Anna Kovalova

Anna Kovalova

Permanent address: Tatarskaya st., 5

Moscow, Russia

Email: [e-mail]

Date of Birth: 7/05/1985

Place of Birth: Lviv, USSR

Education:

3/2009 – 11/2012 Ph. D.:

Saint Petersburg State University

Saint Petersburg, Russia

Dissertation: “Nikolai Erdman’s Screenplays: Evolution and Poetics”

Degree of Candidate of Philological Sciences

9/2002 – 6/2007 M. Sc.:

Saint Petersburg State University, Department of Russian language and literature

Master’s degree with distinction in Russian language and literature

Professional Positions:

School of Philology (Higher School of Economics, Moscow)

09/2015 – present Lecturer

Faculty of Philology (Saint Petersburg State University, Russia)

03/2009 – 08/2015 Research Fellow

Journal “Seans”

9/2007 – 5/2010 Assistant Editor

TV show “Occupation Layer” (Channel 5, Russia)

5/2005 – 12/2008 Assistant Editor; Scriptwriter

Books:

The Cinematograph in Petersburg, 1907-1917: Motion Picture Industry and Filmography [Кинематограф в Петербурге (1907-1917). Кинопроизводство и фильмография]. Saint Petersburg: Scriptorium, 2012. 381 pp.

With Yuri Tsivian. The Cinematograph in Petersburg, 1896-1917: Motion Picture Theatres and Spectators [Кинематограф в Петербурге (1896-1917). Кинотеатры и зрители]. Saint Petersburg: Seans, Scriptorium, 2011. 236 pp.

With Lev Lurie. Dovlatov [Довлатов]. Saint Petersburg: Amphora, 2009. 441 pp.

Volumes Edited:

Nikolai Erdman. Screenplays [Николай Эрдман. Киносценарии]. Edited, compiled and with an introduction by Anna Kovalova. Saint Petersburg: Seans, 2010. 779 pp.

Review A Great Russian Playwright Rediscovered as a Great Screenwriter by John Freedman in Moscow Times. 2011, 7 February: (www.themoscowtimes.com).

Review The Third Breakthrough [Tретий прорыв] by Alexander Khort in Literaturnaya Gazeta (Moscow). No 10. 2011, 23 March.

Articles in Journals and Books:

a) in English:

“Alexander Pushkin's Stone Guest as the Source of Anna Karenina // Tolstoy Studies Journal. v. XXVI (2014) 48-54

“Drama Innovations in Nikolai Erdman’s The Warrant and The Suicide”. Translated by Evgenii Grishin. The Russian Review. v. 73, no 2 (2014) 261-280

With Vladislav Ivanov. “Boris Glagolin and the Cinema.” Translated by Natalie Ryabchikova. Studies in Russian & Soviet Cinema. v. 7, no 3 (2013) 265-293

“Nikolai Erdman and the poetics of children’s film scripts.” Translated by Birgit Beumers. Studies in Russian & Soviet Cinema. v. 6, no 2 (2012) 163–175.

“Cinema in Petersburg. Petersburg in Cinema.” Translated by Sergei Afonin, Alice Jondorf. Petersburg as Cinema [Петербург как кино]. Saint Petersburg, Seans, 2011: 71.

With Petr Bagrov. “Leningrad Cinema as History of Screen Adaptations”. Translated by Birgit Beumers. Catalogue for Kinotavr: The 22^nd Open Russian Film Festival. Sochi, 2011: 122.

b) in Italian:

“Russian cinema and Literature.” [Cinema russo e letteratura] Translated by Giulia Marcucci. Cinema russo contemporaneo. Venezia: MarsilioEditori, 2010. P. 142-153

c) in Russian:

With Vladimir Nikitin. “V. K. Bulla, a camereman in cinema.” [В.К. Булла – кинооператор] Kinovedcheskie zapiski no 102-103 (2013) 345-356

“Russian Screenwriting in the 1910-1920s.” [Сценарий в русском кино 1910-1920-х гг.: к истории вопроса] Saint Petersburg State University Bulletin [Vestnik Sankt-Peterbugskogo Universiteta] no 3 (2013) 33-47

With Yulia Babicheva, Mikhail Kozmenko. “Leonid Andreev and Cinema” [Л. Н. Андреев и кино] Saint Petersburg State University Bulletin [Vestnik Sankt-Peterbugskogo Universiteta] no 4 (2012) 149-163

“On V. F. Gelgar and “The Vita” film studio” [О В. Ф. Гельгаре и кинофирме «Вита»]. Kinovedcheskie zapiski no 100 (2012) 646-652.

With Petr Bagrov. “1910. Cinema in Russia” [1910 год. Кинематограф в России]. L’anno 1910 in Russia [The Year 1910 in Russia]. Salerno: Europa Orientalis, 2012: 25-50.

“Sergei Dovlatov and “The Kostyor” Magazine” [Сергей Довлатов в журнале «Костер»]. Sergei Dovlatov: Face, Literature, Epoch [Сергй Довлатов: лицо, словесность, эпоха]. St. Petersburg, Zvezda, 2012: 36-40.

“Nikolai Leskov’s Granddaughter and Pre-revolutionary Cinema” [Внучка Лескова и дореволюционное кино]. Kinovedcheskie zapiski no 98 (2011) 41-51.

“Cinema in Petersburg. Petersburg in Cinema” [Кино в Петербурге. Петербург в кино]. Petersburg as Cinema [Петербург как кино]. St. Petersburg, Seans, 2011: 48-70.

“Poetics of the Early Comedy Screenplays by Nikolai Erdman” [Поэтика ранних кинокомедий Н.Р. Эрдмана]. Tomsk State Pedagogical Bulletin [Вестник Томского государственного педагогического университета] no 7 (2011) 34-40.

With Petr Bagrov. “Leningrad Cinema as a History of Adaptations” [Ленинградское кино как история экранизаций]. Catalogue for Kinotavr: The 22^nd Open Russian Film Festival [22 Кинотавр: Открытый российский кинофестиваль: Каталог]. Sochi, 2011: 122.

“Screenplay as Literature” [Киносценарий как литературный жанр] International young scholars conference “Lomonosov-2011” proceedings [Материалы Международного молодежного научного форума «ЛОМОНОСОВ-2011»] Eds. A. Andreev, A. Andrianov, E. Antipov, M. Chistiakova [digital recourse] Moscow, Max Press, 2011.

“Pre-revolutionary Russian Cinema… and the Children” [Дореволюционное кино... и дети]. Kinovedcheskie zapiski no 94/95 (2010) 362-377.

“Nikolai Erdman’s Screenplays” [Кинодраматургия Николая Эрдмана]. Nikolai Erdman. Screenplays [Николай Эрдман. Киносценарии]. Edited, compiled and with an introduction by Anna Kovalova. Saint Petersburg, “Seans”, 2010: 9-60.

“Nikolai Erdman’s Screenplays: Poetics” [Киносценарии Н.Р. Эрдмана: вопросы поэтики] International young scholars conference “Lomonosov-2010” proceedings [Материалы Международного молодежного научного форума «ЛОМОНОСОВ-2010»] Eds. I. Aleshkovsky, P. Kostylev, A. Andreev, A. Andrianov [digital recourse] Moscow, Max Press, 2011.

“J. B. [Joseph Brodsky], a Communal Apartment Neighbor” [И. Б. [Иосиф Бродский], сосед по коммуналке]. Neva no 5 (2010) 213-223.

“Nikolai Erdman’s Screenplays: Ideas and Poetics” [Киносценарии Н.Р. Эрдмана: проблематика и поэтика]. Saint Petersburg State University Bulletin [Vestnik Sankt-Peterbugskogo Universiteta] no 3 (2010) 60-69.

“Avenue du cinéma. Nevsky Prospect: 1896-1917” [Avenue du cinema. Невский проспект (1896-1917 гг.)]. Seans no 41-42 (2010) 284-304.

“A Grown Up Alice” [Взрослая Алиса]. Seans no 41-42 (2010) 169.

“A Tsar-Child” [Царь как ребенок]. Seans no 41-42 (2010) 180.

“Childish Parents” [Родители как дети]. Seans no 41-42 (2010) 191-192.

Encyclopedia Articles:

“57 Cinematographers Refuse to Cooperate with Central Television” [57 кинематографистов заявляют о своем нежелании участвовать в программах ЦТ]. Newest History of Domestic Cinems: Cinema and Context [Новейшая история отечественного кино: 1986-2000: Кино и контекст]. Vol. V. Saint Petersburg: Seans, 2004: 501.

“The First “Kinotavr” Film Festival Starts in Sochi” [В Сочи открывается первый фестиваль «Кинотавр»]. Newest History of Domestic Cinems: Cinema and Context [Новейшая история отечественного кино: 1986-2000: Кино и контекст]. Vol. V. Saint Petersburg: Seans, 2004: 516-518.

“President of the MPAA Jack Valenti Declares Embargo on Import of American Major Film Production to the USSR” [Президент «MPA» Джек Валенти объявляет об эмбарго на импорт в СССР продукции американских студий-мейджоров]. Newest History of Domestic Cinems: Cinema and Context [Новейшая история отечественного кино: 1986-2000: Кино и контекст]. Vol. V. Saint Petersburg: Seans, 2004: 522-523.

“The Last Ceremony of the Russian Academy Awards “Nika” that Deals with Films of the Soviet Production” [Церемония вручения профессиональной кинематографической премии «Ника». Последнее вручение «крылатых статуэток» за фильмы, снятые в СССР]. Newest History of Domestic Cinems: Cinema and Context [Новейшая история отечественного кино: 1986-2000: Кино и контекст]. Vol. V. Saint Petersburg: Seans, 2004: 599.

““Encyclopedia of Literary Characters” and the volume “All Masterpieces of World Literature Briefly Retold” are published by “Agraph”” [В издательстве «Аграф» выходит «Энциклопедия литературных героев», следом – «Все шедевры мировой литературы в кратком изложении. Зарубежная литература XIX в.»]. Newest History of Domestic Cinems: Cinema and Context [Новейшая история отечественного кино: 1986-2000: Кино и контекст]. Vol. VII. Saint Petersburg: Seans, 2004: 119-120.

“Campaign “Poems at the Metro” starts in Moscow and in Saint Petersburg” [В московском и петербургском метрополитенах начинается акция «Стихи в метро»]. Newest History of Domestic Cinems: Cinema and Context [Новейшая история отечественного кино: 1986-2000: Кино и контекст]. Vol. VII. Saint Petersburg: Seans, 2004: 122.

“The Death of Daphne du Maurier” [Умерла Дафна Дюморье]. Newest History of Domestic Cinems: Cinema and Context [Новейшая история отечественного кино: 1986-2000: Кино и контекст]. Vol. V. Saint Petersburg: Seans, 2004: 249.

“The Death of Rex Harrison” [Умер Рекс Харрисон]. Newest History of Domestic Cinems: Cinema and Context [Новейшая история отечественного кино: 1986-2000: Кино и контекст]. Vol. V. Saint Petersburg: Seans, 2004: 476.

“The Death of Audrey Hepburn” [Умерла Одри Хепберн]. Newest History of Domestic Cinems: Cinema and Context [Новейшая история отечественного кино: 1986-2000: Кино и контекст]. Vol. VI. Saint Petersburg: Seans, 2004: 362.

“Ang Lee’s “Sense and Sensibility” wins the Golden Bear at the 46th Berlin International Film Festival” [Берлинское жюри во главе с Никитой Михалковым вручает «Золотого Медведя» фильму Анга Ли «Чувство и чувствительность»]. Newest History of Domestic Cinems: Cinema and Context [Новейшая история отечественного кино: 1986-2000: Кино и контекст]. Vol. VI. Saint Petersburg: Seans, 2004: 834-835.

Historical Documents Edited:

“The Main Instructions for Watching Films (1915)” [Главные указания при просмотре кинематографических лент]. Published and commented by Anna Kovalova. Kinovedcheskie zapiski no 92/93 (2009) 449-455.

Awards:

2013 17^th “Belye Stolby” Archival Film Festival “Prize to the Young Film Critic for Fascinating Books and Essays on Russian Film History” [Приз молодому киноведу за яркие книги и статьи по истории отечественного кино]

2013 The Russian Guild of Film Critics Diploma for the book “The Cinematograph in Petersburg, 1907-1917: Motion Picture Industry and Filmography”

2010 Mikhail Levitin Prize of Russian Guild of Film Critics for editing Nikolai Erdman’s “Screenplays”

Editorial Boards, Expert Councils and Committees:

2010 – present Encyclopedia “Three Centuries of Saint Petersburg. The XXth Century” [Три века Санкт-Петербурга. ХХ век] Saint Petersburg, Faculty of Philology Saint Petersburg State University. Forthcoming in 2014.

2011 “Metropolis” Youth Film Festival Search Committee

2009 – 2011 Online encyclopedia “Encyclopedia of Russian and Soviet Cinema” [«Энциклопедия отечественного кино»] (www.russiancinema.ru).

Organization of Retrospectives:

2011, 4-11 June Retrospective. “Leningrad Cinema as a History of Adaptations” [Ленинградское кино как история экранизаций]. (Sochi, Kinotavr: The 22^nd Open Russian Film Festival [22 Кинотавр: Открытый российский кинофестиваль]). Curator (with Petr Bagrov).

Scripts for TV Documentaries:

The Series “Occupation Layer”

2008 “Christmas Animation” [«Новогодняя мультипликация»]. With Lev Lurie. Made for and demonstrated on Channel 5.

2007 “Lolita Torres” [«Лолита Торрес»]. With Alexander Deriabin, Lev Lurie. Made for and demonstrated on Channel 5.

2007 “Slovo and its Case” [«Слово и дело»]. With Lev Lurie. Made for and demonstrated on Channel 5.

2006 “The Double Portrait: Ioganson, Ermler” [«Двойной портрет: Иогансон, Эрмлер»]. With Lev Lurie. Made for and demonstrated on Channel 5.

2006 “Evgenii Shvarts: the Late Début” [«Шварц. Поздний дебют»]. With Lev Lurie. Made for and demonstrated on Channel 5.

2006 “Dobrotvorsky. Cinema to the Touch” [«Добротворский. Кино на ощупь»]. With Lev Lurie. Made for and demonstrated on Channel 5.

2005 “Cinderella” [«Золушка»]. With Lev Lurie. Made for and demonstrated on Channel 5.

2005 “Sherlock Holmes is Starting” [«Шерлок Холмс начинается»]. With Lev Lurie. Made for and demonstrated on Channel 5.

2005 “Sherlock Holmes. The End of the Story” [«Шерлок Холмс. Конец истории»]. With Lev Lurie. Made for and demonstrated on Channel 5.

2005 “Sergei Dovlatov: the Suitcase” [«Сергей Довлатов. Чемодан»]. With Lev Lurie. Made for and demonstrated on Channel 5.

2005 “Sergei Dovlatov: the Compromise” [«Сергей Довлатов. Компромисс»]. With Lev Lurie. Made for and demonstrated on Channel 5.

Membership in Professional Unions:

2010 – present Member of the Russian Guild of Film Scholars and Film Critics

Conference Appearances and Invited Talks:

“Russian Cinemas during the First World War” [Российские кинотеатры в годы Первой мировой войны] NIIK VGIK Conference “The First World War in the Mirror of the Cinema” [Конференция «Первая мировая война в зеркале русского кинематографа» НИИК ВГИК] 9 October 2014.

“Sergei Dovlatov and “The Kostyor” Magazine” [Сергей Довлатов в журнале «Костер»] II International Conference “Dovlatov Readings” [II Международная конференция «Довлатовские чтения»] 3 September 2011.

“Screenplay as Literature” [Киносценарий как литературный жанр] XVII International young scholars conference “Lomonosov-2011” [XVII Международный молодежный научный форум «ЛОМОНОСОВ-2011»] 15 April 2011.

“Nikolai Erdman’s Screenplays”: Lecture and Book Launch [«Кинсценарии Николая Эрдмана»: лекция и презцентация книги] XVII Russian Film Festival of Literature and Cinema [XVII Российский кинофестиваль «Литература и кино»] 13 March 2011.

“Nikolai Erdman’s Screenplays: Poetics” [Киносценарии Н.Р. Эрдмана: вопросы поэтики] International young scholars conference “Lomonosov-2010” [Международный молодежный научный форум «ЛОМОНОСОВ-2010»] 14 April 2010.

“Petersburg Pre-revolutionary Cinema” [Петербургское дореволюционное кино] Round table “Leningrad Film School: Great changes?” [Круглый стол «Ленинградская школа – большая перемена?»] 1 October 2010.

[Sergei Dovlatov acting as Peter the First] Pyotr Vail’s Radio Show “Peter the First” on Radio Liberty’s Russian Service. March 2005.