An anniversary book exhibition “The herald of Belarusian renaissance” timed to the 160th birthday of Yanka Luchina runs at reading room 205 (the Belarusian literature reading room) on July 1 – 30.
Yanka Luchina (Ivan Nieslukhovsky) (1851–1897) – the Belarusian poet and founder of philosophical lyrics in Belarusian literature.
Yanka Luchina wrote in three languages. While his works written in Polish and Russian stayed rather traditionalistic, the poet was an innovator in his Belarusian lyrics combining realistic and romantic elements. His poetry is notable for a gentle lyricism and deeper understanding of psychological state of a human. The poet’s major theme is the life of the Belarusian village, and the peasant, as the most generous representative of the motherland and keeper of morality, is the protagonist of his poems.
The exhibition section “The voice of the people’s lyrist” presents separate books by Yanka Luchina: "Vyazanka " (“The Truss”) (1903, 1992), "Vybranyja Tvory” (“Selected Works”) (1953), "Tvory: Vershy, Narysy, Peraklady, Listy” (“The Works: Poems, Essays, Translations, Letters”) (1988, 2001), "Palyaunichyja Akvarelki z Palessya” (“The Hunter’s Water-Colors from Polessie”) (2003).
Numerous publications of the poet’s works in magazines and collections are on display at the exposition section “The singer of people’s sadness and belief”.
The sections “Y. Luchina’s works in translations” and “Y. Luchina as a translator” are particularly interesting.
The section “Poetry and life” presents a number of scientific and popular scientific publications by researchers S. Majkhrovich, V. Markhel, L. Vladikovskaya-Konoplyanik and others about Yanka Luchina’s life, career and relationships with other creative people of the time.
The exhibition is illustrated with photos of the poet.
About 150 documents are on display.
Contact phone numbers: (+375-17) 293-27-16.
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