Venedikt Erofeev ‘Living Voice’

Venedikt Erofeev’s prose-poem Moscow-Petushki (1970) is an alcoholic epic full of existential and metaphysical meaning. The work firmly established its author’s place as a great Russian writer.

In 2019, an unknown interview with Erofeev (1938-1990), conducted in 1982 by journalist (and SSEES alumna) Dr Daphne Skillen, was discovered in London. It is the only recording of Erofeev’s voice in conversation before he lost it due to throat cancer in the final years of his life.

The recording of this interview will be played during the event. There will be an introduction and commentary by Dr Svetlana McMillin, with the participation of Dr Daphne Skillen.

The Russian text of the interview was published in the journal Znamia (no. 10, 2019) and can be found here.

Free entrance, registration required