''Zone'' was a

Buenos Aires Buenos Aires ( or ; ), officially the Autonomous City of Buenos Aires ( es, link=no, Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires), is the capital and primate city of Argentina. The city is located on the western shore of the Río de la Plata, on South ...

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-based forum for international

poetry Poetry (derived from the Greek ''poiesis'', "making"), also called verse, is a form of literature that uses aesthetic and often rhythmic qualities of language − such as phonaesthetics, sound symbolism, and metre − to evoke meanings i ...

and

prose Prose is a form of written or spoken language that follows the natural flow of speech, uses a language's ordinary grammatical structures, or follows the conventions of formal academic writing. It differs from most traditional poetry, where the f ...

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 ''barrio'' or neighborhood of Buenos Aires, Argentina. It is located in the north of the city, near the Rio de la Plata. It has a total land area of 17.4 km2 and a population of 256,927. It is the only ''barrio'' within the admi ...

, Buenos Aires, featuring translations from

Russian Russian(s) refers to anything related to Russia, including: *Russians (, ''russkiye''), an ethnic group of the East Slavic peoples, primarily living in Russia and neighboring countries *Rossiyane (), Russian language term for all citizens and peo ...

English English usually refers to: * English language * English people English may also refer to: Peoples, culture, and language * ''English'', an adjective for something of, from, or related to England ** English national ide ...

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

Spanish Spanish might refer to: * Items from or related to Spain: **Spaniards are a nation and ethnic group indigenous to Spain **Spanish language, spoken in Spain and many Latin American countries **Spanish cuisine Other places * Spanish, Ontario, Can ...

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

South America South America is a continent entirely in the Western Hemisphere and mostly in the Southern Hemisphere, with a relatively small portion in the Northern Hemisphere at the northern tip of the continent. It can also be described as the southe ...

. ''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

''Zone'' Website
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