On 10 June 2026 at 21:00, Elena Kostioukovitch presented new book “Translating Umberto Eco in an era of revolutions” in Crema at CremArena, as part of the “I Manifesti di Crema” cultural series. >>

On 8 June 2026 at 18:00, Elena Kostioukovitch presented her new book “Translating Umberto Eco in an era of revolutions” with Damiano Rebecchini at Biblioteca Ostinata in Milan. 20 years after an insightful interview published in 2006 on Russian magazine NLO, Elena and Damiano continued their conversation about Umberto Eco. >>

Not long before Elena’s appearance at Salerno Letteratura, Elena’s interview with Francesca del Vecchio was published on La Stampa. >>

On 29 May 2026 at 18:30, Elena Kostioukovitch featured at a conference in Bologna at Fondazione Zeri, focused on the translation of Umberto Eco’s work, alongside Helena Lozano Miralles, Siri Neergard and Tadahiko Wada. >>

On 20 May 2026, a review of Elena Kostioukovitch’s new book “Translating Umberto Eco in an era of revolutions” was published on the online magazine Adnkronos. >>

On 16 May 2026, an interview with Elena Kostioukovitch by Monica Perosino was published on La Stampa. Elena reflects on Umberto Eco’s contribution to the circulation of foreign literature in the Soviet Union. >>

On 16 May 2026 at 17:15, Elena Kostioukovitch featured in an event in memory of Umberto Eco, “Umberto Eco: Ten Years Without”, part of the Turin International Book Fair (Lingotto Fiere – Padiglione 1 – Sala Granata). On this occasion, Elena Kostioukovitch also presented her upcoming book about her memories of Umberto Eco, called “Tradurre Umberto Eco mentre scoppiano le rivoluzioni” (La Nave di Teseo). >>

On 12 December 2025 at 17:00, Elena Kostioukovitch featured in a conference at the Sofia National Palace of Culture (NDK). The event, moderated by Daria Karapetkova, was focused on Elena’s experience translating Umberto Eco’s works and was called “Translating Umberto Eco”. The conference was held in Italian with simultaneous Bulgarian translation. >>

On 25 March 2022, Elena Kostioukovitch made an interview with Carlotta Macerollo (RaiNews24) about censorship in the Soviet Union and the effects it had on her Russian translation of Eco’s “The Name of the Rose”. >>

In this article celebrating 90 years’ anniversary since the birth of Umberto Eco, Anna Yamploskaya highlights Elena Kostioukovitch’s important contribution to Eco’s literary fortunes in Russia. What’s his legacy? >>

On 22 January 2018, Elena Kostioukovitch was interviewed by Olga Uvarova for the Russian website “Papmambuk”. In this conversation, she focused on the topic of translation, of children’s books in particular. >>

Interview with Elena Kostioukovitch >>

Se ne è andato uno dei più grandi intellettuali del Novecento. E la morte di Umberto Eco strappa al mondo non solo un grande scrittore, ma anche un’occasione di riconciliazione in un periodo di tensioni internazionali… >>

On March 20th 2015 Umberto Eco presented Elena Kostioukovitch’s novel Sette Notti at La Feltrinelli, Milan… >>

Elena Kostioukovitch is the winner of the 2012 edition of the ‘Nikolai Gogol in Italy’ award, established in 2009… >>