On February 11, an online dialogue will take place with the participation of one of the brightest poets and performers in the UK, Rosie Carrick, and the famous Ulyanovsk poet, journalist and translator Sergei Gogin. The event will be the first in a series of online meetings of the Text-Air project, organized by the directorate of the Ulyanovsk – UNESCO City of Literature program. Its guests will be authors from the literary cities of the network, whose work is connected with the culture of Russia. So, Rosie Carrick is actively engaged in translations of poems by Vladimir Mayakovsky. Anyone can join the meeting and ask questions.

Participants of the online dialogue will talk about contemporary poetry in Great Britain and Russia, theater and performance, tell whether the processes associated with the pandemic have affected their work, and also present their texts and translations. In addition, you will be able to watch videos of performances by Rosie Carrick and learn about her work on a new collection of translations of Mayakovsky's little-known poems for children, Daughter. The meeting will be moderated by the poet, writer, playwright, coordinator of the Ulyanovsk – UNESCO City of Literature program Gala Uzryutova.

The online meeting will be held on February 11 at 20:00 Ulyanovsk time (19:00 Moscow time). Participation is free, registration is required (until February 10 inclusive). Zoom link will be sent to registered participants on the eve of the event (if you have problems with registration, or you did not receive the link on the eve of the event, please write to ulyanovsk.cityofliterature@gmail.com).

Dr. Rosie Carrick is a poet, playwright, translator, performer, and writing teacher. Living between Brighton and Norwich, the UNESCO City of Literature in the UK, she delivers poetry, performances and lectures in various countries and is one of the leading researchers on the work of the poet Vladimir Mayakovsky.

Charisma, eccentricity and recognizable style have made Rosie Carrick one of Britain's most unusual contemporary poets. “I like the idea that poetry is a hammer, not a mirror,” says the author.

Rosie Carrick received a BA in English and Writing from the University of Wales and an MA in Critical Theory and Writing from the University of Sussex, where she completed her PhD in 2016 on the work of Vladimir Mayakovsky. Carrick edited and co-translated Volodya: Selected Works of Vladimir Mayakovsky, published by Enitharmon Press in 2015. Chokey's debut collection of poems was published in 2018 by Burnng Eye Books.

Rosie Carrick also co-curates the Port Eliot Poetry Stage. As a playwright, Rosie is known for her acclaimed play Passionate Machine, first presented in the UK in 2018 and then toured the world and won several awards. This is a witty story about obsession, salvation and finding yourself. In addition, Rosie has been teaching creative writing and performance classes for over 15 years.

Sergei Gogin was born in 1964 in Uralsk. In 1981 he graduated from secondary school No. 1 in Ulyanovsk, in 1986 - from the Ulyanovsk Polytechnic Institute. He worked at the regional radio and television, in the city newspaper "Simbirsky Courier", hosted the author's program at the TRK "Europroject", worked in the journal "Journalism and Media Market". In 1996 he graduated from American University in Washington DC with a degree in journalism and mass communications.

From 2014 to 2017 on the stage of the Ulyanovsk Regional Drama Theater there was a one-act play "A Little Man with a Big Heart" based on Sergei Gogin's free verse cycle "About a Little Man", today this performance is in the repertoire of the Ulyanovsk Youth Theater.

Since September 2014, he has been the head of the Eight literary studio, and since February 2016, he has been leading the Crossroads English conversation club. The author's publications in well-known literary magazines can be read in the Journal Hall.

Photo - Rosycarrick.com, as well as from the archive of Sergei Gogin