Requiem for Russia: When Fiction Meets the Great Politics of Reality

Name: Requiem for Russia: When Fiction Meets the Great Politics of Reality
Start: 2026-10-08T19:00:00+02:00
End: 2026-10-08T20:30:00+02:00
Location: Biblioteket i Herning

took place · 8 Oct 2026

Biblioteket i Herning, Herning

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Description was written before the event

Author and journalist Leif Davidsen gives a lecture based on his novel "Requiem for Russia" - about a Russia that has gone from hope to war. The lecture draws on more than three decades of personal experience with the country and the conflict in Ukraine.

Tickets cost 100 kr. and can be purchased here. The lecture takes place in room ABC.

About the venue: Biblioteket i Herning

Biblioteket i Herning opened in August 2014 in the city centre on Østergade, designed by Kristian H. Nielsen and GPP Arkitekterne. At nearly 6,000 m², it houses five kilometres of shelving in the book section known as Dybet, two bookable meeting rooms, a MakerSpace and a café. Beyond lending, the library hosts lectures, cultural events and IT guidance, and also serves as the central library for 19 municipalities in the Central Denmark Region.

Østergade 8, 7400 Herning Get directions

About: Leif Davidsen

Born on Funen and once DR's man in Moscow, Leif Davidsen has written politically charged thrillers about Russia and Eastern Europe since 1984 - translated into 15 languages and honoured with prizes including De Gyldne Laurbær and Glasnøglen.

the language books are translated into

30+

publications in total (novels, short stories, travel books)

What's new

2026-03
Leif Davidsen's novel Requiem for Russia was published on March 5, 2026 by Lindhardt and Ringhof and received reviews in, among others, Politiken, Weekendavisen and Jyllands-Posten.
2026-03
Forfatterweb published an interview with Davidsen in March 2026 about Requiem for Russia, in which he describes the book as his darkest novel and a reckoning with 30 years of thoughts about Russia.
2026-02
In February 2026, Davidsen said in an interview that Requiem for Russia concludes an informal trilogy with The Devil in the Hole (2016) and The Traitor's Children (2020).

Tracks

Den russiske sangerinde1988-novel that initiated the Russia trilogy; filmed in 1993

Den serbiske dansker1996-thriller about the Balkan War; filmed and translated into many languages

Lime's billede1998-novel; major international success, filmed

Lenins bodyguardHistorical thriller about Russia's early revolutionary years

Requiem for RuslandLatest novel (2026); dystopian contemporary thriller about Russia during the war in Ukraine

Requiem for Russia: When Fiction Meets the Great Politics of Reality

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