The National Library is holding an event dedicated to the 115th anniversary of Jan Skrygan (1905–1992), a Belarusian writer, and member of a literary association "Maladnyak" on November 12.
At the literary evening, you will learn a lot of interesting things about the life and work of the outstanding Belarusian writer, poet and critic, creator of the Belarusian essay as a new literary genre. The event has been organized as part of the joint project “On the Wave of Time, Throughout the Life”, realized by the National Library of Belarus, the State Museum of History of Belarusian Literature, "Zviazda" publishing house (in particular, “Maladosts” journal) and the Belarusian State Archives–Museum of Literature and Art. Due to the joint efforts of the participants on the project a virtual section, dedicated to Jan Skrygan's anniversary has been prepared, which will be presented at the event. It contains full texts of the author's books, valuable documents, photographs and archival materials from the collections of the National Library of Belarus, our partners, as well as from the home archive of the writer himself.
Interesting meetings and discoveries await you at the event. Ms Galina Skrygan, the writer's daughter will talk about her father, about the preservation of the writer's heritage by his family. In recent years, she has been the compiler of many books published for each anniversary of the writer. This year, Ms Skrygan will present a new edition - an illustrated album "Photo Records from Domestic Archives of Jan Skrygan" (2020), published for the 115th anniversary of the writer.
You will hear fascinating stories about the writer from the chief editor of the "Knigazbor" publishing house and the author of the "Belarusian Knigazbor" project Mr Kanstantin Tsvirka and a family member of the writer Ms Jawgen Zhuk, head of the National Library Digitization Department. The video will feature a musical dedication to grandfather from Jan Skrygan Jr. - a famous classical guitar performer who has traveled with concerts to many countries and now lives near Freiburg.
We invite you to take part in our event!
Location: "Labyrinth"Gallery (3rd floor).
Time: 04.00 - 05.30 p.m.
For more info: (+375 17) 293 27 19.
Information and Analytic Activity Department.
All news about the preparation and implementation of the virtual project "On the Wave of Time, Throughout the Life" is collected in the section "To the 100th Anniversary of the Literary Association" Maladnyak ".
