Application opens February 2019
For fiction/non-fiction writers in Russian.
MA “Creative Writing” is:
- Practical and theoretical/historical courses, such as Creative Writing Workshop, Storytelling in Different Media, Literary Editing,Poetics of Novel and Screenwriting;
- Unique professors and teachers, among them famous Russian writers, screenwriters and critics – Marina Stepnova, Lyudmila Ulitskaya, Lev Danilkin, Sergey Gandlevsky and Maya Kucherskaya as well as prominent philologists, authors of academic and non-fiction books Oleg Lekmanov, Ekaterina Lyamina and Alexey Vdovin;
- Participation in open readings, discussions and literary expeditions, publications in students’ projects;
- International exchange – lectures and workshops of the leading specialists in Creative Writing, students’ exchange in the best world universities;
- Help and support in the process of employment in various publishing houses, editorials, Mass Media, high schools and universities and PR;
- Creation and participation in cultural projects;
- Flexible timetable enabling students to work while studying.
Our graduates already work in the best publishing houses, universities and schools in Moscow. Their writing is published in the authoritative literary magazines. Their projects (such as prize “_Litblog” for the best literary blogger and first Creative Writing Internet resource in Russian “Mnogobukv”and collections of prose) have gained much attention.
Language of instruction: Russian
You can apply to non-paid place as a foreign student in February. Looking forward to seeing you at Higher School of Economics!
More information about the programme: https://www.hse.ru/en/ma/litmaster