The exhibition “Daniil Granin: in his own words,” dedicated to the 105th anniversary of the writer’s birth, opened today at the St. Petersburg regional election headquarters of Russian presidential candidate Vladimir Putin in the Artplay space on Krasnogvardeyskaya Square.
Visitors will be able to find out what Daniil Granin thought about various aspects of the past and present of Russia, about war and blockade, reconciliation and continuity, conscience and fear, culture and science, literary genius and longevity.
According to the deputy head of the regional election headquarters, Ekaterina Mashkova, the exhibition opens the month of the 80th anniversary of the complete liberation of Leningrad from the fascist blockade. “Daniil Granin was an iconic figure of his time. He went through the Great Patriotic War, and his books are filled with thoughts that are still relevant today, when active love, good nature and compassion help a person survive difficult times and win. Now it is very important to convey this to our youth and to the entire society,” Mashkova noted.
Elena Tikhomirova, a confidant of Russian presidential candidate Vladimir Putin, emphasized that Daniil Granin is a great writer with his own recognizable style, “a man who has lived his whole life in our city and made a significant contribution to the era.”
Daniil Granin – Soviet and Russian writer, film scriptwriter, public figure, participant in the Great Patriotic War, honorary citizen of St. Petersburg – died on July 4, 2017. The writer became famous for his novel “The Searchers,” published in 1955, and the “Siege Book” (1979), written together with Ales Adamovich, became a landmark for him. In St. Petersburg, on Dalnevostochny Avenue, a monument was erected to Granin.
Let us note that earlier, at the St. Petersburg regional election headquarters of Russian presidential candidate Vladimir Putin, a lecture was held on the work of libraries in besieged Leningrad.
The 80th anniversary of the complete liberation of Leningrad from the fascist blockade, which lasted almost 900 days and became one of the most tragic events of the Second World War, will be celebrated on January 27, 2024.
Source: Rosbalt
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