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International Book Fair kicks off in Minsk
MINSK, 28 February (BelTA) – The 25th Minsk International Book Fair, under this year’s title Belarus is a Cultural Venue of Europe, will be running in the Belarusian capital from 28 February to 4 March, BelTA informs.
The Guest of Honor at the 25th edition of the expo is Serbia. The central exhibitor is Kazakhstan. Russia, Ukraine, Israel, Kazakhstan, France, Germany, Venezuela, China, Armenia and the UK were the guests of honor at the Minsk book fair in different years.
The Guest of Honor’s exhibition program will feature a presentation of the Serbian National Library “Serbian Literature during WWI”, meetings with well-known Serbian prose writer Goran Petrovic, Dajana Lazarevic, the translator of Maksim Bogdanovich’s book of poems Vyanok (Wreath) into Serbian, and also the Serbian-Belarusian literary meeting “Artistic and Scientific Tandem: Ivan Charota and Dragan Lakicevic”.
The expo will also feature a number of book presentations about Serbia and a Serbian literature soiree in the House of Friendship.
Taking part in the exhibition will be Russia (the publishing houses from Moscow and St. Petersburg), Germany, the UK, the United States, and China.
Another highlight of the book fair will be the presentation of The Encyclopedia of China in Belarusian, a project carried out under a cooperation agreement between Belarus’ Information Ministry and China’s State Administration of Press, Publication, Radio, Film and Television.
The Committee for Press and Mass Media Cooperation of the St Petersburg government will present a musical and literary evening dedicated to the Russian city’s 315th anniversary and Belarus-Russia joint literary projects.
The book fair will comprise an international literary symposium “Writer and Time”. Writers from more than 20 countries have confirmed their participation in the conference.
The line-up of events includes an awards ceremony for the contest of young writers Pershatsvet (An Early Flower). The works of the winners have been published in the Pershatsvet almanac to be presented at the book fair.
Belarus’ national stand at the expo will see numerous guests with authors, publishers, and artists along with presentations of new books, roundtable discussions, autograph sessions, and an awards ceremony for The Art of Book national contest winners.
The 25th edition of the Minsk International Book Fair is organized by the Information Ministry of Belarus, the Minsk City Hall, and the book selling companies Belkniga and Makbel. Entry is free.
Lukashenko sends greetings to participants of Minsk International Book Fair
MINSK, 28 February (BelTA) – Belarus President Alexander Lukashenko has sent greetings to the participants and guests of the 25th Minsk International Book Fair and the 4th International Literary Symposium Writer and Time, BelTA learned from the press service of the Belarusian leader.
“The forum is considered to be one of brightest events in Belarus’ life. In a quarter of a century it has become known abroad as well,” the message of greetings reads.
Alexander Lukashenko stressed that the spiritual and moral development of the society is a priority for the Belarusian state, and, of course, books play an important role in this process. “It is hard to overestimate its importance for the preservation of the cultural legacy of generations, formation of the personality and aspiration for progress,” the president remarked.
According to the head of state, it is very important when honest and sincere words of writers help promote peace, understanding and humanism.
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