekhov.

Vikenti Veressaïev (1867-1945) est un médecin, poète, romancier, critique et traducteur russe d’inspiration réaliste.

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Nadia Sikorsky

Nadia Sikorsky grew up in Moscow where she obtained a master's degree in journalism and a doctorate in history from Moscow State University. After 13 years at UNESCO, in Paris and then in Geneva, and having served as director of communications at Green Cross International founded by Mikhail Gorbachev, she developed NashaGazeta.ch, the first online Russian-language daily newspaper, launched in 2007.

In 2022, she found herself among those who, according to Le Temps editorial board, "significantly contributed to the success of French-speaking Switzerland," thus appearing among opinion makers and economic, political, scientific and cultural leaders: the Forum of 100.

After 18 years leading NashaGazeta.ch, Nadia Sikorsky decided to return to her roots and focus on what truly fascinates her: culture in all its diversity. This decision took the form of this trilingual cultural blog (Russian, English, French) born in the heart of Europe – in Switzerland, her adopted country, the country distinguished by its multiculturalism and multilingualism.

Nadia Sikorsky does not present herself as a "Russian voice," but as the voice of a European of Russian origin with the benefit of more than 30 years of professional experience in the cultural world. She positions herself as a cultural mediator between Russian and European traditions; the title of the blog, "The Russian Accent," captures this essence – the accent being not a linguistic barrier, not a political position but a distinctive cultural imprint in the European context.

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