At the memorial evening of the outstanding Soviet and Kyrgyz writer, diplomat, academician, Hero of Socialist Labor, laureate of Lenin and three USSR State Prizes, Hero of the Kyrgyz Republic Chingiz Aitmatov, the film “Citizen of the Globe” with the performance of director Olga Chekalin will be presented. The meeting participants will watch excerpts from films based on the writer's works. The story about the creative way of Ch. Aitmatov will be presented by Goldie and Jean Blancova, professors of Russian literature who knew the writer closely. Excerpts from the works will be read by N. Dmitrievskaya, S. Knyazev, and others. An exhibition from the collection of “Our friend is Chingiz Aitmatov” will be launched. For discussion, selected excerpts from the works: "And the day lasts more than a century," "Jamila", "Cassandra Brand", "Scaffold".
We invite everyone to listen to, watch, read and talk about the work of Chingiz Aitmatov.