Sergey Esenin Award presented to Venu V. Desam

The Sergey Esenin Award, instituted by the Russian House here and the Moscow State Esenin Museum, was presented to novelist, poet, and translator Venu V. Desam on Friday.The award was presented as par

The Sergey Esenin Award, instituted by the Russian House here and the Moscow State Esenin Museum, was presented to novelist, poet, and translator Venu V. Desam on Friday.

The award was presented as part of the 12th annual Russian Language and Literature Festival hosted by the Russian House.

Consul General of the Russian Federation in south India Oleg N. Avdeev inaugurated the ceremony. In his speech, Mr. Avdeev said Sergey Alexandrovich Esenin was a true national poet. “Esenin loved Russia. He wrote about the innocence of village life. His poems also reflected the pride he had for his country. He penned poems for the common people in Russia. With his love for the rural space, Esenin did not accept his counterparts’ industrial poems. I do not doubt that the literary festival will go a long way in promoting people-to-people ties between Russia and India.”