The Bunin Estate – legally reconstituted

   new representation

The Wiedling Literary Agency is proud to have been assigned the exclusive representation outside of Russia of Nobel Prize Winner for Literature – Ivan Alekseevich Bunin.

Bunin was the first Russian writer to receive the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1933 „for the strict artistry with which he has carried on the classical Russian traditions in prose writing.“

Bunin died in Paris, France in 1953, so his intellectual property is continuously under international copyright protection. Due to historical circumstances during and also after the Cold War, only recently the successors of Bunin’s relatives and rightful heirs could be traced completely and thus The Bunin Estate has now been legally reconstituted.

With publishers outside Russia Wiedling Literary Agency is ready to negotiate licenses for Bunin’s works in translation or to reshape valid license contracts to reflect the rightful ownership of copyright. For all questions concerning translations rights for Bunin’s works including provision of respective legal documents we ask to write to Wiedling Literary Agency and/or The Bunin Estate.

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Viktor Remizov

      new representation

We are happy to announce that Viktor Remizov has joined Wiedling Literary Agency. Remizov is an already successful author well-known also outside of Russia with translations published in 6 languages.

„Victor Remizov is not just a traditional prose writer, he is a traditional writer par excellence: intelligent, calculating, comprehensive, slow-paced as a taiga fisherman…“ SVOBODNAYA PRESSA

Pavel Basinski – The secret Life of Liza Dyakonova

   new representation

The agency is proud to represent the new title LOOK AT ME. THE SECRET LIFE OF LIZA DYAKONOVA by Pavel Basinski, one of the most influencial and highly acclaimed literary critics in Russia. His previous book «Leo Tolstoy. Flight from Paradise» brought him first attention from a worldwide audience.

Liza Dyakonova had the potential to become a guiding figure of European feminism, if her fate had been known or, alternatively, not completely neglected by the Russian intellectuals. The re-discovery of this exceptional woman may well correct this. Her life exemplary, her death in 1902 mysterious. The naked body of  the young woman is found on the bank of a mountain stream in the Tyrolean Alps. Is it murder or suicide? Basinski‘s „documentary novel“ attempts to find an explanation for her mysterious death.

„Basinski has written a documentary-thriller about the first Russian feminist.“ ROSSIISKAYA GAZETA

Zaza Burchuladze – Award ceremony Brücke Berlin Preis 2018

   award

The Georgian author Zaza Burchuladze and his translator Natia Mikeladse-Bachsoliani have been elected winners of the BRÜCKE BERLIN AWARD for the novel TOURISTENFRÜHSTÜCK, published 2017 in German by blumenbar.

Next Tuesday September 29 at 7pm the ceremony will take place in Berlin in the Deutsches Theater, Schumannstraße 13.

Reservations for a free ticket for the public discussion panel at 5pm per email to becker@lcb.de

Vladimir Sharov ☦︎

   obituary

After longer severe illness the Russian writer Vladimir Sharov has passed away. Our thoughts are with his widdow, his family and friends.

Some weeks ago a last new novel KINGDOM OF AGAMEMNON has been published in Russian. The novels that made him famous due to the provoking discussion of the entanglement of communism and religion, BEFORE AND DURING and REHEARSALS, are both available in full English translation.

Olga Beshlei – My weird lover from the FSB

    new sale

Estonian language rights for Olga Beshlei’s book MY WEIRD LOVER FROM THE FSB have been sold to post factum publishers.

There are 2 chapters available in German translation: «The FSB and my big pink dildo» and «Latyshka».

Zaza Burchuladze – Award «Brücke Berlin»

   new award

The Georgian author Zaza Burchuladze and his translator Natia Mikeladse-Bachsoliani have been elected winners of the BRÜCKE BERLIN AWARD for the novel TOURISTENFRÜHSTÜCK, published 2017  in German by blumenbar.

The award was founded by BHF Bank Stiftung in cooperation with  Goethe-Institut, Literarisches Colloquium Berlin and the Deutsches Theater Berlin. The ceremony will take place September 25 in Berlin.