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    30 March 2001

    The solemn meeting devoted to the International Children's Book Day 2001

        On March 28, the solemn meeting devoted to the International Children's Book Day 2001 took place at the Russian Cultural Foundation. Sergei V. Mikhalkov, RBBY president presided over the meeting.
       The meeting programme was consisted of:
    - presenting of IBBY Honourable certificate degrees and diplomas of RBBY;
    - the concert of young musicians and winners of diplomas and grants of the International Charitable Fund "New names" ( President Ms. Voronova I.N.);
    - the exposition of the International travelling exhibition IBBY - IBBY Honour List 2000).

       While opening the meeting S.Mikhalkov in particular said:
       "As you know, according to the decision of IBBY the 2nd of April - the birthday of X.K.Andersen- - is celebrated as International Children's Book Day ( ICBD) for the purpose of drawing national and international community's attention to literature, book art and book culture for children, and to the problem of children's book accessibility and the spreading of children's reading in the world.
       On this day, or on the eve, every national section - there are 68 of them in IBBY - arranges information work to attract public attention to this Day and gathers its members as well as friends supporting the National section with the purpose of reviewing what has been done.
       Every IBBY national section should arrange the fulfilment of IBBY's programmes and projects. We are endeavouring to do this also.
       Our section submits our representatives - artists, authors, and translators - for international reward's competitions. Our illustrators always participate in international artist's exhibitions. RBBY tries to be involved in all of IBBY's programmes. As one of the tasks of our section is the popularisation of modern values of literature and book culture for children over the World, for this purpose we use not only the programmes and projects of IBBY, but search for new forms of popularisation through co-operation. Thus, by close collaboration with the Centre of Russian Science and Culture in Prague, we have twice arranged Russian Children's Book Days in Czech Republic. The Days held in March had been devoted to the contemporary St.Petersburg children's book. This experiens will allow us to develop such a form of popularisation by conclusion of the agreements about Cupertino with other like Centres. Besides, we are developing the co-operation with Abby's sections of Ukraine, Switzerland, the Netherlands, Finland and others. We are having talks about bilateral and multilateral seminars on all professions of book culture for children.
       Why I speak so persistently about the popularisation of Russian national children's book values? Because around the World there is not quite enough information about modern Russian literature and book culture for children. To eliminate this gap in knowledge now we use the other form of popularisation. In particular, our secretariat has created RBBY information web-site in Russian and English languages. It is included into IBBY information network. On this site for the first time the information about activities of IBBY is being given for experts of Russia and CIS. Besides that, the exhibition stand of RBBY at the annual International Book Fairs in Moscow by now has turned into the traditional form of popularisation of the best in the national and the World's literature and book culture for children. The General Directorate of International Exhibitions and Book Fairs sponsors this stand. I would like to express my gratitude to its General Director Nikolai F. Ovsjannikov and Deputy Director Nina N. Sudjina.
       In my point of view of a person, who has been living in the children's literature for a long time and understanding clearly, how its trends can develop, we act without noise but do important work. I would like to underline that the main part of our activities, I mean the members of our organisation, is purely public. The Secretariat plays a role of an organiser and informant, but the projects are being developed and run by the members of RBBY on their own, that is very important for the development of our sphere of culture. An original project of All - Russia Contest of Children's Book "The paternal home" is being realised in the framework of the RBBY activities by Georgi Udin, RBBY Vice-president, an artist. The project "Modern illustration of children's book" is making the successful headway by efforts of Olga Korf, a RBBY EC member, a literary critic, Director of Moscow House of Children's Book. Alexander Shevchenko, a Vice-president of RBBY, Director of the publishing house "Samovar", has carried out the original project "The festival of Russian Fairy Tale" in Suzdal. As far as I know the similar project, but in the international scale, is being realised by Nicholai Mashovets, a member of the RBBY EC, Director of the publishing house "Russian Family". Igor Nagaev, Editor-in-chief of the magazine "The Children's Literature", runs the informational column about activities of IBBY and RBBY. Every year the newspaper "Pionerskaja Pravda" makes a special international issue devoted to ICBD, and I would like to express my gratitude to Olga Grekova, a member of RBBY EC, and Nina Rozhdestvenskaja, the Deputy Editor, for that.
       The programme of our solemn meeting has also been raised from the Cupertino and creative work of the members and the friends of RBBY. In conclusion of my introductory speech, I would like to thank all of those who have sponsored this meeting: Russian Cultural Foundation, within the framework of which our Board exists; International Charitable Fund "New names" and its president I.Voronova and her collaborators; publishing houses "Samovar", "Rosman", "Kultura I obrazovanije, ""Zolotoj Vek" (Saint - Petersburg)".

    Honoured Diplomas of IBBY were presented to:
    - V. Voskoboinikow, writer (Saint- Petersburg);
    - M.N. Juchma, poet, ( Tchuwashija)
    - N.M. Demurowa, translator.
    In 1998, on the eve of the 30th anniversary of RBBY, there were set up the following RBBY Honoured diplomas:
    - "For a valuable contribution in children's book publishing culture",
    - "For a valuable contribution in modern literature for children",
    - "For popularisation of Russian children's literature in the World",
    - "For popularisation of children's book arts".

    In 1998 the following publishing houses- "AST - Press", "Kaplja", "ELLIS LAK", "KRON- Press", "Samovar", "Fukuinkan Sjeten " (Japan), "Clarion Books" (USA), "Pomme d'Api"(France) were awarded the above diplomas.

    Diplomas of Russian Board on Books for Young People 2000 were presented:
    - "For contribution in children's book publishing"- to the publishing houses: "Kultura i Obrazovanie"(Saint-Petersburg) - for edition of the book "Zhizn zamechatelnykch detjej"(Outstanding children lives" by V.Voskoboinikow; "Grant" (Moscow) - for edition of the book "Zhizn Gospoda nashego IIsusa Christa" by Ch. Dickens translated by N. Demurowa; Printing house no.1 of the State Printing Committee of the Chuvash Republic - for issuing of the collected verses of M Uhma "Sapka Jurry".
    - "For contribution in book publishing for children of the World"- to "UN LIVRE MICHAEL NEUGEBAUER AUX EDITIONS NORD-SUD" (Gossau/Zurich) - for issuing of the book "POURQUOI?" (WHY?) of N. Popov;
    - "For contribution in popularisation of works of CH.K.Andersen" - to writer A. Trofimow for his novel "Cobbler's son", Moscow, "Armada", 1998.
    - "For contribution in development of contemporary children's literature"- to Moscow House of Children's Book, Director - O.Korf;
    - "For contribution in development of children's reading - to the Russian State Library for Children", Director - L. Zharkowa;
    - "For popularisation of Russian children's book in the World" - to the Russian Centre of Science and Culture in Prague.

    6 March 2001

    Days of contemporary Saint-Petersburg children's book in Prague

       From February 26 till March 2, 2001 in the Russian Center of Science and Culture in Prague within the frameworks of the events under the title "Contemporary Literature, Book Culture for Children of Russia" "The Days of Contemporary Saint-Petersburg Children's Book" were held. They were organized under the patronage of the Russian Cultural Foundation in accordance with the "Agreement about the cooperation between the Russian Center of Science and Culture in Prague, Board on Books for Young People of Russia, Saint-Petersburg branch of RBBY".

       The first "Days of Contemporary Literature, Book Culture for Children of Russia" in Prague were held in April 1999. In 1999 the Czech and Russian audience in Prague and Moravia got acquainted with the works of the poet S.V.Mikhalkov, the illustrators of the children's books - J.Antonenkov and K.Chelushkin; in Brno at the Institute called after the name of Masarik the critics-members of RBBY delegation and the researchers of the Institute called after the name of Masarik discussed the problems of the classical heritage of national cultures of the 20-th century.

        The objective of "The Days of Contemporary St.-Petersburg Children's Book in Prague" was to acquaint the Czech and Russian audience with literary, illustrative and publishing tendencies in the field of contemporary children's book in St.-Petersburg. The program of "The Days…" consisted of: the exhibition of an artist, illustrator, graphic and designer M.Bychkov, the laureate of the Scandinavian awards for his illustrations to Astrid Lindgren's books; the meeting with the writer V.Voskoboinikov, the laureate of the Honor List Diploma IBBY 2000; the presentation of the publishing programs of books for children of the St.-Petersburg publishing house "The Golden Age", the laureate of the All-Russian Competition of Children's Books under the title "The Father's House" 2000; the round table on the problems of children's reading, book publishing for children in the library called after the name of Suk ( a collector and specialist of Czech children's books) of the State Pedagogical Library called after the name of Jan Amos Komenskyi. In "The Days…" the leader of St.-Petersburg branch of "Radio of Russia" N.A.Ukhova participated.

       In the opening ceremony of "The Days…" the Prague publishing house "Aventinum" and the artist of the Russian Center of Science and Culture in Prague V.Neustrojev were awarded the Diplomas of the International Competition "Classics of Russian literature in the contemporary books for children", which was held in Moscow in 1999-2000, for the publisher's conception of the book "The Tales of A.S.Pushkin" in Czech, French and German and for the illustrations for this book, respectively.

  • On the exhibition of M.Bychkov sixty original illustrations for Astrid Lindgren's "Pippy Longstocking" and A.Grin's "Red Sails" were displayed.
  • The meeting devoted to V.Voskoboinikov gave those who visited this meeting a possibility to get acquainted with the works of one of the leading Russian children's writers and public figures in this field of Russian culture; to see his books, famous already for a long time and the new ones, written and published recently.
  • The presentation of the St.-Petersburg publishing house "Golden Age", which was conducted by its general director L.Shumakov consisted of the broad exposition of the book programs of the publishing house, prepared for children and the detailed explanation of the aims of these programs. The audience was very interested in the series of illustrated books on history of Russia for the children of 7-10 years old. L.Shumakov gave all the books from the exhibition to the library of the Russian Center of Science and Culture in Prague as a present.
  • The working round table in the library called after the name of Suk of the State Pedagogical library called after the name of Komenskyi was conducted by J.Prosalkova, the associate editor of the international children's magazine "Bookbird"; by Ivana Khutarzhova, the chief of the library called after the name of Suk of the State Pedagogical Library called after the name of Komenskyi; and by Dr. Jana Vatskova, the member of the Council of the Association of Specialists in Russian Culture. The participants of the round table discussed the problems of the contemporary conditions of book publishing business in Czech Republic and Russia. Ivana Khutarzhova, master Damlen and Ph.D. Kobzanova (the State Pedagogical Library called after the name of Komenskyi) told about the collection of the library called after the name of Suk, about its research programs, devoted to the study of children's reading, its contemporary structure and tendencies.


    •    "The Days…" revealed rather considerable interest among the artistic intelligentsia of Prague and especially its Russian part, to the conditions and development of this part of contemporary Russian culture. All the events within the frameworks of "The Days…" stimulated the dialogue between the organizations of the events and their visitors. 'The Days…" opened artistic and publishing audience of Prague unknown for them pages of the contemporary children's literature of Russia and, in particularly, of St.-Petersburg.

       "The Days…" were financially supported by: the Russian Center of Science and Culture in Prague, the Russian Cultural Foundation, the Board on Books for Young People of Russia (RBBY), the airlines "Pulkovo", the St.-Petersburg publishing house "Golden Age".

       The Board on Books for Young People of Russia is grateful to the director of the Russian Center of Science and Culture O.Ju.Ksenofontov for the opportunity to organize "The Days of Contemporary St.-Petersburg Children's Book in Prague", to the chief of the culture department of the Russian Center of Science and Culture O.I.Butskaja for the help in their organization and carrying out.

    10 December 2000

    The presentation of the St.Petersburg section of RBBY

       On December 7-8 in the Ceremonial Hall of the Central City Children's Library called after A.S.Pushkin was held the solemn presentation of the St.Petersburg section of RBBY. It was organised in 1998 and for two years before its official presentation worked fruitfully uniting those people for whom the work in the sphere of children's literature became creative, professional and public life. The St.Petersburg section of RBBY was joined by the representatives of the St.Petersburg's Unions of Writers and Artists, the department of children's literature of the University of Culture, libraries. The members of the organisational committee were L.G.Sekretaryova (Chairman of the Section), V.M.Voskoboinikov, L.Iu.Braude, M.D.Yasnov, V.G.Tragout, M.A.Bychkov, V.V.Golovin, E.P. Zagorskaya (Executive secretary of the Section), N.N.Maznyak, R.Z. Andrianova.

       The programme of the presentation included except its festive part: the reports on the subjects - "IBBY in the world, in Russia, in St.Petersburg", "St.Petersburg children's book", "Children's book in the dialogues of cultures"; the seminar of writers of Moscow and St.Petersburg under the name "New literature for children"; the presentation of the diplomas of All-Russian competition of children's book under the name "Paternal House" to the publishing houses of St.Petersburg. The big event of this programme was the presentation of the first issue of the St.Petersburg section of RBBY - the bibliographical collection under the name "The World of St.Petersburg Children's Book" - the book of biographies of the children's writers, artists and translators of today's St.Petersburg. The collection published by the publishing house "St.Petersburg - the 21 Century", was prepared in the collaboration with the Central City Children's Library called after A.S.Pushkin and is the result of the collective work of the members of the St.Petersburg section of RBBY: the librarians - L.Sekretaryova, E.Zagorskaya, N.Maznyak; artist M. Bychkov, writers - V.Voskoboinikov, M.Yasnov, L.Braude.

       In the presentation took part - the Executive Director of the International Board on Books for Young People Leena Maissen; the representative of the Norwegian literary foundation "Norla" Andrine Pollen; St.Petersburg and Moscow writers, artists, translators, publishers, literary critics, librarians, media. The official birth of St.Petersburg section of RBBY was welcomed by President of RBBY S.V.Michkalkov, Vice-President of the Russian Cultural Foundation, professor, an laureate of the State Award of Russia A.L.Nalepin, the First Deputy Chairman of the Committee of Culture of St.Petersburg Administration N.S.Batenin.
       The presentation was sponsored by St.Petersburg Charitable Public Foundation "Culture and Creative Work".

    1 November 2000

       International Illustration Competition - "Figures Futur 2000" (29.11 - 4.12 2000, "Salon du Livre de Jeunesse" (Books for Youth Fair), En Seine-Saint-Denis, Montreuil, France).
       Board on Books for Young People of Russia has nominated for the Contest "Figures Futur 2000" originals of illustrations of the young illustraters - V.Fomina, Ê. Cheluskin, D.Yudina.

    26 October 2000

    INTERNATIONAL COMPETITION "CLASSICS OF RUSSIAN LITERATURE IN THE CONTEMPORARY EDITIONS FOR CHILDREN" 1999-2000, Moscow, Russia

    Cover CD    The Board on Books for Young People of Russia prepared the computer version of the catalogue "The Laureates of the International Competition "Classics of Russian Literature in the Contemporary Editions for Children" devoted to the 200 anniversary of A.S.Pushkin.
       The International Competition "Classics of Russian Literature in the Contemporary Editions for Children" was held on the nominations "publisher's conception and its realization", "illustration", "commentaries".
       It was organized by the Board on Books for Young People of Russia (RBBY) in the cooperation with the IBBY National Section of Ukraine. The International Competition "Classics of Russian Literature in the Contemporary Editions for Children" was supported by the Russian Cultural Foundation, the Committee of Public and Interregional Relations of the Moscow Government, International Association of Writers' Unites, General Directorate of Moscow International Book Exhibitions and Fairs, Russian State Library, Russian State Children's Library, newspapers "Pionerskaya Pravda", "Knizhnoye Obozrenie", and the Secretariat of the International Board on Books for Young People (IBBY).

       About 150 editions and lists of original published and non-published illustrations were presented to the competition. Professional and children's jury awarded diplomas to 39 nominees.

       Among the winners are - the Publishing Houses: "Aventinum" (Czech Republic, Prague), "Dneprkniga" (Ukraine, Dnepropetrovsk), "Keadros" (Greece, Athens), "Udmurtia" (Izhevsk ), "Jantarnyi Skaz" (Kaliningrad), "Vetche", "Detskaya literatura", "Imeni Sabashnikovykch", "Raduga", "Rosman", "Russkyi mir", "Samovar", "Studio "Trite", "Rossiiskyi Archiv", Rumyantsev's Society of Friends of RSL (Moscow); the illustrators - G.Spirin (the USA), D.Korolevskaya, N.Muzychenko (Ukraine), V.Neustroev (Chech Republic), D.Trubin (Arhangelsk), V.Korkin (Izhevsk), V.Korolkov (Penza), M.Belyaeva, V.Vladimirskyi, B.Diodorov, A.Eliseev, I.Zolotova, A.Koshkin, V.Nazaruk, Yu.Nikolaev, V.Panov, K.Chelushkin, E.Shurlapova (Moscow); the literary critics - E.Putilova, (St.Petersburg ), A.Zhuravlev, V.Krupin, S.Kunyaev, V.Nepomnyashchy, V.Porudominsky, V.Troitsky, N.Yakushin (Moscow).

    THE FIRST DIPLOMAS
    In the nomination "publisher's conception and its realization"
    Studio "Trite" - "Russian Archive" (Moscow)
    For the edition: Gogol N.V. The Night before Christmas / Ill. A.T.Zvereva;
    Postface: S.Jamshchikova. - M., 1995.
    In the nomination "illustration"
    Diodorov Boris (Moscow, Russia)
    For the illustrations to the books: Aksakov S. The Red Flower. M.: Kron-Press, 1995; Sivka-Burka: Russian Folk Tale. Tokyo, Fukuinkan Sioten, 1996.
    Spirin Gennadyi (New-York, USA)
    For the illustrations to the books of A.S.Pushkin, A.P.Chechkov and Russian folk tales, published by the publishing house "Jantarnyi Skaz" (Kaliningrad, 1995-98).
    Chelushkin Kirill (Moscow, Russia)
    For the unpublished illustrations to the tale of A.S.Pushkin "A Drowned Man".
       
    Honoured Diploma "For the contribution to the popularization of Russian children's literature in the World"
    Publishing house "Keadros" (Greece, Athens) for the edition: Russian Folk Tales (Re-telling of A.N.Tolstoy) - Athens, 1999 (in Greek)

    16 October 2000 - IBBY-Asahi Reading Promotion Award 2001

       The 2001 IBBY-Asahi Reading Promotion Award will be given to the project "Children's Reading Development Programme in the Pechenga District 1992-2002", developed within the framework of the United Libraries of the Pechenga District of Russia (Murmanskyi Region, Pechenga District, the settlement - Nickel).

       The International Award Jury met in Cartagena de India, Colombia on 17 September 2000 and selected the Russian project that had been nominated by the Swedish and Norwegian IBBY Sections as the winner out of the eight nominees from different countries. The prize sum on 1 million Japanese yen will be presented to the winner at the Bologna Children's Book Fair on 4 April 2001.
       The project is directed by Ms.Marina Trusova, Director of the PCLS (the settlement - Nickel), supported by the colleagues from the nearby Norwegian town of Kirkenes. The aims of the reading programme are: to form reading habits among the children, to give them access to books and magazines, to stimulate reading as an intellectual and spiritual source, to develop the cooperation between the libraries and families.
       Pechenga district encompasses an area in the Barents region in northwestern Russia between the Polar Circle and the Arctic Sea, close to the Finnish and Norwegian borders.

    The other projects nominated for the 2001 Award were:

  • Les livres dans la rue (Books on the street; in Canada, nominated by the Canadian IBBY);
  • Caring for Young Refugees (in Cambodia, nominated by the Japanese IBBY);
  • Latvian Center for Children's literature (in Latvia, nominated by the Dutch, Belgian and Polish IBBY);
  • The reading Badge for Slovene Children in Foreign Countries (in Slovenia, nominated by the Slovene IBBY);
  • The Bunko Project (in Mexico, nominated by the Mexican IBBY);
  • Catalon Association of Friends of Children's and Young People's Books (in Spain, nominated by the Spanish IBBY);
  • European Picture Book Collection ( in the United Kingdom, nominated by the British IBBY);

    •    The 2000 IBBY-Asahi Reading Promotion Award Jury was composed of the following five members: Manorama Jafa (India) as chairperson, Silvia Castrillon (Colombia ), Tom Eckerman (Finland), Maria Jesua Gil (Spain) and Joan Glazer (USA).

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