An evening of literature dedicated to poet Elena Zhilkina will be held in Irkutsk, guests will see a documentary about her work and hear about her life and work in local newspapers. A presentation of Tatyana Zhilkina's book Standing in Truth will also take place, in which the poet's daughter shares the history of the Zhilkin family. Vladimir Skif and Albert Gurulev will speak at the meeting, and everyone is welcome to attend.
Elena Zhilkina lived for many years in the center of Irkutsk, right on Bolshaya Street (now Karl Marx Street); in 1925 she entered Irkutsk State University. The first poems by the well-known Siberian poetess were published in a collection of the Irkutsk Literary and Art Association. By the way, this association was located in House No. 13 on Bolshaya Street; in the attic of this house, both before and after the Great Patriotic War, were the editorial offices of the newspapers “Vostochno-Sibirsky Komsomolets” and “Sovetskaya Molodezh,” where Elena Viktorovna worked.At the literary evening dedicated to Elena Zhilkina, a documentary film by director Maria Arestova about the poetess’s work will be presented. The well-known poet and head of the poetry department of the magazine “Sibir” Vladimir Skif took part in its creation. He will also be present at the literary evening. The Irkutsk writer Albert Semyonovich Gurulev will share memories of the poetess and her work at the newspaper “Sovetskaya Molodezh.”
At the evening, there will be a presentation of Tatyana Zhilkina’s book, “Standing in Truth,” in which the poetess’s daughter tells the story of the Zhilkin family.
Everyone is invited to the literary evening dedicated to Elena Zhilkina (contact person – Raisa Viktorovna Sakharovskaya, chief bibliographer of the Department of Humanities Literature of the I.P. Utkin Regional Youth Library, tel. 29-07-93).