On August 19, Alexander Vampilov would have turned 78, and in Irkutsk the A. Vampilov Youth Theater prepared a Traditional Meeting of Alexander Vampilov's Friends for this date. The program includes the premiere of Hello, it's me based on his plays, as well as a tribute to the playwright whose works are still staged.
Outstanding Russian playwright and prose writer, recipient of the Joseph Utkin Prize, Alexander Vampilov, died on August 17, 1972.The playwright’s life was cut short by a tragic accident: Alexander Vampilov drowned in Lake Baikal (the motorboat capsized). He did not live to see his birthday by just two days.
He is buried in Irkutsk at the Radishchev Cemetery.
All of Alexander Valentinovich’s plays were staged and remain on the stage to this day.
He wrote more than 70 short stories, sketches, essays, articles, and feuilletons.
Our city is proud of its playwright: the youth theater has been named after him, memorial plaques have been installed on the university where he studied and on the house where he lived. Near the place of his death on the Baikal shore, a monument to the playwright was erected. The library in his native village of Kutulik also bears his name, and the A. Vampilov house-museum has been opened.
On August 19, the author of numerous works translated into different languages would have turned 78. The A. Vampilov Youth Theater has prepared the “Traditional Meeting of Friends of Alexander Vampilov.” And on this day, the premiere of a stage production based on his plays will take place – “Hello, It’s Me! ..”