Ultra.Kultura
| Founded | 2003 |
|---|---|
| Founder | Ilya Kormiltsev |
| Country of origin | Russia |
| Official website | Official website |
Ultra.Kultura (Russian: Ультра.Культура) was a Russian counterculture book publisher.
History
[edit]In 2003, Ilya Kormiltsev founded publishing house Ultra.Kultura and managed it as the editor-in-chief since 2003 until his death in 2007. Ultra.Kultura became notorious in 2004, when Russian authorities accused it with propaganda of drug use and terrorism.[1][2]
In 2006, shortly after Ultra.Kultura translated Adam Parfrey's Apocalypse Culture and Apocalypse Culture II and published them together as a single volume, titled Культура времен Апокалипсиса, the volume was banned by Kremlin decree as drug propaganda. Unsold copies were ordered destroyed.[3]
Series
[edit]- overdrive - "radical" fiction
- russkiy drive - books of young Russian authors
- non-fiction - books dealing with acute social issues (terrorism, drugs)
- cybertime - books about information technology
- ЖZЛ - books about leading figures of the counterculture
- Klassenkampf - opinion journalism
- ultra.fiction - fiction books
Authors
[edit]Ultra.Kultura was known for publishing "controversial" authors and books related to far-left and far-right extremism.[citation needed] Ultra.Kultura published essays of National Bolshevik Party leader Eduard Limonov when he was imprisoned.[4][5]
Other notable authors include :
- Blanche Barton
- Melvin Burgess
- William S. Burroughs
- Nick Cave
- Geydar Dzhemal
- Bret Easton Ellis
- Susan George
- William Gibson
- Che Guevara
- Boris Kagarlitsky
- Lydia Lunch
- Huey P. Newton
- Howard Marks
- Hubert Selby, Jr.
- Adam Parfrey
- William Luther Pierce
- Abel Posse
- Alexander Prokhanov
- Israel Shamir
- Gene Sharp
- Subcomandante Marcos
- Alexander Tarasov
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Из продажи изъяли 7 книг издательства "Ультра. Культура" Archived 2012-02-18 at the Wayback Machine. grani.ru
- ^ Террор отложили до лучших времен. gazeta.ru
- ^ Tveritina, A., "Nazi books create debate on book banning" Archived 2025-02-13 at the Wayback Machine, Russia Beyond the Headlines, Sept. 30, 2013.
- ^ Эдуард Лимонов - В плену у мертвецов. ultraculture.ru
- ^ Эдуард Лимонов - Другая Россия. ultraculture.ru