''Zone'' was a

Buenos Aires Buenos Aires, controlled by the government of the Autonomous City of Buenos Aires, is the Capital city, capital and largest city of Argentina. It is located on the southwest of the Río de la Plata. Buenos Aires is classified as an Alpha− glob ...

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-based forum for international

poetry Poetry (from the Greek language, Greek word ''poiesis'', "making") is a form of literature, literary art that uses aesthetics, aesthetic and often rhythmic qualities of language to evoke meaning (linguistics), meanings in addition to, or in ...

and

prose Prose is language that follows the natural flow or rhythm of speech, ordinary grammatical structures, or, in writing, typical conventions and formatting. Thus, prose ranges from informal speaking to formal academic writing. Prose differs most n ...

History and profile

In December 2006, ''Zone'' presented ''La Nueva Poesía Ruskaya'' (''The New Russian Poetry'') at Crack-Up bookstore, in

Palermo Soho Palermo is a or neighborhood of Buenos Aires, Argentina. It is located in the north of the city, near the Río de la Plata. It has a total land area of 17.4 km2 and a population of 249,016. It is the only within the administrative division ...

, Buenos Aires, featuring translations from

Russian Russian(s) may refer to: *Russians (), an ethnic group of the East Slavic peoples, primarily living in Russia and neighboring countries *A citizen of Russia *Russian language, the most widely spoken of the Slavic languages *''The Russians'', a b ...

to English by Russian-American poet Peter Dimitry Golub, and English to

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by ''Zone'' contributors Mariana Calandra, Roger McDonough and Andrew Haley. ''La Nueva Poesía Ruskaya'' introduced the poetry of Viktor Ivaniv, Julia Idlis, Danila Davydov and other members of "Russia’s Debut Poets" to

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. ''Zone'' maintained an online magazine featuring avant-garde and world poetry and prose until 2012. Past contributors include Richard Cronshey, Sergio Balari Ravera, Pino Blasone, Martins Iyoboyi, Ayn Frances dela Cruz, Rodrigo Verdugo Pizarro, MK Ajay and Prakash Kona.

References

*Jeannette Neumann: Internet Babel: ''Zone'' (Buenos Aires Herald, 7 April 2007)

External links

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