Evocative Russian Writer to Speak at UNBC
April 1, 2005 for immediate release
A famed Russian writer has added Prince
George to a series of speaking engagements he will be making in
April – a tour that will also include stops in Seattle, New York,
and Washington.
Yuri Rytkheu (pron. Rit-koo) was born in 1930 in a small
fishing village on the coast of the Bering Sea.
He is a member of the Chukchi people, a Russian indigenous group whose
ancestral homeland is in Russia’s
far northeastern corner. Rytkheu’s latest book – due out in April – is a story
that captures the essence of a magnificent landscape and an ancient people. A
Dream in Polar Fog is about a Canadian soldier who is stranded on the Arctic Coast
and rescued by a Chukchi community. The book has been described by a German
publication as “A delicate, highly lyrical book.”
Yuri Rytkheu’s talk will be on Wednesday, April 6 at 7:30pm
in the Weldwood Theatre (7-238) located beside the Bookstore. Copies of A Dream in Polar
Fog will be available for purchase. The presentation itself is free and open to
the public.
Rytkheu has written ten novels, sailed the Bering
Sea, worked on Arctic geological expeditions, and hunted whale in
Arctic waters.
Contact:
Rob van Adrichem, Director of Media and Public Relations, UNBC
– 250.960.5622
John Young, Political Science professor, UNBC – 250.960.6636