"Poems for Children". Poetry readings at the Presidential Library

On September 22, 2023 at 13:00 Moscow time poetry readings dedicated to poems for children will be held at the Presidential Library.

Marina Tsvetaeva in her essay “My Pushkin” (1937) wrote: “What you know in childhood, you know for the rest of your life, but also: what you don’t know in childhood, you don’t know for the rest of your life”. Is this statement true or false? St. Petersburg poet Sergei Makhotin will discuss this at poetry readings in the Presidential Library. Having devoted his life to the service of children's literature, he turns in his work to the little ones (the books “Hello, Day!”, “Senior Group”), to younger schoolchildren (“The Sea in a Jar”, “The Dog Counts to One”, “Turn the Cat Up Louder”), as well as to teenagers and youth, to whom he devotes stories, novellas and novels. Kindness (the poem “Grandma Overslept”), humor (“I saw the director in slippers”), tenderness (“And we will stroke the stream on the wet back”), intonation of trust and affirmation of moral values are the distinctive features of Sergei Makhotin’s poems.

The names of new authors of children's literature will be presented by writer, publisher, candidate of philological sciences, associate professor of St. Petersburg State University Anastasia Petrova.

The poetry readings will be attended by editor-in-chief of the Kostyor all-Russian magazine Nikolai Kharlampiev (St. Petersburg), poet Elena Anokhina and literary editor of the Sibiryachok magazine Dina Fialkovskaya (Irkutsk), as well as editor-in-chief of the Luchik magazine Lev Pirogov (Moscow).

The event is free. The meeting will be broadcast on the Presidential Library’s portal in the Live Broadcasts section in accordance with the program of live events, on the institution’s Rutube-channel, as well as on the page on the social networks VKontakte and Odnoklassniki.

Accreditation of media representatives is until 12:00 September 21, 2023

Please forward applications for accreditation following the attached form marked Media Accreditation at media@prlib.ru, hudjakova@prlib.ru Alexandra Khudyakova, tel.: (812) 305-16-21, ext. 167; mob. +7 (981) 788-28-08.

The letter should contain the full name, date and place of birth, passport data (series, number, place of registration), a list of carry-on equipment, contact phone numbers, the name of the media.

We draw the attention of the media representatives that it is necessary to forward applications for accreditation and arrive at the event in advance.

Entrance to the Presidential Library is carried out only by prior registration and upon showing a passport: for media representatives - through entrance № 2, participants and guests of the event - through entrance № 1.

In order to reduce the risks of the spread of a new coronavirus infection (COVID-19), the use of personal protective equipment during the event is mandatory for all attendees.