В нынешнем 2015 году исполняется 150 лет со времени выхода в свет одной из самых влиятельных книг мира – сказочной повести Льюиса Кэрролла «Алиса в Стране Чудес». По этому случаю специалисты по творчеству писателя из разных стран мира обратились с коллективным письмом в компанию Google – точнее, её подразделение Google Doodle, отмечающее различные события и даты мировой истории специальным дизайном поисковых страниц. Текст письма приводится ниже. Среди подписавших письмо – и автор этого сайта, переводчик и исследователь произведений Кэрролла Д.И. Ермолович.
Dear Google Doodle,
As you may be aware, 2015 marks the 150th Anniversary of one of the world's most important books: Alice's Adventures in Wonderland. As it is the most quoted and among the most widely illustrated and translated novel in English (we know of 174 published languages), we feel that this milestone should be honored with a Google Doodle. Although it could absolutely be on any day of this year, we would suggest November 9th, for on that day in 1865 it was released in its first authorized edition (post-dated 1866) and the author, C. L. Dodgson ("Lewis Carroll"), received his first copies, as documented in his diaries.
Thank you for your consideration, and feel free to correspond with me on any questions.
This request is signed by the following lovers of Lewis Carroll and his works:
Dr. Edward Guiliano, President, The New York Institute of Technology
Alvy Ray Smith, Co-founder, Pixar
American McGee, Game Designer
Brewster Kahle, Founder, The Internet Archive
Iain McCaig, Principal Character Designer, The Star Wars Prequel Trilogy
Adam Gopnik, Writer, The New Yorker
Morton Cohen, Author, Lewis Carroll: A Biography
Jim Gardner, (son and) Managing Partner, Martin Gardner Literary Interests
Caroline Luke, (great-grandniece and) Co-executor, C. L. Dodgson Estate
Cathy Rubin, Columnist, The Huffington Post
Chris Morgan, Editor Emeritus, BYTE magazine
Sarah Stanfield, Chairman, The Lewis Carroll Society (UK)
Mark Richards, Chairman Emeritus, The Lewis Carroll Society (UK)
Brian Sibley, President, The Lewis Carroll Society (UK)
Adriana Peliano, Founder, The Lewis Carroll Society of Brazil
Dayna Nuhn, Founder, The Lewis Carroll Society of Canada
Izumi Yasui, President, The Lewis Carroll Society of Japan
Shinichi Kinoshita, Chairman, The Lewis Carroll Society of Japan
Zongxin Feng, Professor English Literature, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China
Dmitry Yermolovich, Professor of Translation, Moscow State Linguistic University, Moscow, Russia
Mark Burstein, Editor, The Annotated Alice: 150th Anniversary Deluxe Edition
Joel Birenbaum, Chairman, Alice150 Committee, LCSNA