“Writing the Literature’s Life”, an exhibition timed to the 70th anniversary of Tatiana Shamyakina, runs in the Belarusian literature hall (205), from October 5 to November 7.
Tatiana Shamyakina, the daughter of Belarusian writer Ivan Shamyakin, is a known literary critic, translator and the Excellent Worker of Education. She studies Belarusian mythology, literary and folklore, and also the questions of modern Belarusian prose, the writing style of Belarusian authors Y. Kolas, E. Vasilevich, I. Ptashnikov, M. Streltsov etc.
The offered exhibition acquaints with the numerous works of Tatiana Shamyakina, including monographs “At the Traverse Line”, "Belarusian Classical Literature and Mythology", as well as articles on the theory and history of literature, mythology, folklore, and the history of world culture. The author is interested in the relationships between cultures and expresses interesting hypotheses about the mythological heritage of European and Asian nations. Her studies "The Chinese Calendar and Slavic Mythological Bestiary”, "Chinese Culture", "The Culture of India" are on display.
Tatiana Shamyakina pays a lot of attention to her father’s writing, studying and translating his works into Russian. She writes about Ivan Shamyakin, his friends and the family’s home grounds with great fondness and admiration.
The exposition also includes textbooks and manuals on Belarusian literature for schools, lyceums, colleges, gymnasiums and universities, written or co-written by Tatiana Shamyakina.
The opening hours of the exhibition correspond to the library’s opening hours.
Admission is by library card or by ticket of the library's social and cultural center.
For more info: (+375 17) 293 27 16.
