2009 BOOK AWARDS www.indieexcellence.com
Multicultural Fiction Finalist
http://www2.xlibris.com/bookstore/bookdisplay.aspx?bookid=35826
Shalom Tower Syndrome was also a Finalist in the "Fiction & Literature" category at
The National Best Books 2007 Awards. It was also released in 2008 in Italian by Edizioni Fabio Croce
The novel is set in Israel. Alexis, who grew up in Rwanda-Burundi, is the son of an Italian Jew and a beautiful mulatto woman. As a young adult, he now queries the complexity of his roots: African-European and Judeo-Christian (his mother was raised a Catholic). The author guides the reader through a progression of exciting and complicated episodes involving Alexis. With his American wife he will vacation in Israel, and that stay will be a turning point in his life. The past catches up with him, exploding with the images of one man's life kaleidoscope: the memories of his African years, colliding with the more recent images of Milan, the smells, the colors and the primeval beauty of the black continent, mingling with those of Italy, as well as with the violent feelings Israel stirs in him. In that dense and haunting atmosphere he will meet young Israelis, a Palestinian and a German professor, the nephew of a Nazi soldier who died during WWII. Will Alexis finally reconcile himself with the conflicting parts of his identity? Will he feel more African or more European; more Catholic or more Jewish; or will his new environment help him find peace within himself, in spite of the country’s current dangers? The ‘mystery’ will unravel in the last chapter of this largely autobiographical novel. ‘There is a type of novel whose aim, as Jonathan Swift wrote of his intention behind Gulliver's Travels, is to “vex the world rather than divert it.” If it's a good and true novel then it will inevitably also serve both as a vexatious testament and a diverting read. Such is Albert Russo's Shalom Tower Syndrome.
Shalom Tower Syndrome is very much a biography of the soul, and as much as that of any latter-day Harry Haller, and Russo seems to have dredged in its pages the depths of his own being in order to have written it.’
David Alexander
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Excerpt from James Baldwin's letter to the author, penned the year of his death: “I like your work very much indeed. It has a very gentle surface and a savage under-tow. You're a dangerous man.”
See the author's own French version entitled LA TOUR SHALOM, published by Editions Hors Commerce in 2005 . SHALOM TOWER SYNDROME was also published in Italian in 2008 by Libreria Edizioni Croce
Albert RUSSO
Sang mêlé
Le grand roman
d'Albert Russo
Editions France Loisirs
Coniglio Editore - Italiano
Quelques unes de mes photos exposées au
Musée de l'Elysée à Lausanne /
Some of my photos exhibited at the
Museum of Photography in Lausanne, Switzerland
The Benevolent American in the Heart of Darkness:
A trilogy of Albert Russo’s
award-winning
African novels set in
the former Belgian Congo
and Rwanda-Urundi
http://www2.xlibris.com/bookstore/bookdisplay.aspx?bookid=26766
XLibris - English
- Lettre de James Balwin à Albert Russo à propos de 'Sang Mêlé ':
“... J’aime votre écriture, car dans un style policé vous exprimez des sentiments violents, faisant éclater des vérités terrifiantes.”
- Voici ce que le grand écrivain contemporain, Edmund White, l'auteur de la magistrale biographie de Jean Genet et de romans à succès, dit de SANG MELE :
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"Albert Russo a su recréer, à travers les joies et les angoisses d'un jeune métis congolais, les tensions de la vie moderne, qu'il s'agisse des relations entre noirs et blancs, entre le Tiers monde et nos sociétés technologiquement avancées, ou de la question toujours épineuse de l'homosexualité ... SANG MELE est un roman que l'on ne lache pas, tel quel, il est envoûtant."
The Norwegian Public Schools have chosen Albert Russo's poem LOST IDENTITY for their students' (close to 2,000) final English examinations, before they can enter university.
City of lovers / of wonder
Parie la Grosse Pomme
Indie excellence finalist
New York at heart
New York au coeur
Indie excellence finalist
Body glorious / Corps à corps
Books And Authors 2008 Winner
Indie excellence finalist
Photolaureate 2009
Ville d’Avray, France
L'amant de mon père,
journal romain
Cercle poche
http://www.bibliopoche.com/livre/L-amant-de-mon-pere/194507.html
Bruxelles au galop
Brussels Ride
All photos and English book covers are by /
Toutes les photos et couvertures de livres en anglais sont de /
Albert Russo
INTRODUCTION
.ENGLISH
You are on the official website of the author, Albert RUSSO. The website was entirely refounded. The accent was put on the simplicity of use – the beginners in computer science as the most experimented will be able to sail and go through different rubrics simply. Since the works of the author have been written originally in English and in French, the website appears in both languages.
FRANCAIS
Vous êtes sur le site officiel de l'écrivain, Albert RUSSO. Le site a été entièrement refondé. L'accent a été mis sur la simplicité d'utilisation - les novices en informatique comme les plus expérimentés pourront naviguer et parcourir les différentes rubriques en toute simplicité. Les œuvres de l'auteur écrites à l'origine en français ou en anglais, il était tout a fait naturel que le site soit rédigé à la fois en français et en anglais.
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Researchers and students of literature may now
access the Albert Russo Literary Archives
in Brussels, Belgium, the capital of the European Union:
Chercheurs et étudiants en littérature peuvent désormais
consulter le Fonds littéraire Albert Russo:
ARCHIVES & MUSÉE DE LA LITTÉRATURE
Bibliothèque Royale Albert Ier
Boulevard de l'Empereur 4
1000 Bruxelles - Belgique
search / rechercher: Auteur Albert Russo
http://217.19.236.211/plumefx/public/plume.asp?nomid=215&pa=
Albert Russo's work has appeared in a dozen languages
on the five continents (25 countries)
Les oeuvres d'Albert Russo ont paru dans une douzaine de langues
sur les cinq continents (25 pays)
Albert Russo's new novel AND THERE WAS DAVID-KANZA
Imago Press (AZ, USA)
http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/and-there-was-david-kanza-albert-russo/1106881898
Léodine l’Africaine, nouveau roman d’Albert Russo
http://livre.fnac.com/a3614717/Albert-Russo-Leodine-l-africaine
ISRAEL / JORDAN / PALESTINE - Photos & texts by Albert Russo
http://fr.blurb.com/bookstore/detail/2798897
Albert Russo’s hilarious new Zapinette sequel
ZULU ZAPY WINS THE RAINBOW NATION
co-published by Poets Printery (South Africa) and Cyberwit.net (India)
http://www.amazon.com/Zulu-Zapy-Wins-Rainbow-Nation/dp/8182531683
NEW NOVEL by Albert Russo
THE BLACK ANCESTOR
Imago Press (Tucson, Arizona)
http://www.amazon.com/Black-Ancestor-Albert-Russo/dp/1935437038
ORIENTAL GEMS / PERLES DE L’ORIENT
A photographic journey through Vietnam, Sanya, Bangkok and Singapore
http://www.blurb.com/books/2048107
VENICE, EMPRESS OF THE SEAS / VENISE, D'ORS ET DE MASQUES
VENEZIA, UN SOGNO INFINITO
Regata Storica / Mostra del Cinema / Lido di Venezia
Photos & fiction: Albert Russo
Rainbow / Paris / Arc en ciel
Photos : Albert Russo
http://fr.blurb.com/bookstore/detail/2852656
VOIX DU CONGO, anthologie éditée par Charles Djungu-Simba K.
avec des poèmes d'Albert Russo - Editions Le Cri (Bruxelles)
http://www.lecri.be/lecri.acgi$CriCat_fr?art=LC004186Fr&Session=S318334555&Skin=Cri
Roman d’Albert Russo
EXILS AFRICAINS ... et il y eut David-Kanza
Ginkgo éditeur, Paris (diffusion CDE-Sodis)
CELESTIAL BLUES / CHANTS DU CIEL
Photos: Albert Russo
Blurb Inc. http://www.blurb.com/books/1567671
Watch the sky play its magic over cities and landscapes, from Norway to Italy, Senegal and Congo, from Mexico to Russia, Israel and Jordan, from the north pole to the heart of the jungle, from Paris to New York and Oaxaca, from Bergen to Saint Petersburg and Jerusalem, from Beijing to Colombo, Venice and Fuerteventura, and watch the birds dance to its tunes.
Symphony in Hands major
Le langage des mains
Photos by Albert Russo
http://www.blurb.com/bookstore/detail/1606963
MERMAIDS OF THE BALTIC SEA / SIRENES DE LA BALTIQUE
Saint Petersburg, Tallinn, Helsinki, Stockholm, Copenhagen, Bergen, Oslo
Photos: ALBERT RUSSO
http://www.blurb.com/books/1495943
WINNER IN THE 2011 NATIONAL INDIE EXCELLENCE AWARDS
Category : Photography-General
http://www.indieexcellence.com/indie-results-2011.htm
EILAT, PETRA & TEL AVIV
Photos: Albert Russo
http://www.blurb.com/books/226710
FINALIST IN THE 2011 NATIONAL INDIE EXCELLENCE AWARDS
Category : Photography-General
http://www.indieexcellence.com/indie-results-2011.htm
"Boundaries of Exile / Conditions of Hope"
has placed as a FINALIST in the "Miscellaneous" category.
NEW BOOK by Albert Russo and Martin Tucker
BOUNDARIES OF EXILE / CONDITIONS OF HOPE
Stories - Poems - Essays
Confrontation Press (Long Island University)
(see News / Nouveautés)
http://www.amazon.com/Boundaries-Exile-Conditions-Martin-Tucker/dp/0913057568
13th Annual Writer’s Digest International Self-published Book Awards (USA)
Honorable Mention: “The Crowded World of Solitude: Vol. 1, the collected stories and essays”
www.xlibris.com
http://www2.xlibris.com/bookstore/bookdisplay.aspx?bookid=26768
2008 Beach Book Festival Poetry Awards, Atlantic City, USA
Runner-up: “The Crowded World of Solitude: Vol. 2, the collected poems”
http://www2.xlibris.com/BOOKSTORE/bookdisplay.aspx?bookid=26769
Indie Excellence 2008 Photography Awards
Beverly Hills, California, USA
www.indieexcellence.com
Indieexcellence Finalist: City of Lovers - City of Wonder / Parie la Grosse Pomme
www.xlibris.com - ISBN 978-1-4257-4357-4
http://www2.xlibris.com/bookstore/bookdisplay.aspx?bookid=36216
Indieexcellence Finalist: New York at Heart / New York au Coeur
www.xlibris.com - ISBN 978-1-4257-4359-8
Books & Authors.net
Books of the Year 2008 Winner
Photography: Body Glorious / Corps à Corps
Indie Excellence 2008 Photography Awards
Finalist: Body Glorious / Corps à corps
www.xlibris.com - ISBN 978-1-4257-2515-5
http://www2.xlibris.com/bookstore/bookdisplay.aspx?bookid=34031
Winner of the 2008 AZsacra International Poetry Award
sponsored by the Taj Mahal Review, India - prize: 500 US$ -
http://cyberwit.net/
Featured Photographer Chinese children
Photography Vibes - Best of edition 2009
Photolaureates.org
included in the new book
CHINA FOREVER / LA CHINE ETERNELLE
http://www.blurb.com/books/1469832
2009 BOOK AWARDS www.indieexcellence.com
Gay/Lesbian Non-Fiction - WINNER
Gaytude: A poetic journey around the world
by Albert Russo and Adam Donaldson Powell
http://www2.xlibris.com/bookstore/bookdisplay.aspx?bookid=35827
Gaytude is a collection of poetry that appears in English in the first half and then translated into French for the second half of the book. There is also a collection of pictures depicting homoerotic images throughout history as well as personal images of Albert Russo. The timelessness of these pictures is repeated as a theme within the elegant and often poignant poetry collected. The authors are two very accomplished writers who tackle a wide variety of subjects and themes that affect gay men with surprising depth and meaning. These topics will hit home especially for like-minded individuals but anyone with compassion will understand the beauty and heartache these issues bring to mind. Gaytude is a wonderful collection by two powerful authors that have offered thoughts on timeless themes. RAINBOW REVIEW (USA)
Gaytude, bilingual poetry at its best, written, translated and adapted by Russo and Powell, also includes wonderful photographs by Russo. TAJ MAHAL REVIEW (India)
A propos du livre précédent TOUR DU MONDE DE LA POESIE GAY, d'où est extrait GAYTUDE, nouveau livre bilingue, français-anglais, remanié et augmenté, avec, en plus, les poèmes d'Adam Donaldson Powell:
8 novembre 2008, par Jean-Louis Garac - www.polychromes.fr/spip.php?article271
Le Livre d’Albert Russo, paru fin 2004, sous le titre TOUR DU MONDE DE LA POESIE GAY, fait partie de ces livres à ne pas rater, il est également intemporel, poésie oblige, raison supplémentaire pour ne pas avoir peur d’en parler aujourd’hui même trois ans après sa parution.
La poésie gay à travers le monde ! Vaste programme s’il en est pour ce titre ambitieux ! Ces textes couvrent en effet tous les continents.
Le côté chant lyrique devant l’Aimé, son corps et tous ses attributs semble l’emporter sur tous les autres thèmes abordés : découverte de l’homosexualité, questionnement, incertitude, chant mélancolique, malaise d’être, envie d’homoparentalité, première découverte etc. La poésie est d’abord vécue comme un chant de bonheur, d’exaltation et d’exultation ! Le sentiment d’aimer est un souffle qui embrase l’objet du désir. La poésie célèbre et montre l’aimé comme le seul objet sur terre.
“c’est ton odeur
qui me rend fou
ce parfum de savane
et de poivre (...)” à R.Liebaert
Je parlais dans un précédent article du ‘Blason du corps masculin’, ici il est en quelque sorte revendiqué, porté comme un étendard, idéalisé certes mais totalement charnel, d’une matérialité lumineuse et heureuse, but de la vie elle-même ! C’est un cantique des cantiques gay ou dans la grande tradition de la poésie grecque et latine.
‘Cuisses, âmes, mains, tout mon être pêle-mêle,
Mémoire, pieds, coeur, dos et l’oreille et le nez
Et la fressure, tout gueule une ritournelle,
Et trépigne un chahut dans leurs bras forcenés.’’ Verlaine
Il y a aussi des textes graves : sur de jeunes gays arrêtés et flagellés en Iran, sur l’impossibilité de parler et vivre sa vie et ses choix sexuels en Egypte et ailleurs, sur des pratiques de castration physique et mentale ! On ne saurait trop conseiller de méditer ces poèmes et d’écouter ces plaintes, ce ne sont point là de la rhétorique et de la poésie mais un sinistre vécu de la part de nos frères nés dans ces régions de mort sous la menace des milices morales. Ces chants doivent nous mobiliser pour leur Liberté et la nôtre.
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