From October 20, 2007 to December 3, 2007 in the Belarusian Literature Reading Room is open an exhibition "Light of the Soul" dedicated to the 60th anniversary of Sofia Shakh, the poet.
Sofia Shakh’s career began in 1972. Her poetry is full of an exquisite psychological insight, philosophic perception of reality, and lyricism. The poet talks with her own soul aspiring to understand its inmost mysteries. She talks about her Fatherland and folks. Poetry by Sofia Shakh make readers reflect upon love, self-esteem and unity with their homeland.
The exhibition includes three sections. The first section presents collected lyric poetries by Sofia Shakh published in the 1980th – 1990th and sonnets published in the 2000th.
In the second section of the exhibition are displayed poetries by Sofia Shakh published in Belarusian journals.
The third section of the exhibition is dedicated to the works by Sofia Shakh on preschool and school pedagogy. There are displayed original textbooks by the author which can be used at schools to develop children’s speech and thought. The textbooks include poetries and interesting praxis on Belarusian phonetics, morphology, and lexicology.
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