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Meeting with Alexandr Susha
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- Created on Monday, 13 March 2017 08:14
On the 16th of March the library hosted meetings with Alexandr Susha, a candidate of cultural studies and deputy director for scientific and editorial activities at the National Library of Belarus.
The meetings were attended by students of the regular schools who had been invited by the employees of the Department of Children Literature to see the presentation of books about Francysk Skaryna.
The results of the research activities of Alexandr Susha were systematized in the book trilogy, where Francysk Skaryna, the printing pioneer, appeared as a walking encyclopedia, a globally minded person and a living legend. Although this three-volume edition saw the world as part of the «Children Encyclopedia» series, its contents would be interesting for older readers. The collection boasts upwards of 300 illustrations, many of which have not been published before. The author puts forward surprising suggestions and appeals for documental sources.
Fourth graders from the Secondary School No. 25 of Vitebsk took part in the event and read pieces of poetry, devoted to the first printer. They performance was followed by a musical act by Vlada Scopa, a student of the Children Music School No. 4. The author of the book answered multiple questions of children and dispensed autographs.
At the event, which was attended by historians, local lore specialists and students of Vitebsk Theological Seminary, Alexandr Susha summed up all the republicans and international projects to be arranged for the celebration of the 500th anniversary of Belarusian book printing, including the project «Francysk Skaryna and his era» that will exhibit original publications by Francysk Skaryna from different countries, or the project of issuing a facsimile twenty-volume publication of Francysk Skaryna's legacy «The Book Heritage of Francysk Skaryna» and other large-scale events. Their purpose is not only to preserve history, but also to show the huge influence of the Belarusian sophist to the culture of his time.
