"The photo exhibition "Aitmatov. Hidden Moments" is dedicated to the birthday of the great writer. According to UNESCO, Chingiz Aitmatov is one of the most widely read authors of our time. He was called a classic of literature even during his lifetime.
The exhibition dedicated to Kyrgyz writer Chingiz Aitmatov, featuring previously unknown photographs from the life of the world classic, opened in the capital of Belgium on Thursday, the press service of the republic's Ministry of Foreign Affairs reported.
According to UNESCO, Chingiz Aitmatov is one of the most widely read authors of our time. He was called a classic of literature even during his lifetime. Aitmatov's novels have been translated into more than 176 languages and published in 128 countries worldwide, with a circulation of over 100 million copies.
"The photo exhibition "Aitmatov. Hidden Moments" is dedicated to the birthday of the great writer. It will feature works by Ibrahim Bakirov, a man who worked alongside Aitmatov for many years and collected a large photo archive about the writer. Photographs by Aitmatov's friend and close associate, the well-known European Aitmatov scholar Jean Blanco, will also be displayed," the agency's source reported.
The exhibition will take place at the Russian Center for Culture and Science in Brussels. There, it is expected that an evening in memory of the writer will be held, featuring a documentary film about Aitmatov's life in Europe, as well as a concert where musical works inspired by the classic's writings will be performed.
Chingiz Aitmatov was born on December 12, 1928, in the village of Sheker in the Talas region of Kyrgyzstan, in the family of a prominent statesman, Torekul Aitmatov, who was executed in 1938. His mother, Nagima Khazievna, of Tatar nationality, was an actress in the local theater.
In 1958, the novella "Jamilya" was published, bringing Aitmatov worldwide fame. Among the writer's most famous works are "And the Day Lasts More Than a Century" (1980), "The White Steamship" (1970), "The Scaffold" (1986), and "When the Mountains Fall (Eternal Bride)" (2006). A beloved writer, he passed away in 2008 in a clinic in the German city of Nuremberg, just six months shy of his eightieth birthday.
Source: RIA Novosti
