Elena Kostioukovitch is coming to Panamà on 21 November 2017 to present her book “Why Italians Love to Talk About Food”. She will arrive to this Central-American country in the middle of the “Week of Italian Gastronomy” feast. >>

On 7 October 2017 Elena Kostioukovitch participated in an interview, in which also Sergio Romano and Evgeny Utkin took part, for the radio program “Moby Dick” on the Swiss Radio RSI LA 2. The topic was the Russian Revolution. >>

Ludmila Ulitskaya and Elena Kostioukovitch meet the Glasgow University students on the academic conference: “100 Years of Russian Studies at the University of Glasgow – Teaching, Research, Memory”. >>

On 19 May 2017, in Varna, on the occasion of the grand opening of the touristic season, in partnership with Varna Radio, National Radio and Television of Bulgaria, there was a presentation of the Bulgarian edition of Elena Kostioukovitch’s book “Why italians love to talk about food”, published by Avliga Books in Sofia. >>

A commemorative plaque in honor of Grigory Benyaminovich Konstantinovsky, killed in the years of mass repression – grand-grandfather of Elena Kostioukovitch – has been affixed in Kiev on May 5, 2017. >>

Elena Kostioukovitch made an interview for site “24tv.ua”, explaining what her travel to Kiev meant for her, what her generation has been deprived of by the Sovietic repression machine and why we can never forget about it. >>

Text, written by Elena Kostioukovitch for “Last Address” website, for the day in which a commemorative plaque in honour of Grigory Benyaminovich Konstantinovsky will be attached to the wall of his house in Kiev, Shota Rustaveli St., n.23. >>

On 5 May 2017 at 14.00 a commemorative plaque in honour of Elena’s grand-grandfather, the engineer Grigory Benyaminovich Konstantinovsky, will be attached to the wall of his house in Kiev, Shota Rustaveli St., n.23. All welcome to the opening ceremony! >>

Elena Kostioukovitch participated in the 144th edition of the Carnival of Viareggio as a member of the jury. The majestic final parade of 37 floats and masks took place on the 26th of February… >>

Elena Kostioukovitch had a dialogue with Fausto Malcovati at Teatro Franco Parenti on the 14th of March 2017 at 7 pm about the role of women in Dostoyevsky’s literary work. >>

Elena Kostioukovitch is Russian and she not only translated Umberto Eco’s novels into her language. She is also the author of “Why Italians Love to Talk About Food”, a book whose foreword has been written with pleasure by Umberto Eco himself. >>

Able to laugh even about his own funniness, Umberto Eco passed away just in time – suggests the translator of his works, author of this text – to avoid the troubles of senility; he leaves us a work which is truly indispensable. >>

Elena Kostioukovitch’s book is an enchanting trip through geography and taste, to find out about history, culture and customs of Italy. >>