Anniversaries of writers and poets in 2024 - jubilee writers

In 2024, the cultural life of our country will be enriched by the celebration of the anniversaries of many outstanding literary figures. Almost every month of the year will remind you of those whose works made up the golden fund of both the world book treasury. Touching again the work of famous writers-anniversaries symbolically means breathing in a breath of fresh air and drinking the purest spring water.

A. S. Pushkin

In the literary calendar for 2024, one can especially highlight the 225th anniversary of the birth of the great A. S. Pushkin. On June 6, true connoisseurs of his work will once again celebrate the birthday of the literary genius, but the celebrations will take place not only in the first summer month, but will take place throughout the year.

In honor of the significant event, it is planned to hold scientific and educational events, organize thematic exhibitions. The Pushkin House plans to digitize the handwritten fund. The theaters subordinated to the Ministry of Culture will go on tour with performances based on the works of the genius of classical literature. Museumification of the Tsarskoye Selo Lyceum will be completed at the All-Russian Museum of A.S. Pushkin.

Pushkin's creative heritage is huge, because the genius of Russian literature laid the foundations of Russian realism. On account of the great writer, dramatic works, fairy tales, a poetic novel, poems, as well as twelve serious prose books.

January

  • among the writers-anniversaries in 2024, D. A. Granin will be honored, on January 1, celebrating the 105th anniversary of the Soviet and writer. The following books are still very popular: “My Lieutenant”, “Bison”, “Blockade Book”, “Searchers”, “This Strange Life”, “Picture”, “Upside Down Month”.

One of the writer's deep and widely known statements can be considered as follows: "A compliment from a really smart person covers thousands of insults from vulgar people."

  • January 4 was born Karel Vaclav Rais, prose writer and poet (1859-1916; 165 years old), Czechoslovakia, "Lady" , "Abandoned Patriots" , "Sunset" , "For the Better" , "Among the People" ;
  • 8 - English writer and playwright William Wilkie Collins (1824-1889; 200), "Armadel" , "Yellow Mask" , "Woman in White" , "Sister Rose" , "Secret Marriage" ;
  • 12 - writer and translator Haruko Murakami (1949; 75), Japan, "Honey Pie" , "Norwegian Forest" , "Firefly" , "Listen to the Wind Song" , "Wonderland without brakes and the End of the World" ;
  • 17 - S. M. Gorodetsky, Russian Soviet prose writer, poet and playwright (1884-1967; 140), Wild Will, Willow, Perun, Rus, Reality;
  • 18 - prose writer, playwright, historian and philosopher Alexander Sventochovsky (1849-1938; 175), Poland, “The history of utopias. From Antiquity to the End of the 19th Century”, “We and You”, “On the Origin of Morals”, “Working at the Foundations”, “Reflections of a Pessimist”;
  • 19 - American poet, critic, prose writer Edgar Allan Poe (1809-1849; 215), "The Raven" , "The Gold Bug" , "The Well and the Pendulum" , "The Fall of the Ushers" , "The Black Cat" ;
  • January 22 marks the 120th anniversary of the birth of the Soviet children's writer A.P. Gaidar;
  • the 27th is the 145th anniversary of the folk narrator P. P. Bazhov.

February

  • February 1 is the birthday of E. I. Zamyatin, a Russian writer who worked at the turn of the 19th and 20th centuries. and who wrote the famous dystopian novel "We" , as well as the works "Alatyr" , "Angel Dormidont" , "Meeting" , "Ten Minute Drama" . He would have turned 140 in 2024;
  • Writer and playwright Rustam Ibragimbekov (1939; 85th birthday) was born on February 5, "White sun of the desert" , "On a business trip" , "Dacha" , "Business trip" , "House on the sand" ;
  • 8 - English critic and art historian John Ruskin (1819-1900; 205), Olive Wreath, Walks in Florence, Rural Leaves, Seven Lights of Architecture, Theory of Beauty;
  • On February 11, 1894, V.V. Bianchi was born, included in the list of anniversary writers whose work is planned to be studied during the 2023-2024 academic year;
  • 13 - poet and playwright N. I. Gnedich (1784-1833; 240), “Duma”, “Iliad. Summary of the song”, “Bear”, “Reasoning about the reasons slowing down the progress of our literature”, “God has no dead”;
  • 13 - fabulist and playwright I. A. Krylov (1784-1833; 255), "Wolf and Crane" , "Fox and Grapes" , "Monkey and Glasses" , "Musicians" , "Pig under the Oak" ;
  • 14 - Bashkir Soviet writer, poet, publicist Tukhvata Yanabi (1894-1939; 130), "The Road of Labor" , "The Winding Ways" , "On the High Road" , "The Joy of Labor" , "The Country of the Winners" ;
  • 15 - writer and translator Jens Baggesen (1794-1826; 230), Denmark;
  • 19 - poet O. V. Tumanyan (1869-1923; 155), "Concert" , "Plowman" , "Summon" , "Old Blessing" , "No Return" .;
  • 21 - prose writer, poet and folklorist D. I. Gulia, founder of the Abkhaz written culture (1874-1960; 150), “Wine reveals vices”, “In the old days”, “Reveler”, “Two words to the son and daughters”, “Man”.

March

  • On March 3, 1899, this light was first seen by Yu. K. Olesha (his 125th birthday), who was the author of fairy tales, fascinating stories, poems, satirical feuilletons, dearly loved by our contemporaries. The most famous book is "Three Fat Men" ;
  • March 6 Fazil Iskander's 95th birthday. He masterfully mastered several interesting genres, of which the following became widely known: the epic novel "Sandro from Chegem" , the story-parable "Rabbits and Boas" , the essay-dialogue "Thinking of an American" , the epic "Chika's Childhood" .

Iskander also wrote numerous novels that touch upon the meaning of life and other deep topics.

  • March 6 was also the birth of the classic of world literature Stanislav Jerzy Lec (1909-1966; 115th birthday), Poland, "Aphorisms" , "Tower of Babel" , "Magicians in the stadium" , "Still life with a mustache" , "Uncombed Thoughts" ;
  • 7 - writer, playwright and screenwriter Kobo Abe (1924-1993; 100), Japan, Woman in the Sands, Burnt Map, Box Man, Fourth Ice Age, Alien Face ';
  • 9 - poet, writer and artist T. G. Shevchenko (1814-1861; 210), "Gaidamaki" , "Testament" , "Katerina" , "Kobzar" , "Naymichka" ;
  • 11 - poet Torquato Tasso (1544-1595; 450), Italy, "Aminta" , "Forests are silent" , "Not a breath" , "Jerusalem liberated" , "This is the golden hour of the divine Aurora" ;
  • 12 - German writer Bodo Uze (1904-1963; 120), "Lieutenant Bertram" , "Bridge" , "Mercenary and Soldier" , "Patriots" , "First Battle" ;
  • 13 - writer A. A. Navrotsky (1839-1914; 185), "The Great Day" , "Waves of Life" , "To Each His Own" , "Under the Blows of Fate" , "Polonyanka" ;
  • 15 - writer Yu. V. Bondarev (1924-2020; 100), "Battalions ask for fire" , "Bermuda Triangle" , "Hot snow" , "Game" , "Youth of commanders" ;
  • 16 - science fiction writer A. R. Belyaev (1884-1942; 140), "Ariel" , "Professor Dowell's Head" , "Island of Lost Ships" , "Air Seller" , "Amphibian Man" ;
  • 18 - Marie Madeleine de Lafayette (1634-1693; 140), France, "Countess of Tand" , "Zaida. Spanish History" , "Portraits" , "Princess de Montpasier" , "Princess of Cleves" ;
  • 31 - English poet and translator Edward Fitzgerald (1809-1883; 215), "Agamemnon" , "Tales" , "Omar Khayyam's Rubaiyat" , "Council of Birds" , "Six Dramas of Calderon" .

April

  • April 1 - 215 years since the birth of N.V. Gogol, who belonged to an old Little Russian noble family. "The Night Before Christmas" , "Taras Bulba" , "Overcoat" , "Inspector" , "Marriage" , "Sorochinsky Fair" and many others - all found a grateful response in the hearts of readers and have not lost their relevance at the present time;
  • April 3, the writer L. N. Seifullina (1889-1954; 215th birthday), Virineya, Raid, Humus, Offenders, Property, was born;
  • 5 - poetess Gabriela Mistral (1889-1957; 135), Chile, "Silent Love" , "Future" , "The Other" , "Star Ballad" , "The Child Left Alone" ;
  • 6 - writer Anatole France (1844-1924; 180), France, "The Gods Thirst" , "Rise of the Angels" , "Krenquebil" , "Penguin Island" , "Thais" ;
  • April 17 is the 115th anniversary of V. P. Belyaev, Stalin Prize laureate, Russian and Ukrainian Soviet prose writer, screenwriter, playwright, journalist and publicist. The most famous work for a wide range of readers is the trilogy "The Old Fortress" ;
  • April 23, William Shakespeare, English poet and playwright (1564-1616; 460), "Hamlet" , "King Lear" , "Macbeth" , "Othello" , "Romeo and Juliet" was born;
  • 24 - D. I. Fonvizin (1744-1792; 280), "Foreman" , "General court grammar" , "Choice of a tutor" , "Good mentor" , "Undergrowth" ;
  • 24 - V. V. Nabokov, poet and prose writer, literary critic and translator (1899-1977; 125), "Pale Fire" , "gift" , "Luzhin's Defense" , "Lolita" , "Mashenka" ;
  • 25 - Claude Mauriac, who combined in his work the principles of the "new novel" school with elements of postmodernism (1914-1996; 110), France, "Every woman is fatal" , "Still time" , "Marquise left at five" , "Proust" , "Magnification" .

May

  • in the series of anniversaries of writers, a memorable date will not go unnoticed - in 2024, V.P. Astafyev, a member of the Union of Writers of the USSR, a participant in the Great Patriotic War, would have turned 100 years old. The future holder of the Order of Lenin was born on May 1, 1924;
  • in the same year, on May 10, Yu. V. Drunina was born. The military theme of poems is the leitmotif of all creativity, however, the poetess also wrote a lot about love and peaceful life;

  • English writer Ethel Lilian Voynich (1864-1960; 160th birthday), "Jack Raymond" , "Gadfly" , "Interrupted Friendship" , "Take off your shoes" , "Emilia Latham" was born on May 11;
  • 12 - writer and poet Yu. O. Dombrovsky (1909-1978; 115), "Arrest" , "Genius of the genre" , "Messengers" , "Wooden house on Gogol street" , "Notes of a petty hooligan" ;
  • 13 - A. S. Khomyakov, Russian philosopher (1804-1860; 220), “Biblical motifs in Russian poetry”, “Faith and deeds”, “Vocation”, “Compositions”, “One Church”;
  • 18 - Suleiman Stalsky, founder of Lezgin poetry (1869-1937; 155), "Lezhber" , "Mothers" , "Edification" , "Freedom is happiness" , "Street of Love" ;
  • 20 - Honore de Balzac (1799-1850; 225), France, "Shine and Poverty of the Courtesans" , "Gobsek" , "Father Goriot" , "The Human Comedy" , "Shagreen Skin" ;
  • 21 - playwright and screenwriter B. L. Vasiliev (1924-2013; 100), “The dawns here are quiet”, “Diamond is not a judge of a diamond”, “Aty-bats, soldiers were walking”, “Greetings from you from women Lera" , "Vladimir Monomakh" ;
  • 22 - Arthur Conan Doyle (1859-1930; 165), The White Company, The Lost World, The Dancing Men, The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, The Hound of the Baskervilles;
  • 29 - Gilbert Keith Chesterton (1874-1936; 150), "Eternal Man" , "Napoleon of Notting Hill" , "Ignorance of Father Brown" , "Sapphire Cross" , "The Man Who Was Thursday" .

June

  • the son of the famous author of "Moydodyr" and "Aybolit" N. K. Chukovsky worthily fits into the honorary list of anniversaries of writers and poets. In 2024, the talented translator would have turned 120 on June 2;
  • June 6 was born V. V. Konetsky (1929-2022; 95th birthday), "Artist" , "Without End" , "Yesterday's Worries" , "Friend Tobik" , "For Good Hope" ;
  • 12 - English publicist Charles Kingsley (1819-1875; 205), "Forward to the West" , "Children of the Water" , "Hypatia" , "Adventurer Amyas Lay" , "Holy Sinner" ;
  • 14 - V. A. Soloukhin (1924-1997; 100), "Barometer" , "White Grass" , "Warsaw Etudes" , "Magic Wand" , "The Brood" ;
  • 22 - playwright and publicist V. V. Ovechkin (1904-1968; 120), "The Big Question" , "Mistake" , "Under Clear Stars" , "Regional Weekdays" , "Stubborn Farm" ;
  • June 23 is a holiday for all lovers of good poetry. On this day 135 years ago, A. A. Akhmatova, a Russian poetess, one of the most significant figures of Russian literature in the 20th century, was born in the city of Odessa. The heyday of her work fell on the period of the so-called Silver Age. Public recognition of her merits was the nomination for the Nobel Prize.

July

  • Poet, prose writer and journalist A. I. Nesmelov was born on July 2, 1889;
  • July 25, 1929 - V. M. Shukshin, not only a talented author of literary works, but also the greatest playwright, director and actor;
  • July 27, 1784 - D. V. Davydov (quite possibly, he is not very well known to a wide range of modern readers, but he leads a cohort of bright representatives of the so-called "hussar poetry" );

  • July 3 was born V.O. ;
  • 7 - Lion Feuchtwanger, Germany (1884-1958; 140), "Jew Suess" , "Ugly Duchess" , "False Nero" , "Opperman Family" , "Success" ;
  • 9 - N. N. Aseev (1889-1963; 135), "Budyonny" , "Great people" , "Took" , "Zor" , "Night flute" ;
  • 12 - Pablo Neruda (1904-1973; 120), Chile, "Thank you very much" , "Bombardment" , "Every day you play with light" , "Love and a long journey give birth to a book" , "Autumn butterfly" ;
  • 13 - I. E. Babel (1894-1940; 130), Argamak, Big Fires, Kolyvushka, Cavalry, Odessa Stories;
  • 20 - poet Francesco Petrarca (1304-1374; 720), Italy, “I am silent about your beauty in verse”, “What is the nightingale crying so sweetly”, “Among thousands of women there was only one”, “You look at me from the darkness" , "I acted against him" ;
  • 25 - M.N. Zagoskin (1789-1852; 235), "Bryansk Forest" , "Evening on the Khoper" , "Tempter" , "Lebedyanskaya Fair" , "A Lesson for Idlers, or Heirs" .

August

  • August 9 marks the 130th anniversary of M. M. Zoshchenko (screenwriter and translator). With the help of his satirical works, he sought to actively fight against ignorance, philistinism, cruelty and other human vices;
  • August 13 was born V. F. Odoevsky, a famous Russian writer and cultural figure (1804-1869; 220th birthday), "Jokes about ants" , "Ball" , "Poor Gnedko" , "Two trees ”, “Riding through Moscow streets”;
  • 14 - Leonid Popov (1919-1990; 105), “Waiting for the days of meeting”, “Life that has become a song”, “We are walking on virgin snow”, “With all my heart”, “Seagulls”;
  • 18 - writer G. A. Fedorov (1909-1991; 115), "Ledum" , "Village Morning" , "Zella" , "Collective Farm Women" , "Mariyka" ;
  • G. N. Aigi would celebrate his 90th birthday on August 21st. He wrote poetry and translated a lot from Chuvash. Became a laureate of the Andrei Bely Prize and the first laureate of the Pasternakov Prize - was awarded in 2000;
  • On August 22, the writer-storyteller S. G. Kozlov (1939-2010; 85th birthday), "Spring Tale" , "Everything-everything-everything about the Hedgehog" , "Kuzya-cat" , "Lion and turtle”, “Chicken in the evening”;
  • 28 - Johann Wolfgang Goethe, Germany (1749-1832; 275), "Song of the Spirits over the Waters" , "Beautiful Night" , "Prometheus" , "Rendezvous and Parting" , "Consolation in Tears" ;
  • 31 - Russian philosopher A. N. Radishchev (1749-1802; 275), “Bova”, “A look through the centuries”, “Liberty”, “Diary of one week”, “Journey from St. Petersburg to Moscow”.

September

  • On September 1, the Russian prose writer and playwright A.P. Platonov (1899-1951; 125th birthday), "Immortality" , "City of Gradov" , "Secret Man" , "Third Son" , "Ethereal Path" ;
  • 6 - I. F. Nazhivin (1874-1940; 150), "The Soul of Tolstoy" , "The Gospel of Thomas" , "Temptation in the Desert" , "Cossacks" , "Rasputin" ;
  • 11 - A. I. Polezhaev (1804-1838; 220), "Anna Ioannovna" , "Harp" , "Biblical motifs in Russian poetry" , "Russian romance" , "Sashka" ;
  • 11 - poet G. A. Sannikov (1899-1969; 215), "Mirage" , "Clouds" , "On Two Seas" , "Snow will melt, this too will pass" , "Southern Cross" ;
  • 15 - James Fenimore Cooper (1789-1851; 235), Deerslayer, Red Corsair, Pioneers, The Last of the Mohicans, Pathfinder;
  • 20 - playwright and prose writer N. V. Kukolnik (1809-1868; 215), "Seat of Azov" , "Historical Notes on Lithuania" , "Russian Romantic Short Story" , "Tale after Tale" , "Old Years ';
  • September 27 gave the world the writer A. I. Tsvetaeva, the sister of the poetess Marina Tsvetaeva. In 2024, its 130th anniversary is celebrated. The best works include "The Moscow Ringer" , "My Siberia" and the story "Youth and Old Age" ;
  • Revolutionary author N. A. Ostrovsky was born on September 29, 1904. For four years he was busy writing the book "How the Steel Was Tempered" in the genre of socialist realism. Another novel about the civil war (" Born by the Storm" ) Ostrovsky did not have time to complete.

October

  • 90 years would have turned on October 7 N. N. Matveeva. The creative biography of the Soviet and poetess, prose writer, translator, bard, playwright and literary critic is very impressive. The path to all-Union glory began with a parody of the song "Five Minutes" published in 1957, which sounded in the movie "Carnival Night" ;
  • On October 11, B. A. Pylnyak (1894-1938; 130th birthday), "Wolves" , "Crooks" , "Zavolochie" , "Mahogany" , "Heirs" was born;
  • 13 - A. A. Surkov, who had an undoubted poetic gift (1899-1983; 125), "Attack" , "Fire beats in a cramped stove" , "Exodus" , "Chinese landscape" , "At the station" ;
  • October 15 is also a significant anniversary date: the 210th anniversary of M. Yu. Lermontov, another genius of Russian classical literature, prose writer and poet. His life was short, but very eventful. In addition to literary creativity, he was engaged in fine arts;
  • October 15 was also born A.V. Koltsov (1809-1842; 215th birthday), "Two Lives" , "Forester's House" , "First Love" , "Songs of an Old Man" , "Harvest" ;
  • 16 - English prose writer, poet and playwright Oscar Wilde (1854-1900; 170th birthday), "An Ideal Husband" , "The Importance of Being Earnest" , "The Picture of Dorian Gray" , "Salome" , "The nightingale and the rose" ;
  • 18 - writer and literary critic Yu. N. Tynyanov (1894-1943; 130), "Wax Person" , "Hannibals" , "Citizen Ocher" , "Living Water" , "Lieutenant Kizhe" ;
  • 18 - Kir Bulychev, Soviet science fiction writer, playwright, screenwriter, literary critic, historian, orientalist, falerist (1934-2003; 90), "City without memory" , "Reserve of fairy tales" , "Million adventures" , "Alice's Journey" , "One Hundred Days Ahead" ;
  • 20 - Mustai Karim (1919-2005; 105), "Village Lawyers" , "Long, Long Childhood" , "Stone Belt" , "Don't Throw Fire, Prometheus!" , "Pardon" ;
  • 25 - ethnographer, storyteller and artist S.G. Lulekh.”

November

  • 100 years ago, on November 3, the prose writer L.G. Zorin was born, who also tried his hand at dramaturgy;
  • November 10, 1894 - the date of the birth of the poet G. V. Ivanov;
  • November 16, 1889 - poet A. G. Arkhangelsky;
  • November 20 - anniversaries of the poetess and prose writer Z. N. Gippius, who was born in 1869, and the prose writer Yu. V. Davydov, who was born in 1924;

  • November 4 was born a literary critic and poet N. A. Otsup (1894-1958; 130th birthday), "Castle" , "In the smoke" , "Meeting" , "Diary in verse" , "Three kings ';
  • 9 - S. G. Wanderer (1869-1941; 155), "House of Chernovs" , "Lavrenty Shibaev" , "Shackles" , "Octava" , "Samara Stanzas" ;
  • 10 - playwright, historian, poet Johann Schiller (1759-1805; 265), Germany, "The Spiritualist" , "Cunning and Love" , "Mary Stuart" , "Maid of Orleans" , "Robbers" .

December

  • On December 1, the poetess Mirra Lokhvitskaya (1869-1905; 155 years of birth), “At noon hour”, “The enchanted soul dreams of azure distances”, “Forgotten spell”, “My beloved”, “ Jealousy" ;
  • 3 - Ludwig Holberg (1684-1754; 340), Denmark, "Fables of morality with the explanations of Mr. Baron Holberg" , "Introduction to the history of European states" , "General history of the church from the rise of Christianity to Luther" , "The Tinsmith -politician" , "Nils Klim's Underground Journey" ;
  • 4 - Katharina Susanna Pritchard (1884-1969; 140), Australia, "Nineties" , "Golden Miles" , "Winged Seeds" , "Brambi Hunter" , "Oxdriver" ;
  • December 5 - writer N. P. Zadornov (1909-1992; 115), "Amur Father" , "Blue Hour" , "Gold Rush" , "Captain Nevelskoy" , "Tsunami" ;
  • December 18 was born Ya. P. Polonsky, whose literary heritage consists of poems, numerous poetry collections and stories with novels. Outstanding composers set to music some of the poems that turned into popular romances;
  • December 20, 1904 E. S. Ginzburg, writer and publicist, was born. She became famous for her autobiographical novel The Steep Route, the genre of which she defined as “a chronicle of the time of the personality cult.”

This is not a complete list of talented anniversaries. In 2024, round dates of many other authors will be celebrated. The constant striving of Russian literature for the arrangement and even reorganization of social relations makes it possible even today to remain relevant even to those works that were written several centuries ago. Every connoisseur of a good book will be able to choose volumes in the library to his liking, rereading the prose and poetry that resonates the most in his own heart.

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