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Exhibitions in January

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Time
Event
Location
 

Anniversary exhibitions

 
13 January – 5 April
Third floor, circular hall
25 November –
17 January

 

"The world is lavish. The world shall reiterate me...": the 80th birthday of writer, knight of the Order of Friendship of Peoples (1980), laureate of I. Melezh Literary Prize (1983) and Yakub Kolas Literary Prize of the BSSR (1984)
Vladimir Korotkevich (1930–1984)

 

Third floor, circular hall
3 December –
10 January
“A high note of creativity”: the 75th birthday of writer, public figure, honored cultural worker of Belarus, laureate of Y. Kupala State Prize (1998), laureate of the President of the Republic of Belarus Special Prize (2005)
Eduard Skobelev
December 14 –
January 15
“The great connoisseur of the mother tongue”: the 75th birthday of philologist, chairman of Republican Toponymical Commission at the National Academy of Sciences of Belarus, member of Toponymical Commission at the Council of ministers of the Republic of Belarus Valentina Lemtyugova
December 7

January 10
“Talent devoted to people”: the 120th birthday of Belarusian composer, pedagogue and people’s artist of Belarus Nicolai Aladov (1890–1972)
(3rd floor, room 305)
December 27 –
January 15
“The coryphaeus of Slavonic studies”: the 150th birthday of Belarusian philologist, founder of Bulgarian scientific linguistics and study of literature, folklorist, paleographer and pedagogue Evfimi Karsky (1861–1931)
December 9 –
January 15
“Academician Evfimi Karsky’s heritage”: the 150th birthday Book Museum
January 25 –
March 7
“The chronicler of the epoch”: the 90th birthday of people’s writer of Belarus, Hero of Socialist Labour (1981) Ivan Shamyakin (1921–2004)
Second floor, circular hall
January 18 –28
“On the way to the truth”: the 80th birthday of literary critic, textual critic, Corresponding Member of the National Academy of Sciences of Belarus, laureate of the State Prize of Belarus (1980) Мikhail Mushinsky
January 13 –31
"The strings of the shining talent”: the 75th birthday of writer, translator, honored cultural worker of Belarus, laureate of Y. Kupala State Prize of Belarus (1976) Yanka Sipakov
January 12 – February 19
“In love with Belarus”: the 70th birthday of artist, composer, creator and art director of the Belarusian state ensemble “Pesnyary”, people’s artist of Belarus and the USSR, honored cultural worker of Poland, laureate of Lenin Komsomol Prize of Belarus (1976) Vladimir Mulyavin (1941–2003)
(3rd floor, room 305)
January 12 –31
“Music as a sequel of life”: the 125th birthday of composer, one of founders of the mass song, choir and romance in Belarusian music, honored cultural worker of Belarus Aleksey Тurenkov (1886–1958)
(3rd floor, room 305)
January 19 –
February 21
“The family of artists”: the 80th birthday of graphic artist, developer of the national theme in children’s literature and easel graphics, laureate of Lenin Komsomol Prize of Belarus (1970) Natalya Poplavskaya and the 80th birthday of graphic artist, painter, people’s artist of Belarus, honored cultural worker of Belarus, academician of the National Academy of Sciences of Belarus and Russian Academy of Sciences, laureate of Lenin Komsomol Prize of Belarus (1970), the International Jawaharlal Nehru Award (1974), and the State Prize of Belarus (2002) Georgi Poplavsky
Visual Materials Reading Room
(3rd floor, room 307)
January 21
February 20
The 90th anniversary of the Publishing House “Belarus” Second floor, circular hall
 

Subject exhibitions

 
August 19 –
January 31
“The best books of Belarus”: the exhibition-presentation exposing the winners of the 50th National Contest “The Art of a Book – 2010” and of the VII International Contest “The Art of a Book” among member-countries of the CIS Third floor, circular hall
December 8 –
January 4
“Human dignity and justice for all”: the Human Rights Day Anteroom, second floor, room 207
December 1 –
January 4
“The united world against AIDS”: World AIDS Day (1 December )
December 17 –
January 20
"Happy New Year!": holiday posters from the stacks of the National Library of Belarus
Visual Materials Reading Room
(3rd floor, room 307)
December 8 –
January 10
“There is nothing like mountains”: the International Mountain Day (11 December ) Third floor, circular hall
December 21 –
January 31
"Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!": a holiday book exhibition Second floor, circular hall
January 5 –
February 2
“Youth: dialogue and mutual understanding”: the International Year of Youth Anteroom, second floor, room 207
January 4 –
February 28
"Professional reading aid": sources from periodicals 2009–2011
Periodicals Reading Room
(anteroom, 1st floor, room 106)
January 12 –
February 23
“The greatest literary characters” Third floor, circular hall
January 5

February 10
“Holocaust: memory and warning”: the International Holocaust Remembrance Day (27 January )
January 27– February 28
“Great talent, great work, great heart” dedicated to the winners of the Prize “For Spiritual Renaissance” and the President’s of the Republic of Belarus Special Prize for Art and Cultural Workers 2010. Third floor, circular hall