Open in English: opening of the exhibition "The Man Who Was Chesterton"

Дом И.С. Остроухова в Трубниках (отдел ГМИРЛИ имени В.И. Даля)

Деревянный дом с мезонином на высоком каменном цоколе с двумя ризалитами и антресолью со стороны двора является характерной постройкой послепожарной Москвы 1820-х гг. По известному плану дом с 1822 г. ...

г. Москва, Трубниковский пер., д. 17

On June 27, the ceremonial opening of the exhibition "The Man Who Was Chesterton" took place at the I.S. Ostroukhov House in Trubniki, timed to coincide with the 150th anniversary of the birth of the English writer, philosopher and publicist Gilbert Chesterton. The exhibition continues the series of themed exhibition projects "English Literature in the Ilya Ostroukhov House", within which the history of creative contacts and mutual reflections between foreign and domestic authors is examined.

As one of the exhibition's curators, Marina Krasnova, said, the creation of the exposition began with Chesterton's best-known novel in Russia, "The Man Who Was Thursday": both the exhibition's title and its symbolic division into seven parts — one for each day of the week — allude to this famous detective story.

Within the exhibition visitors can see archival materials, including those related to the history of translations of Chesterton's works by Natalya Trauberg, as well as illustrations for his works by the artists Ilya Oleynikov and Pyotr Lyubavin.

The exhibition "A Man Called Chesterton" will run until October 20.