Calendar of significant and memorable dates. Calendar of significant and memorable dates Anniversaries in the year Russian by month

“The library is an open table of ideas to which everyone is invited...”
A. I. Herzen

The calendar of memorable literary dates for 2017 contains not only the anniversaries of domestic and foreign writers and poets that will be celebrated in 2017, but also the main events of the year.

According to the UN decision:
2013-2022 - International Decade for the Rapprochement of Cultures

International decades:
2015-2024 - International Decade for People of African Descent
2014-2024 - A decade of sustainable energy for all
2011-2020 - Third International Decade for the Eradication of Colonialism
2011-2020 - United Nations Decade on Biodiversity
2011-2020 - Decade of Action for Road Safety
2010-2020 - United Nations Decade for Deserts and the Fight against Desertification
2008-2017 - Second decade of the United Nations for the eradication of poverty.
2017 in the Russian Federation will be declared the Year of Specially Protected Natural Areas.Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a decree on holding the Year of Specially Protected Natural Areas in 2017 (Decree of the President of the Russian Federation of August 1, 2015 No. 392 “On holding the Year of Specially Protected Natural Areas in the Russian Federation”). The Year of Protected Natural Areas will be timed to coincide with the celebration of the 100th anniversary of the Russian nature reserve system.
Krasnoyarsk was declared the Library Capital of Russia 2017.
Cypriot Paphos has been declared the European Capital of Culture for 2017.
Conakry, the capital of the Republic of Guinea, was declared World Capital
books of 2017.
In addition, RIA-Novosti reports that the government is discussing the idea of holding the Year of Theater in Russia in 2017.

520 years of the Russian coat of arms.
775 years ago (April 5, 1242) Prince Alexander Nevsky defeated the crusaders on Lake Peipus near the Crow Stone. Day of Military Glory of Russia (celebrated on April 18).
980 years ago, Yaroslav the Wise founded the first library of Ancient Rus' at the St. Sophia Cathedral in Kyiv (1037)
1155th anniversary of the birth of Russian statehood (Presidential Decree No. 267 of March 3, 2011)

405 years of expulsion of Polish interventionists from Moscow by the militia under the leadership of Minin and Pozharsky (October 26, 1612)
205th anniversary of the Patriotic War of 1812, Battle of Borodino (August 26 (September 7), 1812)

100 years of the October Revolution
75 years (1942) since the beginning (July 17) of the Battle of Stalingrad.
80 years of the Great Terror.
95 years since the end of the Civil War.
60 years ago (October 4, 1957), the world's first artificial Earth satellite was launched in our country. The beginning of the space age.

ANNIVERSARY BOOKS
830 years of the poem “The Tale of Igor’s Campaign” (1187),
470 years ― “The Tale of Peter and Fevronia of Murom” (1547),
320 years ― Perrault S. “Cinderella, or the Crystal Slipper” (1697),
― Perrault S. “Puss in Boots” (1697),
― Perrault S. “Tom Thumb” (1697),
― Perrault S. “Bluebeard” (1697),
― Perrault S. “Tales of My Mother Goose, or Stories and Tales
of old times with teachings" (1697)
205 years ― Grimm J. and V. “The Golden Goose” (1812)
― Grimm J. and V. “The Frog King, or Iron Henry” (1812)
255 years - C. Gozzi “The Deer King”, “Turandot” (1762)
240 years - R.B. Sheridan "The School of Scandal" (1777)
225 years - N. M. Karamzin “Poor Liza” (1792)
195 years - A. S. Pushkin “Song of the Prophetic Oleg” (1822)
190 years ― Gauff V. “Dwarf Nose” (1827)
185 years old - A.S. Pushkin "Dubrovsky" (1832)
― Pushkin A. S. “Anchar” (1832)
― Pushkin A. S. “The Tale of Tsar Saltan, his glorious son and mighty hero Prince Guidon Saltanovich and the beautiful Princess Swan” (1832)
185 years old - N.V. Gogol “Evenings on a farm near Dikanka” (1832)
180 years - M.Yu. Lermontov “Borodino” (1837)
180 years ― Andersen H. K. “The King’s New Clothes” (1837)
175 years old - N.V. Gogol “Dead Souls” (first volume) (1842),
- story by N.V. Gogol's "The Overcoat" (1842)
170 years - Charles Bronte "Jane Eyre" (1847)
― Goncharov I. A. “Ordinary History” (1847),
― Turgenev I. S. “Notes of a Hunter” (1847)
165 years old - I.S. Turgenev “Notes of a Hunter” (1852)
― Beecher Stowe G. “Uncle Tom's Cabin” (1852),
― Tolstoy L.N. “Childhood” (1852)
― Turgenev I. S. “Mumu” (1852)
160 years - I.S. Turgenev "Asya" (1857)
155 years - A. S. Griboedov “Woe from Wit”,
— V. M. Hugo “Les Miserables”,
— I. S. Turgenev “Fathers and Sons” (1862)
150 years - Charles De Coster “The Legend of Ulenspiegel and Lamm Gudzak, of their valiant, funny and glorious deeds in Flanders and other lands”,
- V.V. Krestovsky “Petersburg slums”,
— F. M. Dostoevsky “Crime and Punishment”,
— G. Ibsen “Peer Gynt” (1867),
― Verne J. “The Children of Captain Grant” (1867-1868)
145 years - I. S. Turgenev “Spring Waters”,
— J. Verne “Around the World in 80 Days” (1872)
― Wagner N. P. “Tales of the cat Purr” (1872)
― Tolstoy L.N. “The ABC” (1872),
― Tolstoy L.N. “Prisoner of the Caucasus” (1872)
140 years - L. N. Tolstoy “Anna Karenina” (1877)
135 years - M. Twain “The Prince and the Pauper” (1882)
130 years ― Chekhov A.P. “Kashtanka” (1887)
125 years ― Garin-Mikhailovsky N. G. “Childhood of Tyoma” (1892)
120 years - H. D. Wells "The Invisible Man" (1897)
— A.P. Chekhov "Uncle Vanya" (1897)
― Voynich E. “Gadfly” (1897)
― Mamin-Sibiryak D.N. “Alyonushkin’s Tales” (1897)
― Stoker B. Dracula (1897)
115 years - M. Gorky “At the Depths” (1902)
- A. K. Doyle “The Hound of the Baskervilles”,
— E. L. Voynich “Gadfly” (1902),
― Potter B. "Peter Rabbit" (1902)
110 years - G. R. Haggart "Beautiful Margaret" (1907)
105 years - the first book of poems by Anna Akhmatova “Evening” (1912)
105 years old - A. C. Doyle “The Lost World” (1912),
100 years ― Gorky M. “Sparrow” (1912),
100 years ― Chukovsky K.I. “Crocodile” (1917)
95 years old ― Green A. “Scarlet Sails” (1922),
― Sabatini R. “The Odyssey of Captain Blood” (1922)
― Chukovsky K.I. “Moidodyr” (1922)
― Chukovsky K.I. “Cockroach” (1922)
90 years old - A. N. Tolstoy “Hyperboloid of Engineer Garin”,
— M. A. Bulgakov “The White Guard” (1927)
― Belykh G., Panteleev L. “Republic of SHKID” (1927)
― Marshak S. Ya. “Mail” (1927)
85 years old - N. A. Ostrovsky “How the steel was tempered” (1932),
85 years old - Sholokhov M. A. “Virgin Soil Upturned” (1932)
80 years old - J. R. R. Tolkien “The Hobbit, or There and Back Again”
— A. Christie “Death on the Nile” (1937,)
― Marshak S. Ya. “The Story of an Unknown Hero” (1937),
75 years old ― Saint-Exupéry A. de “The Little Prince” (1942),
70 years old - Polevoy B.N. “The Tale of a Real Man” (1947),
65 years old - E. Hemingway “The Old Man and the Sea” (1952),
60 years old - R. D. Bradbury “Dandelion Wine”,
— N. N. Nosov “Dreamers”,
— M. V. Sholokhov “The Fate of Man”,
— I. A. Efremov “Andromeda Nebula” (1957)
― Zheleznikov V.K. “The eccentric from 6-B” (1957)
55 years old ― Davydychev L.I. “Difficult, full of hardships and dangers,
the life of Ivan Semyonov, a second-grader and repeater" (1962),
― Medvedev V.V. “Barankin, be a man!” (1962)
50th anniversary of the publication of G. Marquez’s epic novel “One Hundred Years of Solitude” (1967)
45 years ago the story of A.N. was published. and B.N. Strugatsky “Roadside Picnic” (1972)
- V. S. Pikul “With a Pen and a Sword” (1972)
― Aleksandrova T. I. “Kuzka the Brownie” (1972),
40 years old - V. S. Pikul “The Battle of the Iron Chancellors” (1977)
30 years old - A. N. Rybakov “Children of Arbat” (1987)

January
3 - 125 years since the birth of Tolkien (Tolkien) (1892-1973), English writer, philosopher, language historian, author of fairy tales “The Hobbit”, “The Lord of the Rings”.
4th – 205th anniversary of the birth of E.P. Rostopchina (1812 - 1858), poetess and writer. The poet P.A. Vyazemsky called her “Moscow Sappho.”
15 - 395 years since the birth of Moliere (Jean Baptiste Poclein) (1622-1673), French playwright, creator of the genre of so-called high comedy.
16 - 150 years since the birth of V.V. Veresaev (1867-1945), Russian prose writer and literary critic.
18 -135 years since the birth of Alan Alexander Milne (1882-1956), English humorist, playwright, classic of English children's literature.
24 - 285 years since the birth of Auguste Caron de Beaumarchais (1732-1799), French playwright.
27 - 185 years since the birth of Lewis Carroll (1832-1898), English writer, professor of mathematics at Oxford University.
28 - 120 years since the birth of V.P. Kataev (1897-1986), Russian writer.
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180 years ago (1837) a duel between A.S. Pushkin and Dantes took place on the Black River.
170 years ago (1847), the first issue of the Sovremennik magazine published I. S. Turgenev’s essay “Khor and Kalinich.”
75 years ago (1942) the Pravda newspaper published K. Simonov’s poem “Wait for Me.”

February
2 - 75 years ago, Daniil Kharms (1905-1942), a Russian writer, died in prison.
7 - 205 years since the birth of Charles Dickens (1812-1870), a classic of English literature.
10 — Memorial Day of A.S. Pushkin. 180 years since his death (1799-1837).
20 - 165 years since the birth of N. Garin (N. G. Mikhailovsky) (1852-1906), Russian writer.
26 -215 years since the birth of Victor Hugo (1802-1885), French writer.

March
15 - 80 years since the birth of V.G. Rasputin (1937), Russian writer
24 -140 years since the birth of A.S. Novikov-Priboy (1877-1944), Russian writer.
31 - 195 years since the birth of the Russian writer, translator and art critic Dmitry Vasilyevich GRIGOROVICH (1822-1900)
― 135 years since the birth of the Russian writer, poet, translator Korney
Ivanovich CHUKOVSKY [present. Nikolai Vasilievich Korneychukov] (1882-1969)
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95 years ago (1922) the former family estate of the Hannibal-Pushkins became the State Memorial Museum-Reserve of A.S. Pushkin (Mikhailovskoye village, Pskov region).

April
2 – International Children's Book Day
10 -80 years since the birth of B.A. Akhmadulina (1937), Russian poetess.
— 200 years since the birth of the Russian writer, poet and historian Konstantin
Sergeevich AKSAKOV (1817-1860)
― 90 years since the birth of the Russian writer Vil Vladimirovich LIPATOV (1927-1979)
12 - 90 years since the birth of Harper Lee (1927), American writer.
19 - 115 years since the birth of V.A. Kaverin (1902-1989), Russian writer.
22 - 110 years since the birth of I.A. Efremov (1907-1972), Russian science fiction writer, author of the socio-philosophical novel “The Andromeda Nebula” - 55 years from the date of publication (1957).
28 -110 years since the birth of Z.I. Voskresenskaya (1907-1992), Russian writer.
― 115 years since the birth of the Russian children's writer Valentina Aleksandrovna OSEEVA-KHMELOVA (1902-1969)

May
16 - 130 years since the birth of Igor Severyanin (1887-1941), Russian modernist poet, translator, memoirist.
22 -145 years since the birth of Teffi (N.A. Lokhvitskaya) (1872-1952), poetess, writer of the Russian diaspora.
28 - 140 years since the birth of M.A. Voloshin (1877-1932), Russian poet, critic, artist.
29 -230 years since the birth of K.N. Batyushkov (1787-1855), Russian lyric poet, representative of sentimentalism.
29 - 120 years since the birth of I.S. Sokolov-Mikitov (1892-1975), Russian writer.
31 -125 years since the birth of K. G. Paustovsky (1892-1968), Russian writer.

June
1 - 85 years since the birth of B.A. Mozhaev (1932-1996), Russian writer, publicist.
6 – Pushkin Day of Russia
7 - 65 years since the birth of the Russian children's writer Elena Vasilievna GABOVA (1952)
15 - 150 years since the birth of K.D. Balmont (1867-1942), Russian poet, critic, representative of symbolism in Russian poetry.
18 -205 years since the birth of I.A. Goncharov (1812-1891), Russian writer.
20 - 85 years since the birth of R.I. Rozhdestvensky (1932-1994) Russian poet.
21 - 220 years since the birth of V.K. Kuchelbecker (1797-1846), Russian poet, friend of A.S. Pushkin.
22 - 110 years since the birth of the Russian children's writer Andrei Sergeevich NEKRASOV (1907-1987)
26 - 95 years since the birth of the Russian children's writer Yuri Yakovlevich
YAKOVLEVA (1922-1996)
28 - 305 years since the birth of Jean-Jacques Rousseau (1712-1778), French writer and philosopher of the Enlightenment, representative of sentimentalism.
V. Khlebnikov (1885-1922), a Russian poet and futurist theorist, died 28 - 95 years ago.

July
1 - 110 years since the birth of V.T. Shalamov (1907-1982), Russian writer, poet, author of “Kolyma Tales”.
24 - 215 years since the birth of Alexandre Dumas (father) (1802 - 1870), French writer

August
2 ― 85 years since the birth of the Russian children's writer Vladimir Konstantinovich ARRO (1932)
8 - 90 years since the birth of Yu.P. Kazakov (1927-1982), Russian writer.
19 - 80 years since the birth of A.V. Vampilov (1937-1972), Russian playwright, author of the plays “Duck Hunt”, “Elder Son”, etc.
20 - 85 years since the birth of V.P. Aksenov (1932-2009), Russian writer.
30 - 105 years since the birth of the Russian writer Vitaly Georgievich GUBAREV (1912-1981)
― 40 years since the birth of children's writer Tatyana Sergeevna LEVANOVA (1977)

September
5 - 200 years since the birth of A.K. Tolstoy (1817-1875), Russian poet, writer, playwright, author of the historical novel “Prince Silver”.
10 - 110 years since the birth of V.I. Nemtsov (1907-1993), Russian science fiction writer.
11 -135 years since the birth of B.S. Zhitkov (1882-1938), Russian children's writer.
21 - 70 years since the birth (1947) of Stephen King, American writer.
25 -225 years since the birth of I.I. Lazhechnikov (1792-1869), Russian writer, author of the novels “The Ice House”, “Basurman”

75 years ago (1942) the publication of A.T. Tvardovsky’s poem “Vasily Terkin” began, which is considered to this day the best poem about a soldier of the Great Patriotic War.

October
1 - 105 years since the birth of L.N. Gumilyov (1912 - 1992), Russian historian, geographer, author of the work “Ethnogenesis and Biosphere of the Earth”
8 - 125 years since the birth of M.I. Tsvetaeva (1892-1941), Russian poetess.
9 - 470 years since the birth of M. Cervantes (1547-1616), Spanish writer of the Renaissance.
23 - 85 years since the birth of Vasily Ivanovich BELOV (1932-2012), Russian writer
31 - 115 years since the birth of E. A. Permyak (1902-1982), Russian writer.

November

2 - 220 years since the birth of A.A. Bestuzhev-Marlinsky (1797 - 1837), Russian prose writer, poet, critic, Decembrist.
3 - 130 years since the birth of S.Ya.Marshak (1887-1964), Russian poet, translator, classic of children's literature.
6 - 165 years since the birth of D.N. Mamin-Sibiryak (1852-1912), Russian writer.
14 - 110 years since the birth of Astrid Lindgren (1907-2002), famous Swedish writer, author of 87 books translated into 76 languages.
22 - 50 years since the birth of V.O. Pelevin (1967), Russian writer.
29 -215 years since the birth of Wilhelm Hauff (1802-1827), German writer and storyteller.
30 - 350 years since the birth of Jonathan Swift (1667-1745), English satirical writer.

December
4 - 145 years since the birth of Al. Altaeva (M.V. Yamshchikova) (1872-1959), Russian children's writer.
13 - 220 years since the birth of Heinrich Heine (1797-1856), German poet and prose writer.
13 - 115 years since the birth of Evgeniy Petrov (E.P. Kataev) (1902-1942), Russian writer, co-authored with I. Ilf.
22 - 80 years since the birth (1937) of Eduard Uspensky, Russian writer, author of novels and stories for children.
31 - 280 years since the birth of Rudolf Erich Raspe (1737-1794), German poet, historian, author of stories about Baron Munchausen.
The exact date of birth has not been established
230 years anniversary of A. Pogorelsky (1787-1836), Russian writer.
80 years old Roger Zelazny (Zelazny) (1937), American prose writer, one of the leading authors of science fiction in the United States.

Compiled by: O. A. Grigorieva, bibliographer

Of course, the poles of interests change every year. And literature is no exception. Young people are switching to light reading: detective stories, romance novels, science fiction. And the majority don’t read at all. Many for one, but banal reason: there is simply no time. The older generation remembers popular Russian writers and looks through calendars with interest in search of birthdays of literary geniuses. That's why datesanniversaries of writers and poetsin 2017in demand among loyal readers.

We celebrate the anniversaries of our favorite writers and famous poets

January . On a frosty January morning 85 years ago Rimma Kazakova was born. But her poems are sunny and bright.
Who among us has not followed with excitement the adventures of little hobbits and their friends? And the film is based on the book of the same name by Tolkien, whose anniversary is celebrated by the whole world in the second month of winter.
In educational institutions, during Russian literature lessons, the works of Moliere are studied. But already 395 years passed from the birth of this satirical writer.
It's always interesting to find out who wrote the fairy tale about Alice Through the Looking Glass. The character, as well as the smiling Cheshire Cat, have become beloved heroes of many generations. So there is a reason to celebrate L. Carroll's anniversary.
The older generation literally read the works of Valentin Kataev, who was born 120 years ago.
February. In this cold winter month, Russians will celebrate the birthday of the writer Konstantin Fedin, and then with a very short hour interval and 135th anniversary writer from foggy Albion Charles Dickens.

Only Victor Hugo’s heroine Esmeralda aroused sympathy for herself among high school girls when studying the pages of the novel “Notre Dame Cathedral” in class. And in February there is an opportunity to lay flowers at his monument. Because the anniversary of this brilliant Frenchman will be celebrated by all admirers of his work - we will celebrate two hundred and fifteen years since the birth of Hugo.in 2017 by monthand their February list will be incomplete if we do not remember N. Garin, a Russian writer born 165 years ago.
March. In the first month of spring, we celebrate the round birthday of the once popular writer Valentin Rasputin. “The Witches of Eastwick” is a film that captivated the female population of the planet. It was based on John Aldike's novel of the same name. 85th anniversary which is very soon - in March next year.
April . In this changeable month, the author of “Tsushima” Novikov-Priboi was born. A book about the Russian-Japanese war. The plot is exciting. The writer very subtly tracks the intertwined destinies of the main characters of the two-volume book.
Antoine Prévost, French writer was born 320 years ago.
A wide range of Russians know little about Konstantin Aksakov. But the anniversary will be an occasion to get acquainted with his work. Let's celebrate this month 200th anniversary publicist from Russia Konstantin Aksakov.
Browsing Listschildren's writers-anniversaries 2017year we pay special attention to K. Chukovsky. Almost everyone knows about the cheerful and brave doctor and the trusting clattering fly. The heroes were invented by Korney Chukovsky. And now 135 years The author of his favorite children's works will celebrate his birthday.
It was in April that Bella Akhmadulina, a poetess, was born, whose poems, set to music, were remembered from the film “Enjoy Your Bath.”
May. In the days of the last spring month, Igor Severyanin was born. A famous publicist and poet with a touch of crystal in his soul. In the same spring month we celebrate 140 years from birth Russian poet M. Voloshin.
If you select2017 anniversary writers for schoolchildren by month, then it is also necessary to remember the poet K. Batyushkov and the writer K. Paustovsky. They are included in the general education school curriculum.
June. A century and a half ago, Konstantin Balmont was born. He was a talented poet and no less talented writer. His essays won the hearts of sincere admirers of his brilliant talent.
Celebrates his 45th anniversary author of science fiction works Yulia Galanina.
The Russian public will note and 205 years from the birth of I. Goncharov - a Russian prose writer with a capital letter.
Poet-songwriter Robert Rozhdestvensky was born eighty-five years ago. And much earlier - as much as 305 years Frenchman J. Rousseau was born back.
July. “The Forsyte Saga” first appeared on the wide screen, and then everyone who loved the film began to sweep John Galsworthy’s books off the shelves. This month this rather famous novelist was born.
Almost a full anniversary for the creator of the work about the royal musketeers, Alexandre Dumas (215 years).
August . In all, probably, without exception, theaters in the country and near abroad, plays written by Alexander Vampilov, one of the best playwrights of our time, enjoyed success.
John Galsworthy also has a round birthday date. And in Belgium they are preparing to widely celebrate 150 years from the birth of the Belgian writer and Nobel Prize winner M. Maeterlinck. Recently, these are the ones that have attracted the interest of readers.anniversary writers of 2017. For librariesthis is a reason to organize exhibitions of their works.
September. In the first month of autumn, two Russian writers were born. And both are two hundred years old from birth. Isn't this an anniversary? Already in the spring, preparations will begin to celebrate the birth of Sukhovo-Kobylin, the great Russian playwright born 200 years ago and the writer Alexei Tolstoy.
In the same month, another literary genius was born. O. Henry is the author of works imbued with very subtle humor and sarcasm.
October. We can talk a lot about the adequacy or inadequacy of Don Quixote. But the fact that Sancho Panza and the Spanish hidalgo will not leave the reader indifferent is a great merit of the man who wrote the novel “Don Quixote”. And the Spaniards will definitely remember their famous countryman M. Cervantes this month. Because it's already October 470 years from the birthday of the author of Don Quixote.
November. Manyanniversary writers of 2017celebrate their anniversaries this month. And we will remember publicly the one who is no longer with us. Their contribution to literature and the souls of people.
It will be celebrated quite widely in Russia 200 years on the birthday of the publicist and writer and Nikolai Kostomarov. Swedish writer Astrid Lingren became famous for her works about the girl Pippi. This month will be 110 years from the writer's date of birth.
How not to remember the anniversary of Jonathan Swift, the author of the grotesque novel, which both adults and children read with pleasure - “Gulliver's Adventure”.
This month is rich in anniversaries. One cannot help but remember that 135 years performed on the birthday of Samuil Marshak, a children's poet.
In the same month, the romantic writer Alexander Bestuzhev was born.
The author of the script for “Gentlemen of Fortune” Victoria Tokareva was also born in November 80 years ago.
December . Now the name of Baron Munchausen has become a household name. Is he a liar or a big dreamer? But reading about his adventures is quite interesting. It seems that the portrait was painted from our contemporary. But the novel about the baron is more than two hundred years old, and its author E. Raspe celebrates his 280th birthday this year.
In the last winter month exactly 220 years ago Heinrich Heine was also born.Poets' anniversaries in 2017end with Heine's date of birth.

We bring to your attention a calendar of significant and memorable dates November 2017, which contains not only historical, cultural, patriotic and international holidays, but also anniversary dates, Andsignificant events.

130 years ago, A.K.’s novel was published. Doyle's "Study in Scarlet" (1887);
100 years ago, the RSFSR was formed (1917), now the Russian Federation;
55 years ago, Novy Mir published a story by A.I. Solzhenitsyn's One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich (1962);
20 years ago, the all-Russian state channel “Culture” went on air (1997);

November 3, 2017 - 220 years since the birth of A.A. Bestuzhev-Marlinsky (1797-1837), Russian writer, critic, Decembrist;

November 3, 2017 - 135 years since the birth of Y. Kolas (1882-1956), Belarusian writer, poet and translator;

November 3, 2017 - 130 years since the birth of S.Ya. Marshak (1887-1964), Russian poet, playwright and translator;

November 4, 2017 - National Unity Day. This holiday was established in honor of an important event in the history of Russia - the liberation of Moscow from Polish invaders in 1612.

November 6, 2017 - 165 years since the birth of D.N. Mamin-Sibiryak (1852-1912), Russian writer;

November 7, 2017 - 90 years since the birth of D.M. Balashov (1927-2000), Russian writer, folklorist, publicist;

November 7, 2017 - Day of Accord and Reconciliation. October Revolution Day. The day of the military parade on Red Square in Moscow to commemorate the twenty-fourth anniversary of the Great October Socialist Revolution (1941).

November 8, 2017 - International KVN Day (since 2001). The idea of the holiday was proposed by the president of the international KVN club, Alexander Maslyakov. The date of the celebration was chosen to honor the anniversary of the first Merry and Resourceful Club game, which aired on November 8, 1961.

November 9, 2017 - 180 years since the birth of Emile Gaboriau (1832-1873), French writer;

November 11, 2017 - 95 years since the birth of Kurt Vonnegut (1922-2007), American novelist;

November 13, 2017 is International Day of the Blind. On November 13, 1745, Valentin Gaüy was born in France, a famous teacher who founded several schools and enterprises for the blind in Paris and St. Petersburg. According to the decision of the World Health Organization, this date became the basis for the International Day of the Blind.

November 14, 2017 - 110 years since the birth of Astrid Lindgren (1907-2002), Swedish writer;

November 15, 2017 - 155 years since the birth of Gerhart Hauptmann (1862-1946), German playwright and novelist;

November 16, 2017 - No Smoking Day (celebrated on the third Thursday of November). It was established by the American Cancer Society in 1977.

November 18, 2017 - 230 years since the birth of Louis Daguerre (1787-1851), French artist, inventor, one of the creators of photography;

November 18, 2017 - 90 years since the birth of E.A. Ryazanov (1927-2015), Russian director, screenwriter, poet;

November 20, 2017 - 80 years since the birth of V.S. Tokareva (1937), Russian prose writer, film playwright;

November 21, 2017 - World Welcome Day (since 1973). This holiday was invented by two brothers - Michael and Brion McCormack from the American state of Nebraska in 1973. The rules of this holiday-game are very simple: it is enough to say hello to ten strangers on this day.

November 24, 2017 - 385 years since the birth of B. Spinoza (1632-1677), Dutch rationalist philosopher;

November 25, 2017 - 455 years since the birth of Lope de Vega (1562-1635), Spanish playwright and poet;

November 25, 2017 - 300 years since the birth of A.P. Sumarokov (1717-1777), Russian playwright, poet;

November 26, 2017 is World Information Day. Celebrated annually since 1994 on the initiative of the International Academy of Informatization and the World Information Parliament. On this day in 1992, the first International Informatization Forum took place.

November 28, 2017 - 260 years since the birth of William Blake (1757-1827), English poet and engraver;

November 28, 2017 - 110 years since the birth of Alberto Moravio (1907-1990), Italian writer and journalist;

November 29, 2017 - 215 years since the birth of Wilhelm Hauff (1802-1827), German writer;

November 29, 2017 is the Foundation Day of the World Conservation Society. On this day, in 1948, the World Conservation Union was founded, which is the largest international non-profit environmental organization. The Union unites 82 states (including the Russian Federation represented by the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment) into a unique global partnership.

November 30, 2017 is the 350th anniversary of the birth of Jonathan Swift (1667-1745), English satirist and philosopher.

In 2017, the literary world will celebrate dozens of anniversaries of geniuses of the pen. Thanks to their works, everyone can plunge into an atmosphere of joy and sadness, forget about pressing problems and find answers to their questions. Literature is the citadel of knowledge and, undoubtedly, the 2017 anniversary writers made a significant contribution to the construction of this eternal wall of inspiration and celebration.

Russian writers

On April 10, 1937, Bella Akhmadulina was born - one of the most soulful poetess of the 20th century. Her poems were rewritten and re-sung, and collections of her works flew off bookshelves without having time to dwell on them.

Modern writer Victoria Tokareva celebrates her 80th birthday in 2017. She is famous for being the author of the script for the beloved film “Gentlemen of Fortune,” as well as for numerous novels and stories that have the genre of modern prose in literature.

On January 27, 2017, Rimma Kazakova, a Russian poetess and author of many songs, would celebrate her 85th birthday.

On March 13, Vladimir Semenovich Makanin, a Russian writer, famous for his novel “Underground, or a Hero of Our Time,” will celebrate his anniversary; the films Danelia and Teacher were based on his novels. His books have been translated into English, German, French and Spanish.

One of the most “high-profile” holidays will be celebrated by Russian literature on March 15, 2017, when the famous “village” writer Valentin Rasputin turns 80 years old.

On June 2, the domestic poetess Yunna Petrovna Marits, known for her work for children, will turn 80 years old.

On August 19, 2017, the famous Russian playwright Alexander Vampilov would have turned 80 years old. His comedy "Eldest Son" actually has a tragic background to the trust, sadness and loneliness of an adult. Vampilov’s works still have life in theatrical productions.

Poet and part-time screenwriter Gennady Shpalikov would celebrate his 80th birthday in September 2017.

The famous front-line poet and participant in the Great Patriotic War, Semyon Petrovich Gudzenko, would have celebrated his 95th birthday in 2017.

In the same month, Russian and modern writer, author of “Monumental Propaganda” Vladimir Nikolaevich Voinovich turns 85 years old.

A romantic and poet whose poems sound contemporary today, Robert Rozhdestvensky would have celebrated his 85th birthday in 2017.

Famous and beloved children's writers celebrate their anniversaries in 2017 - Grigory Oster turns 70 years old and Eduard Uspensky turns 80 years old.

80 years old - Olga Aleksandrovna Fokina, Soviet Russian poetess, laureate of the State Prize of the RSFSR named after M. Gorky, as well as the Great Literary Prize of Russia in 2007.

The 2017 anniversaries in the field of literature are talented Soviet and Russian prose writers and poets.

On November 25, the 300th anniversary of the genius, as Belinsky put it, and the one to whom “the noise of solemn praise rushes to him,” as Pushkin wrote about him, is celebrated - the writer Alexander Petrovich Sumarokov. On April 10, the 200th anniversary is celebrated by the Russian prose writer, poet, publicist, author of the study “Lomonosov in the history of Russian literature and the Russian language,” which earned him a master’s degree in Russian literature, Konstantin Aksakov. The 200th anniversary writer of 2017 is Nikolai Ivanovich Kostomarov.

The great Russian playwright, creator of the trilogy “Pictures of the Past” and a man of difficult fate - Alexander Vasilyevich Sukhovo-Kobylin was born 200 years ago on September 29, 1817.

A contemporary of Sukhovo-Kobylin and Aksakov, the talented poet Alexei Konstantinovich Tolstoy was born 200 years ago on September 5, 1817. This is one of the key literary figures in educational literature. Schoolchildren know him from his historical works - a cycle of three works “The Death of Ivan the Terrible”, “Tsar Fyodor Ioannovich”, “Tsar Boris”, as well as the novel “Prince Silver”.

Poetry fans will celebrate a big date in the coming year - the 150th anniversary of the birth of the poet who wrote in the genre of symbolism, one of the main figures of the Silver Age, Konstantin Balmont. His contemporary and colleague in “silver” poetry, Igor Severyanin, was born 130 years ago.

In 2017, the playwright, author of patriotic works, student of Bunin and author of the military story “Son of the Regiment” - Valentin Petrovich Kataev - will celebrate his 120th anniversary.

The same month marks the 125th anniversary of Konstantin Fedin, a controversial writer of his time who persecuted Pasternak and advocated banning the publication of Solzhenitsyn’s novel “Cancer Ward.” His famous works are the political novel “The Rape of Europe”, the memoirs “Writer, Art, Time” and “Gorky Among Us”.

Alexei Silych (Silantievich) Novikov-Priboy, who was awarded the Stalin Prize for his novel “Tsushima,” turns 140 in March.

March 10 marks the 110th anniversary of the birth of the poetess Lydia Korneevna Chukovskaya, the daughter of the famous writer. This same month, her father, the great children's poet and publicist, Korney Ivanovich Chukovsky, turns 135 years old.

In 1912 - 105 years ago, the Russian poet and playwright Alexander Gladkov was born.

The hero of the year 2017 is Maximilian Aleksandrovich Voloshin, who would have turned 140 years old.

A contemporary and favorite of Pushkin, whose poems he idolized, Konstantin Nikolaevich Batyushkov was born 230 years ago. In the same year, 220 years ago, a mutual friend of the poets, a classmate of Alexander Sergeevich, a Decembrist who spent 15 years in prison, who wrote his famous works “The Death of Byron” and the poignant poem of the school curriculum “The Fate of Russian Poets”, was born - Wilhelm Karlovich Kuchelbecker.

The 120th anniversary in 2017 will be for the domestic poet and prose writer Pyotr Oreshin.

In October, the world of poetry will celebrate a big date - 125 years since the birth of one of the most beloved, soulful and subtle poetesses - Marina Ivanovna Tsvetaeva.

November 3 would have been the 130th anniversary of the children's writer Samuil Yakovlevich Marshak, who was awarded the Stalin Prize four times and the Lenin Prize once for books for children.

Writer of the Year 2017 - Vikenty Vikentievich Veresaev - laureate of the last Pushkin Prize for translations of ancient Greek poetry, author of the novels "Sisters" and "At a Dead End", January 16 marks the 150th anniversary of his birth.

Foreign writers

The works of foreign writers of the 18th-19th-20th centuries left a significant imprint on literature, influencing the work of many domestic creators, and to this day being modern and popular material among readers. Many anniversaries among foreign writers and poets in 2017.

date	Anniversary	Writer	Creation
January
3	125 years	John Ronald Reuel Tolkien	"The Lord of the Rings", "The Hobbit, or There and Back Again"
15	395 years	Jean Baptiste Poquelin - known as Molière	“Tartuffe”, “Don Juan”, “The Miser”, “The Bourgeois in the Nobility”
24	285 years	Pierre Augustin Caron de Beaumarchais	"The Barber of Seville", "The Marriage of Figaro", "Tarare"
25	135 years	Virginia Woolf	"Waves", "Diary of a Writer"
27	185 years	Lewis Carroll	"Alice's Adventures in Wonderland"
February
2	135 years	James Joyce	"Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man", "Ulysses"
2	135 years	Charles Dickens	"The Adventures of Oliver Twist", "David Copperfield"
11	100 years	Sydney Sheldon	The Other Side of Midnight, author of hundreds of bestsellers
25	100 years	Anthony Burgess	"A Clockwork Orange"
25	310 years	Carlo Goldoni	"The Servant of Two Masters", "The Innkeeper"
26	215 years	Victor Marie Hugo	"Notre Dame", "Les Miserables"
27	210 years	Henry Wadsworth Longfellow	"Retribution" - quatrain
27	115 years	John Ernst Steinbeck	"Tortilla Flat Quarter"
March
18	85 years old	John Updike	The Witches of Eastwick, The Rabbit Novels, The Beck Trilogy
April
1	320 years	Antoine Francois Prevost	"The History of the Chevalier des Grieux and Manon Lescaut"
22	310 years	Henry Fielding	"Joseph Andrews"
July
2	140 years	Hermann Hesse	Nobel Prize winner, author of The Glass Bead Game
14	150 years	John Galsworthy	"Silver Box", "The Forsyte Saga", "Grotesques"
24	215 years	Alexandre Dumas (father)	Author of numerous novels about the Three Musketeers
20	190 years	Theodore Henri de Coster	“The Legend of Til”, based on which M. Zakharov’s play “The Passion of Til” was staged
September
11	155 years	O. Henry - William Sidney Porter	"Kings and Cabbage"
29	470 years	Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra	"Cornelia"
30	810 years	Jalala ad-Din Muhammad Rumi	Persian Sufi poet
October
3	120 years	Louis Aragon	Novel “Rich Quarters”, collection of poems “Eyes of Elsa”
November
10	130 years	Arnold Zweig	"The Great White Man's War"
14	110 years	Astrid Anna Emilia Lindgren	Children's writer, author of stories about Pippi Longstocking
30	350 years	Jonathan Swift	"Gulliver's Travels", "The Tale of a Barrel"
December
13	220 years	Heinrich Heine	Famous German poet

Writers' anniversaries in 2017 are an excellent occasion to remember their work or read for the first time novels and poems for which there was not enough time or desire.

November is a wonderful month. At this time, there is an active struggle between autumn and winter. Of course, winter always wins, so the weather in November often becomes frosty and harsh. In calendar events, this month of autumn is also of great importance; it is filled with important events of various nature. Any Russian should find out which significant dates of November 2019 are included in the calendar data.

Important and all memorable dates

The month of autumn celebrates important events around the world that mark anniversaries. The following anniversary dates of November 2019 can be particularly highlighted:

Significant Events

In addition to important dates and anniversaries, the autumn period includes a fairly large number of other significant celebrations. What are the important dates of November 2019 on the calendar?

1 – the professional event of the month is celebrated by all Russian bailiffs.
The 3rd – 220th anniversary marks the birth of the famous publicist and critic – A. A. Bestuzhev-Marlinsky.
3 - the date of birth of his one famous person - the Belarusian writer, as well as translator - Kolas Ya. This creative person celebrates the 135th anniversary of his birth.
3 - the entire creative world celebrates the 130th anniversary of the birth of the beloved and well-known writer - Marshak S. Ya.
4 – the most important date for the state – the holiday of national unity. The holiday event is included in the calendar data in the form of an official celebration, which means that the entire working Russian people receive an additional day off in connection with the arrival of the holiday. The solemn date was established by the Russian government as a sign of memory of the most important events when Moscow was liberated from Polish troops back in 1612.
The 6th – 165th anniversary is celebrated from the date of birth of the famous Russian poet and, of course, writer – Mamin-Sibiryak D.N.

7 is the most important historical date for all of Russia. Today marks the 100th anniversary of the October Revolution, which took place in 1917.
7 – this November number includes another significant event for the entire state - the holiday of harmony and reconciliation. On this solemn day, a parade procession and other festive events are held on Red Square in Moscow.
8 – fun event of the month – KVN day. The festive event has been celebrated since 1961 (the first broadcast of the KVN program on television). The founder of the holiday was the well-known chairman of the club of cheerful and resourceful people - Alexander Maslyakov.
10 is a holiday for all policemen. In recent years, the solemn event is called the day of employees of the internal affairs bodies of the Russian Federation.
10 – science day. A festive event of global importance.
11 – a professional event dedicated to all economists and employees of the economic sphere.
12 is a professional holiday celebrated by all employees of Sberbank, the main central bank of vast Russia.
13 is a date dedicated to people with visual impairments. The Day of the Blind was first established in 1745. In this year, a blind boy was born - Valentin Gayuy, who in the future became the founder of schools for the blind in Russia, as well as in France.
14 – Russian conscript day.
16 is the date dedicated to quitting smoking. On significant dates for November 2019, this event can be safely included in the form of a holiday of public importance.
17 is a holiday for all students. In Russia, such an event is celebrated in January, and today's celebration is international in nature.
18 is a holiday date dedicated to the birthday of Father Frost.
20 – baby's day. The celebration has an international status.
21 – the professional event of the month is met by Russian accountants.
23 is the date of birth of the world famous Guinness Book.
25 is an international action established as a sign of the fight against violence against women.
26 is a holiday of information. The celebration has been taking place around the world since 1994, after the first information world forum was held in 1992.
27 – warm and soulful event of the month – Mother’s Day.
29 – date of formation of the World Society for Environmental Protection. The solemn event has been taking place around the world since 1948.