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Thursday 7 July 2022

"The Literary Lounge at the Patriarshye Ponds" in the Eastern Cultural Center of the Institute of Oriental Studies

 
Creative communication of innovative people - this is the club motto of "The Literary Lounge at the Patriarshye Ponds". On the 7th of July, 2022 "The Literary Lounge at the Patriarshye Ponds" welcomed the guests to the newly opened Eastern Cultural Center of the Institute of Oriental Studies (the Russian Academy of Sciences).

For the last 10 years “The Literary Lounge at the Patriarshye Ponds'' has been happy to open its doors to people passionate about literature. Honored persons of science and culture, world-famous scientists, famous writers and poets were guests of these artistic meetings. Among them were Rene Guerra, a thoroughbred Frenchman, a professor of Paris University, "the collector of the Russian land"; Professor B.N. Tarasov, Honored Scientist; Professor E.Yu. Sidorov, Honored Culture Personality; M.V. Mikhailov, Honored Professor of Moscow State University, and others.

"The Literary Lounge at the Patriarshye Ponds'' was opened at the Eastern Cultural Center to hold talks on the East. That party was dedicated to the travels of the writer Ivan Bunin to the East named “Rose of Jericho. Magic and Passion”. Is rose of Jericho a philosophical subject or is the rose of Jericho a prototype of the one, the only beloved lady with whom the writer went on a journey? This issue was voiced by the presenters at the very beginning of the evening.

Easy literature immersion and the charm of the East was facilitated by the piano music played by Oleg Gubanov, the international competitions laureate, master of improvisation.

And the leaders of this action were Elena Poltavskaya, the Head of the club "Literary Lounge on the Patriarshye Ponds" and Lana Ravandi Fadai, the Head of the Eastern Cultural Center.

The evening turned out to be intellectually filled, bright, and musical. The spectators have become full-fledged participants in this action. They also wanted to talk about literature, to read poetry, and not only in Russian, but also in Farsi.