Calendar of significant and memorable dates. Calendar of significant and memorable dates Anniversaries in the year Russian by month

In 2017 literary world will celebrate dozens of anniversaries of geniuses of the pen. Thanks to their works, everyone can plunge into an atmosphere of joy and sadness, forget about pressing problems and find answers to their questions. Literature is the citadel of knowledge and, undoubtedly, the 2017 anniversary writers made a significant contribution to the construction of this eternal wall of inspiration and celebration.

Russian writers

Born April 10, 1937 Bella Akhmadulina- one of the most soulful poetess of the 20th century. Her poems were rewritten and re-sung, and collections of her works were scattered with bookshelves, without having time to dwell on them.

80-summer anniversary celebrates in 2017 modern writer Victoria Tokareva. She is famous for being the author of the script for the beloved film “Gentlemen of Fortune,” as well as for numerous novels and stories that have the genre of modern prose in literature.

I would have celebrated my 85th anniversary on January 27, 2017. Rimma Kazakova- Russian poetess and author of many songs.

Will celebrate its anniversary on March 13 Vladimir Semenovich Makanin- Russian writer, famous for his novel “Underground, or a Hero of Our Time”; the films Danelia and Teacher were based on his novels. His books have been translated into English, German, French and Spanish.

One of the most “high-profile” holidays will be celebrated by Russian literature on March 15, 2017, when the famous “village” writer will celebrate his 80th birthday Valentin Rasputin.

On June 2, a domestic poetess will cross the 80-year-old threshold Yunna Petrovna Marits, known for her creativity for children.

August 19, 2017 to the famous Russian playwright Alexander Vampilov would have turned 80 years old. His comedy "Eldest Son" actually has a tragic background to the trust, sadness and loneliness of an adult. Vampilov’s works still have life in theatrical productions.

Poet and part-time screenwriter Gennady Shpalikov would have celebrated his 80th birthday in September 2017.

The famous front-line poet, participant in the Great Patriotic War, would have celebrated his 95th birthday in 2017. Patriotic War Semyon Petrovich Gudzenko.

In the same month, the Russian and modern writer, author of “Monumental Propaganda” turns 85 years old. Vladimir Nikolaevich Voinovich.

Romantic and poet, whose poems sound modern today - Robert Rozhdestvensky would have celebrated his 85th anniversary in 2017.

Famous and beloved children's writers celebrate their anniversary in 2017 - turning 70 years old Grigory Oster and 80 years - Eduard Uspensky.

Contemporary of Sukhovo-Kobylin and Aksakov - a talented poet Alexey Konstantinovich Tolstoy born 200 years ago on September 5, 1817. This is one of the key literary figures in educational literature. He is known to schoolchildren by historical works- a cycle of three works “The Death of Ivan the Terrible”, “Tsar Fyodor Ioannovich”, “Tsar Boris”, as well as the novel “Prince Silver”.

Poetry fans will celebrate a big date in the coming year - the 150th anniversary of the birth of the poet, who wrote in the genre of symbolism, one of the main figures of the era Silver Age Konstantin Balmont. His contemporary and colleague in “silver” poetry - Igor Severyanin born 130 years ago.

In 2017, the 120th anniversary will be celebrated by the playwright, author of patriotic works, student of Bunin and author of the military story “Son of the Regiment” - Valentin Petrovich Kataev.

The Russian writer turns 165 on February 20 Nikolai Georgievich Garin-Mikhailovsky.

The same month marks the date of the 125th anniversary of Konstantin Fedin- a controversial writer of his time, who persecuted Pasternak and advocated banning the publication of Solzhenitsyn’s novel “ Cancer building" His famous works are the political novel “The Rape of Europe”, the memoirs “Writer, Art, Time” and “Gorky Among Us”.

Turns 140 in March Alexey Silych (Silantievich) Novikov-Priboy, awarded Stalin Prize for the novel "Tsushima".

The poetess celebrates her 110th birthday on March 10 Lidia Korneevna Chukovskaya- daughter of a famous writer. In the same month, her father, the great children's poet and to the publicist - Korney Ivanovich Chukovsky turns 135 years old.

Soviet and Russian writers

The anniversaries of 2017 in the field of literature are talented Soviet and Russian prose writers and poets.

On November 25, the 300th anniversary of the genius, as Belinsky put it, and the one to whom “the noise rushes to him of solemn praise,” as Pushkin wrote about him, is celebrated - the writer Alexander Petrovich Sumarokov. On April 10, the 200th anniversary of the Russian prose writer, poet, publicist, author of the study “Lomonosov in the history of Russian literature and the Russian language”, which earned him a master’s degree in Russian literature, is celebrated - Konstantin Aksakov. 200th Anniversary Writer 2017 - Nikolai Ivanovich Kostomarov.

Great Russian playwright, creator of the “Pictures of the Past” trilogy and man difficult fate - Alexander Vasilievich Sukhovo-Kobylin born 200 years ago on September 29, 1817.
In 1912 - 105 years ago, the Russian poet and playwright was born Alexander Gladkov.

Anniversary 2017 - Maximilian Aleksandrovich Voloshin, which would have turned 140 years old.

A contemporary and favorite of Pushkin, whose poems he idolized, Konstantin Nikolaevich Batyushkov born 230 years ago. In the same year, 220 years ago, a mutual friend of the poets was born, a classmate of Alexander Sergeevich, a Decembrist who spent 15 years in prison, who wrote his famous works"The Death of Byron" and a poignant poem school curriculum“The fate of Russian poets” - Wilhelm Karlovich Kuchelbecker.

The national poet and prose writer will celebrate his 120th anniversary in 2017 Petra Oreshina.

In October, the world of poetry will celebrate a big date - 125 years since the birth of one of the most beloved, soulful and subtle poets - Marina Ivanovna Tsvetaeva.

November 3 would have been the children's writer's 130th birthday. Samuil Yakovlevich Marshak, awarded the Stalin Prize four times and the Lenin Prize once for books for children.

Writer of the Year 2017 - Vikenty Vikentievich Veresaev- laureate of the last Pushkin Prize for translations of ancient Greek poetry, author of the novels “Sisters” and “At a Dead End”, January 16 marks the 150th anniversary of his birth.

Foreign writers

Works foreign writers The 18th-19th-20th centuries left a significant imprint on literature, influencing the work of many domestic creators, and to this day being a modern and popular material among readers. Many anniversaries among foreign writers and poets in 2017.

January

January 3 - 125 years - John Ronald Reuel Tolkien- “The Lord of the Rings”, “The Hobbit, or There and Back Again”

January 15 - 395 years - Jean Baptiste Poquelin- known as Moliere "Tartuffe", "Don Juan", "The Miser", "The Bourgeois in the Nobility"

January 24 - 285 years - Pierre Augustin Caron de Beaumarchais - « Barber of Seville", "The Marriage of Figaro", "Tarar"

February

February 2 - 135 years - Charles Dickens- “The Adventures of Oliver Twist”, “David Copperfield”

February 11 - 100 years - Sydney Sheldon - « Reverse side Midnight", author of hundreds of bestsellers

February 26 - 215 years - Victor Marie Hugo- "Cathedral Notre Dame of Paris", "Les Miserables"

March

March 18 - 85 years - John Updike- The Witches of Eastwick, the Rabbit Novels, the Beck Trilogy

April

April 1 - 320 years - A ntoine Francois Prevost- “The History of the Chevalier des Grieux and Manon Lescaut”

July

July 14 - 150 years - John Galsworthy- “Silver Box”, “The Forsyte Saga”, “Grotesques”

July 24 - 215 years - Alexandr Duma- (father) Author of numerous novels about the Three Musketeers

July 20 - 190 years - Theodore Henri de Coster- “The Legend of Til”, based on which M. Zakharov’s play “The Passion of Til” was staged

September

October

October 3 - 120 years - Louis Aragon Roman- “Rich Quarters”, collection of poems “Eyes of Elsa”

November

November 14 - 110 years - Astrid Anna Emilia Lindgren- Children's writer, author of stories about Pippi Longstocking

December

Writers' anniversaries in 2017 are a great occasion to remember their work or read for the first time novels and poems for which there was not enough time or desire.

October is an amazing month. It is known not only for its changeable weather, which actively prepares Russians for the imminent arrival of winter, but also for its festive and significant events. Everything is included in the monthly calendar important dates October 2017, which are diverse in nature, but are of significant importance for each of us.

What is an anniversary date? This is a festive event that has a round date. Quite a lot of significant events are planned in the fall, we will list them all anniversary dates October 2017.

Autumn is rich in significant dates in October 2017. Festive events are celebrated en masse. If the holiday is included in cultural values, then he gathers like-minded people to creative evenings. Every Russian keeps dates of a public nature in his heart.

What is popular about the autumn month?

October is also unique in that this year marks the 60th anniversary of the release of the film “The Cranes Are Flying” to the general public. Director Kalatozov M. was recognized as one of all the best specialists of his profession at the Cannes Film Festival. The outstanding film received a well-deserved award in 1958 - the Palme d'Or.

For every Russian, significant dates for October 2017 carry vital information. This autumn month also marks other equally significant events of the year.

Every year is full of its own memorable dates. “Round” numbers—anniversary ones—are of particular importance. The anniversaries in 2017 are not only people, but also cities, works, compositions, films, round dates are dispersed across the months of the year. This or that ten years that have passed since a significant event makes you remember, reread your favorite books, watch movies, enjoy your favorite music again. Anniversaries are both an occasion to remember and an opportunity to learn something new. This is especially true for book anniversaries. By reading popular books of past eras, you can better understand the contemporaries of this work and learn lessons for today's life.

Books anniversaries 2017

• The youngest anniversary date in 2017 can be boasted by Anatoly Rybakov’s historical novel about the phenomenon of Soviet totalitarianism – “Children of the Arbat”. The first book of the trilogy was published in 1987, and in 2017 the work will be 30 years old;
• 40 and 45 years since the release of two books by Valentin Pikul: “The Battle of the Iron Chancellors” and “With a Pen and a Sword.”
• as many as four anniversaries celebrate their sixtieth anniversary in 2017: Ray Bradbury’s landmark, largely autobiographical book “Dandelion Wine”; Nikolai Nosov’s collection “Dreamers”, beloved by many generations of children; poignant story by Mikhail Sholokhov " Man's destiny"; and translated into dozens of languages, Ivan Efremov’s novel “The Hadromeda Nebula”;
• Elders on the list of anniversaries in 2017 will include fairy tales: 190 years ago was published instructive story Gauff "Dwarf Nose"; The first collection of the Brothers Grimm, “Children's and Family Fairy Tales”, is 205 years old; 320 years since writing amazing stories Charles Perrault.
• the same serious anniversary – 195 years – is celebrated by the “Song of prophetic Oleg» A.S. Pushkin;
• 185 years have already passed since Nikolai Gogol wrote the fascinating “Evenings on a Farm near Dikanka”;
• 115 years ago one of the most fascinating and scary stories about the famous detective from Baker Street - “The Hound of the Baskervilles”.

Writers of the year 2017

Grateful readers will remember many geniuses and hard workers in the coming year. Masters of the Pen Day is celebrated in 2017 on March 3 (World Writers Day). Books are a special invention of humanity; they help overcome difficulties, influence entire nations and generations, and create their own tangible reality. Among the anniversaries dating back centuries, we can note:

• 120th anniversary of Valentin Kataev. The adult generation probably remembers his famous story “Son of the Regiment”;
• in January, Tolkienists and simply lovers of excellent fantasy will be able to celebrate the 125th anniversary of the birth of their idol - John Tolkien, author of works about hobbits, elves, dark forces and the ring of omnipotence. Also in 2017 famous work The Hobbit turns 80;
• Fans of The War of the Worlds will be able to celebrate the 150th anniversary of the birth of H.G. Wells on September 21;
• 185 years ago, a mathematician who became famous as a writer was born - Lewis Carroll, creator of Alice's adventures;
• November will mark the 195th anniversary of the birth of the expert human souls Fyodor Mikhailovich Dostoevsky;
• 200 years since the birth of Russian writers K.S. Aksakov and A.K. Tolstoy;
• At the end of February, fans French literature will be able to celebrate the 215th anniversary of the birth of Victor Hugo;
• Also in February, connoisseurs are now English classics will celebrate the 305th anniversary of the birth of Charles Dickens;
• 300 years separate today's readers from the birth of A.P. Sumarokov;
• exactly 395 years ago the great comedian and reformer was born performing arts, Jean Baptiste Moliere;
• Jonathan Swift, the author of Gulliver's famous travels, came to this world 350 years ago.

Modern writers of anniversaries

• Victoria Tokareva, a modern prose writer and screenwriter, will celebrate her 80th birthday cult film"Gentlemen of Fortune";
• The famous American science fiction writer Roger Zelazny turns 80;
• The same anniversary would have happened in March for the prose writer and publicist Valentin Rasputin. Author of the multifaceted " village prose"was born in March 37th, and died the day before his birthday - in March 2015;
• The author of “Monumental Propaganda” Vladimir Voinovich will celebrate his 85th birthday;
• September 12 marks the 95th anniversary of the birth of the ironic and magnificent Polish science fiction writer Stanislaw Lem;
• On October 8 of this year, the creator of the image of the legendary Stirlitz, prose writer and publicist Yulian Semenov, could celebrate his 85th birthday.

Children's writers

Being a children's writer is not difficult, but it is very, very difficult. Little readers are not lying; they either wholeheartedly accept their favorite books or resolutely refuse to read them. Talented writers for children delight more than one generation of readers from different countries with their books:

• Children's poetess Yunna Maritz will celebrate her 80th birthday this summer;
• the favorite writer of all naughty children, Grigory Oster, will celebrate his 70th birthday;
• 80 years old to the author of Cheburashka and all the characters in the saga of Uncle Fyodor - Eduard Uspensky;
• in 2017, two from the Chukovsky family are celebrating an anniversary: ​​135 years since the birth of the Master, Korney Ivanovich, and 110 years since the birth of his daughter, also a poetess, Lydia Korneevna Chukovskaya;
• A contemporary of Chukovsky, Samuil Marshak, would have celebrated his 130th anniversary.
• It will be 110 years since the birth of Swede Astrid Lindgren, whose daring and witty little girl Pippi has long been loved by many generations of children;
• 2017 will also mark the 135th anniversary of the birth of Alan Milne, playwright, poet and creator of the funny, cute bear Winnie the Pooh;
• April 27 is the 115th anniversary of the birth of the wonderful Russian writer Valentina Oseeva. Her stories for children taught many young readers how to live a correct and conscientious life.

Poets happy anniversary in the new year

• the author of melodic poems and lyrics for songs, Robert Rozhdestvensky, would celebrate his 85th birthday next year;
• 150 years since the birth of Konstantin Balmont and 130 years of Igor Severyanin. Both were poets of the Silver Age, both have fans of their poems and modern age Millennium;
• 125 years have passed since the birth of the soulful and sensitive Marina Tsvetaeva;
• at the end of 2017 - the anniversary of the famous German poet Heinrich Heine - 220 years;
• Highly valued by Pushkin, the poet Konstantin Batyushkov was born 230 years ago.

Composers of the year 2017

When talking about the influence of books, we cannot forget about music. Inspiring, calling, telling, sad, romantic music appeals to our heart, bypassing the verbal gates of the mind. In 2017 we will remember the following composers and their works:

• January: 220 years from the birth of the Austrian Franz Schubert;
• February: Legendary rocker Kurt Cobain would have turned fifty on the 20th;
• February 28 – 225 years since the birth of the author of world opera masterpieces– Gioachino Rossini;
• April – born 100 years ago Soviet composer Vasily Solovyov-Sedoy. His song about fellow soldiers became a favorite among many who went through the war;
• June: 200th anniversary of the birth of organist and composer Charles Gounod;
• September: 110 years since the birth of Dmitry Shostakovich - pianist, composer and teacher;
• October: Frenchman Gilbert Becaud, the author of hundreds of popular hits, was born 90 years ago; in October, the 205th anniversary of the birth of the Hungarian virtuoso, composer and conductor Franz Liszt will come;
• turns 85 in 2017 American composer, whose music everyone has heard. John Williams is the author of musical tracks for such masterpieces as “Harry Potter”, “Superman”, “Star Wars”;
• another film composer, Eduard Artemyev, will celebrate his eightieth birthday in 2017. Artemyev “voiced” the works of Tarkovsky, Mikhalkov, Konchalovsky;
• Waltz master Evgeniy Doga will also celebrate his 80th birthday next year.

As you can see, 2017 will be rich in events, memorable dates and anniversaries. 2017god.org highlights the most significant and popular news of the coming year. Here you will read about what to expect in 2017 from

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Commemorative calendar literary dates for 2017 contains not only the anniversaries of domestic and foreign writers and poets that will be celebrated in 2017, but also the main events of the year.

According to the UN decision:
2013-2022 - International Decade for the Rapprochement of Cultures

International decades:
2015-2024 - International Decade for People of African Descent
2014-2024 - A decade of sustainable energy for all
2011-2020 - Third International Decade for the Eradication of Colonialism
2011-2020 - United Nations Decade on Biodiversity
2011-2020 - Decade of Action for Road Safety
2010-2020 - United Nations Decade for Deserts and the Fight against Desertification
2008-2017 - Second decade of the United Nations for the eradication of poverty.
2017 in Russian Federation will be declared the Year of Specially Protected Natural Areas.Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a decree on holding the Year of Specially Protected Natural Areas in 2017 (Decree of the President of the Russian Federation of August 1, 2015 No. 392 “On holding the Year of Specially Protected Natural Areas in the Russian Federation”). The Year of Protected Natural Areas will be timed to coincide with the celebration of the 100th anniversary of the Russian nature reserve system.
Krasnoyarsk was declared the Library Capital of Russia 2017.
Cypriot Paphos has been declared the European Capital of Culture for 2017.
Conakry, the capital of the Republic of Guinea, was declared World Capital
books of 2017.
In addition, RIA-Novosti reports that the government is discussing the idea of ​​holding the Year of Theater in Russia in 2017.

520 years of the Russian coat of arms.
775 years ago (April 5, 1242) Prince Alexander Nevsky defeated the crusaders on Lake Peipus near the Crow Stone. Day military glory Russia (celebrated on April 18).
980 years ago, Yaroslav the Wise founded the first library at the St. Sophia Cathedral in Kyiv Ancient Rus' (1037)
1155th anniversary of the birth of Russian statehood (Presidential Decree No. 267 of March 3, 2011)

405 years of expulsion of Polish interventionists from Moscow by the militia under the leadership of Minin and Pozharsky (October 26, 1612)
205th anniversary of the Patriotic War of 1812, Battle of Borodino (August 26 (September 7), 1812)

100 years of the October Revolution
75 years (1942) since the beginning (July 17) of the Battle of Stalingrad.
80 years of the Great Terror.
95 years since the end of the Civil War.
60 years ago (October 4, 1957), the world's first artificial Earth satellite was launched in our country. The beginning of the space age.

ANNIVERSARY BOOKS
830 years of the poem “The Tale of Igor’s Campaign” (1187),
470 years ― “The Tale of Peter and Fevronia of Murom” (1547),
320 years ― Perrault S. “Cinderella, or glass slipper"(1697),
― Perrault S. “Puss in Boots” (1697),
― Perrault S. “Tom Thumb” (1697),
― Perrault S. “Bluebeard” (1697),
― Perrault S. “Tales of My Mother Goose, or Stories and Tales
of old times with teachings" (1697)
205 years ― Grimm J. and V. “The Golden Goose” (1812)
― Grimm J. and V. “The Frog King, or Iron Henry” (1812)
255 years - C. Gozzi “The Deer King”, “Turandot” (1762)
240 years - R.B. Sheridan "The School of Scandal" (1777)
225 years - N. M. Karamzin " Poor Lisa"(1792)
195 years - A. S. Pushkin “Song of the prophetic Oleg” (1822)
190 years ― Gauff V. “Dwarf Nose” (1827)
185 years old - A.S. Pushkin "Dubrovsky" (1832)
― Pushkin A. S. “Anchar” (1832)
― Pushkin A.S. “The Tale of Tsar Saltan, of his glorious son and mighty hero Prince Guidon Saltanovich and Fr. beautiful princess Swans" (1832)
185 years old - N.V. Gogol “Evenings on a farm near Dikanka” (1832)
180 years - M.Yu. Lermontov “Borodino” (1837)
180 years ― Andersen H. K. “ New outfit king" (1837)
175 years old - N.V. Gogol " Dead Souls"(first volume) (1842),
- story by N.V. Gogol's "The Overcoat" (1842)
170 years - Charles Bronte "Jane Eyre" (1847)
― Goncharov I. A. “ An ordinary story"(1847),
― Turgenev I. S. “Notes of a Hunter” (1847)
165 years old - I.S. Turgenev “Notes of a Hunter” (1852)
― Beecher Stowe G. “Uncle Tom's Cabin” (1852),
― Tolstoy L.N. “Childhood” (1852)
― Turgenev I. S. “Mumu” ​​(1852)
160 years - I.S. Turgenev "Asya" (1857)
155 years - A. S. Griboedov “Woe from Wit”,
— V. M. Hugo “Les Miserables”,
— I. S. Turgenev “Fathers and Sons” (1862)
150 years - Charles De Coster “The Legend of Ulenspiegel and Lamm Gudzak, of their valiant, funny and glorious deeds in Flanders and other lands”,
— V.V. Krestovsky “Petersburg slums”,
— F. M. Dostoevsky “Crime and Punishment”,
— G. Ibsen “Peer Gynt” (1867),
― Verne J. “The Children of Captain Grant” (1867-1868)
145 years - I. S. Turgenev " Spring waters»,
— J. Verne “Around the World in 80 Days” (1872)
― Wagner N. P. “Tales of the cat Purr” (1872)
― Tolstoy L.N. “The ABC” (1872),
― Tolstoy L.N. “ Prisoner of the Caucasus"(1872)
140 years - L. N. Tolstoy “Anna Karenina” (1877)
135 years - M. Twain “The Prince and the Pauper” (1882)
130 years ― Chekhov A.P. “Kashtanka” (1887)
125 years ― Garin-Mikhailovsky N. G. “Childhood of Tyoma” (1892)
120 years - H. D. Wells "The Invisible Man" (1897)
— A.P. Chekhov "Uncle Vanya" (1897)
― Voynich E. “Gadfly” (1897)
― Mamin-Sibiryak D.N. “Alyonushkin’s Tales” (1897)
― Stoker B. Dracula (1897)
115 years - M. Gorky “At the Depths” (1902)
- A. K. Doyle “The Hound of the Baskervilles”,
— E. L. Voynich “Gadfly” (1902),
― Potter B. "Peter Rabbit" (1902)
110 years - G. R. Haggart "Beautiful Margaret" (1907)
105 years - the first book of poems by Anna Akhmatova “Evening” (1912)
105 years old - A. C. Doyle " lost World"(1912),
100 years ― Gorky M. “Sparrow” (1912),
100 years ― Chukovsky K.I. “Crocodile” (1917)
95 years old ― Green A. " Scarlet Sails"(1922),
― Sabatini R. “The Odyssey of Captain Blood” (1922)
― Chukovsky K.I. “Moidodyr” (1922)
― Chukovsky K.I. “Cockroach” (1922)
90 years old - A. N. Tolstoy “Hyperboloid” engineer Garin»,
— M. A. Bulgakov “ White Guard"(1927)
― Belykh G., Panteleev L. “Republic of SHKID” (1927)
― Marshak S. Ya. “Mail” (1927)
85 years old - N. A. Ostrovsky “How the steel was tempered” (1932),
85 years old - Sholokhov M. A. “Virgin Soil Upturned” (1932)
80 years old - J. R. R. Tolkien “The Hobbit, or There and Back Again”
— A. Christie “Death on the Nile” (1937,)
― Marshak S. Ya. “The Story of an Unknown Hero” (1937),
75 years old ― Saint-Exupéry A. de " A little prince"(1942),
70 years old - Polevoy B.N. “The Tale of a Real Man” (1947),
65 years old - E. Hemingway “The Old Man and the Sea” (1952),
60 years old - R. D. Bradbury “Dandelion Wine”,
— N. N. Nosov “Dreamers”,
— M. V. Sholokhov “The Fate of Man”,
— I. A. Efremov “Andromeda Nebula” (1957)
― Zheleznikov V.K. “The eccentric from 6-B” (1957)
55 years old ― Davydychev L.I. “Difficult, full of hardships and dangers,
the life of Ivan Semyonov, a second-grader and repeater" (1962),
― Medvedev V.V. “Barankin, be a man!” (1962)
50th anniversary of the publication of G. Marquez’s epic novel “One Hundred Years of Solitude” (1967)
45 years ago the story of A.N. was published. and B.N. Strugatsky “Roadside Picnic” (1972)
- V. S. Pikul “With a Pen and a Sword” (1972)
― Aleksandrova T. I. “Kuzka the Brownie” (1972),
40 years old - V. S. Pikul “The Battle of the Iron Chancellors” (1977)
30 years old - A. N. Rybakov “Children of Arbat” (1987)

January
3 – 125 years since the birth of Tolkien (Tolkien) (1892-1973), English writer, philosopher, language historian, author fairy tales"The Hobbit", "The Lord of the Rings".
4th – 205th anniversary of the birth of E.P. Rostopchina (1812 - 1858), poetess and writer. The poet P.A. Vyazemsky called her “Moscow Sappho”.
15 - 395 years since the birth of Moliere (Jean Baptiste Poclein) (1622-1673), French playwright, creator of the genre of so-called high comedy.
16 - 150 years since the birth of V.V. Veresaev (1867-1945), Russian prose writer and literary critic.
18 -135 years since the birth of Alan Alexander Milne (1882-1956), English humorist, playwright, classic of English children's literature.
24 - 285 years since the birth of Auguste Caron de Beaumarchais (1732-1799), French playwright.
27 - 185 years since the birth of Lewis Carroll (1832-1898), English writer, professor of mathematics at Oxford University.
28 - 120 years since the birth of V.P. Kataev (1897-1986), Russian writer.
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180 years ago (1837) a duel between A.S. Pushkin and Dantes took place on the Black River.
170 years ago (1847), the first issue of the Sovremennik magazine published I. S. Turgenev’s essay “Khor and Kalinich.”
75 years ago (1942) the Pravda newspaper published K. Simonov’s poem “Wait for Me.”

February
2 - 75 years ago died in prison Daniil Kharms(1905-1942), Russian writer.
7 - 205 years since the birth of Charles Dickens (1812-1870), a classic of English literature.
10 — Memorial Day of A.S. Pushkin. 180 years since his death (1799-1837).
20 - 165 years since the birth of N. Garin (N. G. Mikhailovsky) (1852-1906), Russian writer.
26 -215 years since the birth of Victor Hugo (1802-1885), French writer.

March
15 - 80 years since the birth of V.G. Rasputin (1937), Russian writer
24 -140 years since the birth of A.S. Novikov-Priboy (1877-1944), Russian writer.
31 - 195 years since the birth of the Russian writer, translator and art critic Dmitry Vasilyevich GRIGOROVICH (1822-1900)
― 135 years since the birth of the Russian writer, poet, translator Korney
Ivanovich CHUKOVSKY [present. Nikolai Vasilievich Korneychukov] (1882-1969)
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95 years ago (1922) the former family estate of the Hannibal-Pushkins became the State Memorial museum-reserve A.S. Pushkin (Mikhailovskoye village, Pskov region).

April
2 – International Children's Book Day
10 -80 years since the birth of B.A. Akhmadulina (1937), Russian poetess.
— 200 years since the birth of the Russian writer, poet and historian Konstantin
Sergeevich AKSAKOV (1817-1860)
― 90 years since the birth of the Russian writer Vil Vladimirovich LIPATOV (1927-1979)
12 - 90 years since the birth of Harper Lee (1927), American writer.
19 - 115 years since the birth of V.A. Kaverin (1902-1989), Russian writer.
22 - 110 years since the birth of I.A. Efremov (1907-1972), Russian science fiction writer, author of the socio-philosophical novel “The Andromeda Nebula” - 55 years from the date of publication (1957).
28 -110 years since the birth of Z.I. Voskresenskaya (1907-1992), Russian writer.
― 115 years since the birth of the Russian children's writer Valentina Aleksandrovna OSEEVA-KHMELOVA (1902-1969)

May
16 - 130 years since the birth of Igor Severyanin (1887-1941), Russian modernist poet, translator, memoirist.
22 -145 years since the birth of Teffi (N.A. Lokhvitskaya) (1872-1952), poetess, writer of the Russian diaspora.
28 - 140 years since the birth of M.A. Voloshin (1877-1932), Russian poet, critic, artist.
29 -230 years since the birth of K.N. Batyushkov (1787-1855), Russian lyric poet, representative of sentimentalism.
29 - 120 years since the birth of I.S. Sokolov-Mikitov (1892-1975), Russian writer.
31 -125 years since the birth of K. G. Paustovsky (1892-1968), Russian writer.

June
1 - 85 years since the birth of B.A. Mozhaev (1932-1996), Russian writer, publicist.
6 – Pushkin Day of Russia
7 - 65 years since the birth of the Russian children's writer Elena Vasilievna GABOVA (1952)
15 - 150 years since the birth of K.D. Balmont (1867-1942), Russian poet, critic, representative of symbolism in Russian poetry.
18 -205 years since the birth of I.A. Goncharov (1812-1891), Russian writer.
20 - 85 years since the birth of R.I. Rozhdestvensky (1932-1994) Russian poet.
21 - 220 years since the birth of V.K. Kuchelbecker (1797-1846), Russian poet, friend of A.S. Pushkin.
22 - 110 years since the birth of the Russian children's writer Andrey Sergeevich NEKRASOV (1907-1987)
26 - 95 years since the birth of the Russian children's writer Yuri Yakovlevich
YAKOVLEVA (1922-1996)
28 - 305 years since the birth of Jean-Jacques Rousseau (1712-1778), French writer and philosopher of the Enlightenment, representative of sentimentalism.
V. Khlebnikov (1885-1922), Russian poet, futurism theorist, died 28 - 95 years ago.

July
1 - 110 years since the birth of V.T. Shalamov (1907-1982), Russian writer, poet, author of “Kolyma Tales”.
24 - 215 years since the birth of Alexandre Dumas (father) (1802 - 1870), French writer

August
2 ― 85 years since the birth of the Russian children's writer Vladimir Konstantinovich ARRO (1932)
8 - 90 years since the birth of Yu.P. Kazakov (1927-1982), Russian writer.
19 - 80 years since the birth of A.V. Vampilov (1937-1972), Russian playwright, author of plays " Duck hunting", "Eldest Son", etc.
20 - 85 years since the birth of V.P. Aksenov (1932-2009), Russian writer.
30 - 105 years since the birth of the Russian writer Vitaly Georgievich GUBAREV (1912-1981)
― 40 years since the birth of children's writer Tatyana Sergeevna LEVANOVA (1977)

September
5 - 200 years since the birth of A.K. Tolstoy (1817-1875), Russian poet, writer, playwright, author historical novel"Prince Silver".
10 - 110 years since the birth of V.I. Nemtsov (1907-1993), Russian science fiction writer.
11 -135 years since the birth of B.S. Zhitkov (1882-1938), Russian children's writer.
21 - 70 years since the birth (1947) of Stephen King, American writer.
25 -225 years since the birth of I.I. Lazhechnikov (1792-1869), Russian writer, author of the novels “The Ice House”, “Basurman”

75 years ago (1942) the publication of A.T. Tvardovsky’s poem “Vasily Terkin” began, which is considered to this day best poem about a soldier of the Great Patriotic War.

October
1 - 105 years since the birth of L.N. Gumilyov (1912 - 1992), Russian historian, geographer, author of the work “Ethnogenesis and Biosphere of the Earth”
8 - 125 years since the birth of M.I. Tsvetaeva (1892-1941), Russian poetess.
9 - 470 years since the birth of M. Cervantes (1547-1616), Spanish writer of the Renaissance.
23 - 85 years since the birth of Vasily Ivanovich BELOV (1932-2012), Russian writer
31 - 115 years since the birth of E. A. Permyak (1902-1982), Russian writer.

November

2 - 220 years since the birth of A.A. Bestuzhev-Marlinsky (1797 - 1837), Russian prose writer, poet, critic, Decembrist.
3 - 130 years since the birth of S.Ya.Marshak (1887-1964), Russian poet, translator, classic of children's literature.
6 - 165 years since the birth of D.N. Mamin-Sibiryak (1852-1912), Russian writer.
14 - 110 years since the birth of Astrid Lindgren (1907-2002), famous Swedish writer, author of 87 books translated into 76 languages.
22 - 50 years since the birth of V.O. Pelevin (1967), Russian writer.
29 -215 years since the birth of Wilhelm Hauff (1802-1827), German writer and a storyteller.
30 - 350 years since the birth of Jonathan Swift (1667-1745), English satirical writer.

December
4 - 145 years since the birth of Al. Altaeva (M.V. Yamshchikova) (1872-1959), Russian children's writer.
13 - 220 years since the birth of Heinrich Heine (1797-1856), German poet and prose writer.
13 - 115 years since the birth of Evgeniy Petrov (E.P. Kataev) (1902-1942), Russian writer, co-authored with I. Ilf.
22 - 80 years since the birth (1937) of Eduard Uspensky, Russian writer, author of novels and stories for children.
31 - 280 years since the birth of Rudolf Erich Raspe (1737-1794), German poet, historian, author of stories about Baron Munchausen.
The exact date of birth has not been established
230 years anniversary of A. Pogorelsky (1787-1836), Russian writer.
80 years old Roger Zelazny (Zelazny) (1937), American prose writer, one of the leading authors science fiction USA.

Compiled by: O. A. Grigorieva, bibliographer

Celebrating the anniversaries of your favorite writers is a good reason to reread familiar works or plunge into the world created by a talented author for the first time. In 2017 the following will celebrate their anniversary:

Anniversaries of classics in 2017

The works of classics, both ours and foreign ones, never lose their relevance. They are read, re-read, they put eternal concepts into our souls:

• honor;
• of good;
• beautiful.

Celebrating the anniversaries of writers and poets is a great opportunity to learn new things and become spiritually enriched.