On the 125th anniversary of S.A. Yesenin’s birth: from Paris to Konstantinovo

UDC 821.161.1-1

https://doi.org/10.20339/PhS.1-21.151    

Shubnikova-Guseva Natalia I.,

Doctor of Philology, Chief Researcher at

Gorky Institute of World Literature of Russian Academy of Sciences,

Head of the Group “Study of the Life and Work of S.A. Yesenin” at

Gorky Institute of World Literature of Russian Academy of Sciences

e-mail: shubnikova-gus@mail.ru

Nikolaeva Alla A.,

Candidate of Philology, Senior Researcher at

Gorky Institute of World Literature of Russian Academy of Sciences,

Member of the Group “Study of the Life and Work of S.A. Yesenin” at Gorky Institute of World Literature of Russian Academy of Sciences

e-mail: allanikolaeva27@mail.ru

The review provides information about the main scientific and cultural events in honor of the 125th anniversary of the birth of Sergei Alexandrovich Yesenin (1895–1925), which took place in 2020. Among them is an evening in Paris as part of the XI Days of Russian Books and Russian-language Literature and Russian Seasons in France; the International scientific symposium “Sergei Yesenin in the XXI century”, held in Moscow, Ryazan and Konstantinovo; the exhibitions “‘Live as the star leads you...’: to the 125th anniversary of the poet’s birth” (State museum of the history of Russian literature named after V.I. Dahl); “I never lie with my heart” (House-museum of F.I. Chalyapin). The main scientific event of the anniversary year was the release of the first issue of the Yesenin Encyclopedia — “Memorable places. Literary geography”, prepared in IWL RAS.

Keywords: S.A. Yesenin, Paris, Moscow, Ryazan, Konstantinovo, International scientific symposium “Sergei Yesenin in the XXI century”, Yesenin Encyclopedia.